by Tom Peterson | Nov 25, 2020 | Community Health, Faith Communities
FaithHealth around America In Buffalo, New York, faith-based, community, government and health care leaders join together to effectively respond to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the African American community. By Tom Peterson Rev. George...
by Tom Peterson | Nov 19, 2020 | Positive Deviance
Maybe there are a few oddballs doing something right. And maybe they can point the way for the rest of us. In facing a tough social challenge positive deviance tells us to look for any outliers who may be like everyone else but who found a solution through their...
by Tom Peterson | Nov 16, 2020 | Community Health, COVID-19
With a computer and basic recording equipment, Enrique Catana started Radio Onda de Amor (Wave of Love) three years ago to reach the local Hispanic/Latino population through their computers, tablets and smartphones. By Tom Peterson In his...
by Tom Peterson | Nov 5, 2020 | Leading Causes of Life, Positive Deviance
Thanks to Arvind Singhal for pointing us to this timely TED talk: Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe — for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of...
by Tom Peterson | Nov 4, 2020 | Leading Causes of Life, Positive Deviance
A conversation about the intersection of Positive Deviance and Leading Causes of Life discussed by: Soma Saha, MD of the Wellbeing in the Nation (WIN) Network Bobby Milstein, the Rippel Foundation Craig Stewart, Warehouse Trust Carla Alvarado, National Academies of...