These are my publications that are available for download.
| Title | Doc Type |
| Positive Deviance/Hearth. A Resource Guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children
This manual was published in February 2003 by the Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (the CORE Group). The manual begins with an overview of Positive Deviance and the Hearth Approach. It explains in detail how to identify at-risk children, conduct a Positive Deviance Inquiry to identify positive practices, conduct Hearth sessions, and set up a monitoring and evaluation system. Throughout the manual are exercises, tips and lessons learned by non-governmental organizations that are successfully implementing PD/Hearth around the world. |  |
| Positive Deviance/Hearth: A Resource Guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children
Essentially the same document as listed above, but this site also has a number of documents, including this one, in Spanish, French, and English. A step-by-step manual providing guidance for the implementation of PD/Hearth programs. Produced in association with the Nutrition Working Group, Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (CORE), Washington, DC: December 2002. | Microsoft Word Docs and Adobe PDF's |
| Training Report: The South Asia PD/Hearth Workshop Report: Dec. 2003
Working paper from five-day workshop, sponsored by CORE, held in Ahmedabad, India. Document is hosted on COREgroup website. | |
| PD/Hearth Consultant's Guide
The Child Survival Collaborations and Resource Group, Nutrition Working Group, October 2003. | Microsoft Word Document |
| Developing a Community Information Toolbox
From CARE's 2nd Annual Child Survival Workshop, May 3-8, 1997. | |
| The Use of Care Groups in Community Monitoring and Health Information Systems
Child Survival Connections, a joint publication of CSTS+ and the CORE Group, is an ever-growing collection of articles on successes, innovations, and promising practices from child survival projects around the world. | Microsoft Word Document |
| Light for Life - Child Survival Project
Collaborative partnership between World Relief Corporation, the Ministry of Health of Cambodia, and communities of five communes. | |
| The Census-Based, Impact-Oriented Methodology: A Resource Guide for Equitable and Effective Primary Health Care.
Written by David Shaklin and Donna Sillan, April 2005, Published by Curamericas and the CORE Group The CBIO approach incorporates a community census of households and a health assessment of the project area, a drawing of maps and numbering of households, and the development of a program plan with community members that includes both epidemiologically driven health objectives as well as community perceived health priorities. | PDF document and Zip Files |
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