Evidence-based Practice in Social Work

Development of a New Professional Culture

Haluk Soydan, Lawrence Palinkas, Lawrence A. Palinkas

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780415657334
• eBook ISBN: 9781135129484
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Social Work

The role of evidence-based practice is one of most central and controversial issues in social work today. This concise text introduces key concepts and processes of evidence-based practice whilst engaging with contemporary debates about its relevance and practicality.

Evidence-based Practice in Social Work provides both an argument for the importance of evidence-based practice in social work and fresh perspectives on its controversies and organizational prerequisites. It gives an accessible overview of:

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• Why evidence-based practice is relevant to social work.
• The challenges that the realities of social work practice present to models of evidence-based practice.
• Concepts of evidence-based practice as a process and professional culture.
• The role and nature of evidence.
• How evidence-based practice can be implemented and the importance of the organisational context.
• The globalization of evidence-based practice, including issues of cultural diversity and adaptability of evidence-based interventions.
• Controversies and criticism of evidence-based practice.

Written by internationally well-respected experts, this text is an important read for all those with an interest in the area, from social work students to academics and researchers.

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Preface
• Introduction
• Evidence-based practice
• Evidence and its sources
• Supporting evidence-based practice
• Challenges of using EBP in social work practice
• Controversies
• Globalization of evidence-based practice
• Creating a professional culture for evidence-based practice
• References
• Index