| Description |
189 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Research highlights in social work ; 45 |
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Research highlights in social work ; 45
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| Contents |
Introduction: Some versions of evidence-based practice / David Smith -- What professionals need from research : beyond evidence-based practice / Jan Fook -- The extremes of child abuse : a macro approach to measuring effective prevention / Colin Pritchard -- Effective social work : a micro approach, reducing truancy, delinquency and school exclusions / Colin Pritchard -- Domestic violence : evidence-led practice? / Julie Taylor-Browne -- Evidence-based practice in young people's substance misuse services / Paul Keeling, Karen Kibblewhite and Zoe Smith -- Social work and looked-after children / Claire Taylor -- Practice for what? the use of evidence in social work with disabled people / Bob Sapey -- Seven ways to misunderstand evidence-based probation / Peter Raynor |
| Summary |
"Evidence-based practice - what it might mean, how it can be achieved, whether it should be aspired to - is the subject of much debate and argument in social work. Covering areas of social work practice that are well established and those in which evidence is just beginning to become available." "Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice will enable practitioners, managers and policy makers to deepen and coordinate their understanding of the key themes in evidence-based practice."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2007 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Wine and wine making -- Encyclopedias.
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Social service.
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Evidence-Based Practice [MESH]
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Evidence-Based Practice.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Author |
Smith, David, 1947 August 2-
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| LC no. |
2004009436 |
| ISBN |
1843101564 paperback |
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