Finding and Evaluating Evidence

Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-533736-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 152 g

Reihe: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods

Evidence-based practice (EBP) promises to have a profound impact on social work practice, education, and scholarship, but adopting EBP depends on the availability and accessibility of evidence and on strategies to synthesize this information. Systematic reviews provide a comprehensive, unbiased method for retrieving and synthesizing relevant research. This pocket guide is a concise introduction that describes the steps required to complete a systematic review and the
criteria that can be used to assess the quality of existing reviews.

The authors provide straightforward information on how to define a search question that captures the problem's parameters, develop a search strategy that is transparent and comprehensive, assess the quality and credibility of existing research, and summarize the available research to support EBP in social work. Providing coverage for both quantitative and qualitative synthesis methods, examples illustrate the steps and decisions associated with each approach to research synthesis. Key points
and suggested readings and websites provide avenues for further study. This pocket guide is an excellent introduction to EBP and systematic reviews that will be valued by social work students, practitioners, and scholars.

Zielgruppe

Doctoral students of social work in courses on evidence-based practice, research methods, or knowledge-building. Supplemental text for MSW students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronson, Denise E.

Davis, Tamara S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik, Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Systematic Reviews, Evidence-based Practice, and Social Work
2. Asking the Right Questions, Preparing a Protocol, and Finding the Relevant Research
3. Critically Appraising the Quality and Credibility of Quantitative Research for Systematic Reviews
4. The Art and Science of Managing and Summarizing the Available Research
5. Systematic Reviews of Qualitative Research
6. Assessing the Quality of Systematic Reviews
Glossary
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Denise E. Bronson, PhD, is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the MSW Program in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University.

Tamara S. Davis, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University.