From evidence to outcomes in child welfare: an international reader
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
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The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged. The terms 'Evidence-Based,' 'evidence-informed,' 'best practice', and 'effective' have become ubiquitous in scholarly and professional publications, government documents, funding applications, and training institutions across the world. Yet despite this avalanche of words, there is substantial disagreement with respect to the definition of evidence and how it should be used to improve the lives of children and youth. This book builds on the burgeoning evidence-informed practice movement in social welfare that
Part 1. Setting the context -- part 2. Beyond empirically supported interventions : innovative strategies for a complicated world -- part 3. The question drives the method : different types of evidence and their use -- part 4. The delivery of services within an agency context
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-229) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 234 p.)
ISBN:0199973725
0199973733
0199973741
9780199973729
9780199973736
9780199973743

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