Title: Social work and evidence-based practice /
Authors: Smith, David, 1947 August 2-
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Social service; Evidence-Based Practice [MESH]
Abstract: "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."--Jacket.
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 policy, ignorance-led practice? / Julie Taylor-Browne -- Evidence-based practice in young people's substance misuse services / Paul Keeling, Karen Kibblewhite and Zoë 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.