Translating a theory-based positive deviance approach into an applied tool: Mitigating barriers among health professionals (HPs) regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines

• Ricky Cohen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ricky.cohen83@gmail.com

  Affiliations School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, The Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-9666

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• Anat Gesser-Edelsburg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel

  Affiliations School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, The Health and Risk Communication Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4467-8799

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• Arvind Singhal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current address: The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America; Inland University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway

  Affiliations Department of Communication, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America, School of Business and Social Sciences, Inland University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway

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• Shmuel Benenson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Allon E. Moses

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

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