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Direct linkRizzo, Victoria M.; Rowe, Jeannine M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: This study examines the impact of social work interventions in aging on quality of life (QOL) and cost outcomes in four categories (health, mental health, geriatric evaluation and management, and caregiving). Methods: Systematic review methods are employed. Databases were searched for articles published in English between 2004 and 2012…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Social Work, Aging (Individuals), Aging Education
Rubin, Allen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
This keynote address discusses previous and ongoing efforts to reduce the persistent gap between research and practice in social work and offers recommendations for further bridging that gap. Key among those recommendations is the need to conduct descriptive outcome studies of efforts to adapt research-supported interventions in everyday practice…
Descriptors: Social Work, Social Science Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Utilization
Johnson, Shannon K.; Velasquez, Mary M.; von Sternberg, Kirk – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Examples of behavioral interventions that are efficacious in the research setting as well as practical and translatable to the "real-world" are critically needed as models for social work researchers and clinicians. This article presents the Changing High-Risk Alcohol Use and Improving Contraception Effectiveness Study (CHOICES)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Alcohol Abuse, Prenatal Influences, Prevention
Maynard, Brandy R.; Peters, Kristen E.; Vaughn, Michael G.; Sarteschi, Christine M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: This study examined whether and to what extent researchers addressed intervention fidelity in research of after-school programs serving at-risk students. Method: Systematic review procedures were used to search, retrieve, select, and analyze studies for this review. Fifty-five intervention studies were assessed on the following…
Descriptors: Intervention, Fidelity, After School Programs, At Risk Students
Bhattacharyya, Onil; Reeves, Scott; Zwarenstein, Merrick – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Despite the growing knowledge base on evidence-based practices in social work and medicine, there is a large gap between what is known and what is consistently done. Implementation research is the study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine practice. In this article, we describe the rationale for implementation…
Descriptors: Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship, Intervention, Program Implementation
Gira, Emmanuelle C.; Kessler, Michelle L.; Poertner, John – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
This study sought to identify lessons for social workers from the health care research on influencing practitioners to use evidence-based practices (EBP). Research reviews of strategies to influence providers to use EBP are summarized. Among the findings are that printed educational materials, the use of local opinion leaders, and continuous…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Social Work, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers
