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Data-Powered Positive Deviance during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic—An Ecological Pilot Study of German Districts

We introduced the mixed-methods Data-Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) framework as a potential addition to the set of tools used to search for effective response strategies against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. For this purpose, we conducted a DPPD study in the context of the early stages of the German S...

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Autores principales: Driesen, Joshua, El-Khatib, Ziad, Wulkow, Niklas, Joblin, Mitchell, Vasileva, Iskriyana, Glücker, Andreas, Kruspel, Valentin, Vogel, Catherine
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574701
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189765
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author Driesen, Joshua
El-Khatib, Ziad
Wulkow, Niklas
Joblin, Mitchell
Vasileva, Iskriyana
Glücker, Andreas
Kruspel, Valentin
Vogel, Catherine
author_facet Driesen, Joshua
El-Khatib, Ziad
Wulkow, Niklas
Joblin, Mitchell
Vasileva, Iskriyana
Glücker, Andreas
Kruspel, Valentin
Vogel, Catherine
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description We introduced the mixed-methods Data-Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) framework as a potential addition to the set of tools used to search for effective response strategies against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. For this purpose, we conducted a DPPD study in the context of the early stages of the German SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We used a framework of scalable quantitative methods to identify positively deviant German districts that is novel in the scientific literature on DPPD, and subsequently employed qualitative methods to identify factors that might have contributed to their comparatively successful reduction of the forward transmission rate. Our qualitative analysis suggests that quick, proactive, decisive, and flexible/pragmatic actions, the willingness to take risks and deviate from standard procedures, good information flows both in terms of data collection and public communication, alongside the utilization of social network effects were deemed highly important by the interviewed districts. Our study design with its small qualitative sample constitutes an exploratory and illustrative effort and hence does not allow for a clear causal link to be established. Thus, the results cannot necessarily be extrapolated to other districts as is. However, the findings indicate areas for further research to assess these strategies’ effectiveness in a broader study setting. We conclude by stressing DPPD’s strengths regarding replicability, scalability, adaptability, as well as its focus on local solutions, which make it a promising framework to be applied in various contexts, e.g., in the context of the Global South.
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spelling pubmed-84693622021-09-27 Data-Powered Positive Deviance during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic—An Ecological Pilot Study of German Districts Driesen, Joshua El-Khatib, Ziad Wulkow, Niklas Joblin, Mitchell Vasileva, Iskriyana Glücker, Andreas Kruspel, Valentin Vogel, Catherine Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We introduced the mixed-methods Data-Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) framework as a potential addition to the set of tools used to search for effective response strategies against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. For this purpose, we conducted a DPPD study in the context of the early stages of the German SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We used a framework of scalable quantitative methods to identify positively deviant German districts that is novel in the scientific literature on DPPD, and subsequently employed qualitative methods to identify factors that might have contributed to their comparatively successful reduction of the forward transmission rate. Our qualitative analysis suggests that quick, proactive, decisive, and flexible/pragmatic actions, the willingness to take risks and deviate from standard procedures, good information flows both in terms of data collection and public communication, alongside the utilization of social network effects were deemed highly important by the interviewed districts. Our study design with its small qualitative sample constitutes an exploratory and illustrative effort and hence does not allow for a clear causal link to be established. Thus, the results cannot necessarily be extrapolated to other districts as is. However, the findings indicate areas for further research to assess these strategies’ effectiveness in a broader study setting. We conclude by stressing DPPD’s strengths regarding replicability, scalability, adaptability, as well as its focus on local solutions, which make it a promising framework to be applied in various contexts, e.g., in the context of the Global South. MDPI 2021-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8469362/ /pubmed/34574701 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189765 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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El-Khatib, Ziad
Wulkow, Niklas
Joblin, Mitchell
Vasileva, Iskriyana
Glücker, Andreas
Kruspel, Valentin
Vogel, Catherine
Data-Powered Positive Deviance during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic—An Ecological Pilot Study of German Districts
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title_short Data-Powered Positive Deviance during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic—An Ecological Pilot Study of German Districts
title_sort data-powered positive deviance during the sars-cov-2 pandemic—an ecological pilot study of german districts
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574701
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189765
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