Developing research based social work practice /
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| Author / Creator: | Orme, Joan. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. |
| Description: | xii, 218 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Practical social work series Practical social work. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8062367 |
Table of Contents:
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Why do we need research based social work practice?
- What is to be done to develop a research base for practice?
- The organization of the text
- Part 1. Context of social work research
- 1. What is research for?
- Introduction
- Social work and social sciences
- What is research?
- Social work research
- Evidence based policy and practice
- Emancipatory and participatory research
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 2. Understanding social research
- Introduction
- Social research
- Social research and social work
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- Part 2. Process of social work research
- 3. Ethics and ethical approval
- Introduction
- Research governance
- Principles of codes of ethics
- Implications for developing social work research
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 4. Reviewing the literature
- Introduction
- Traditional literature reviews
- Systematic review
- Critical appraisal
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 5. Methodologies and methods
- Introduction
- Methodologies, methods and desing
- Ways of knowing
- The 'Paradigm debate'
- Methodological approaches
- Bridging the gap
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 6. Statistics and quantification: how numbers help
- Introduction
- 'Easing' the distinction between quantitative and qualitative methods
- What do we need to get by?
- Looking for differences in the data
- Looking for similarities
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 7. Samples and surveys
- Introduction
- Asking questions
- Selecting a sample
- Critically appraising a questionnaire
- The growing use of scales and inventories
- The Willingness to Care study: a brief outline of the design of a work in progress
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 8. Talk and discourse
- Introduction
- Context
- Developing qualitatively derived 'abstracted common attributes'
- Encouraging 'talk'
- Grounded theory as an analytic method
- Discourse analysis
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- Part 3. Implications of social work research
- 9. Who owns the research?
- Introduction
- Conducting research
- Stakeholder research
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- 10. Getting the message across
- Introduction
- Dissemination
- Engaging with research findings
- Utilization
- Reflective practitioner researchers
- Conclusion
- Recommended reading
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Developing research based social work practice
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Assessment of Disorganized Attachment and Maltreatment (ADAM) Project
- Introduction
- Aim
- Using evidence-informed research into disorganized attachment
- Range of assessment-based methods
- References
- Index
