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Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods

Practice Research in the Human Services

A University-Agency Partnership Model

Carnochan, Sarah (Research Director of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium, Research Director of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium, University of California, Berkeley) & Austin, Michael J. (Professor of the Graduate School and Mack Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Welfare, Professor of the Graduate School and Mack Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley)

Practice Research in the Human Services

Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods

Practice Research in the Human Services

A University-Agency Partnership Model

Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods: Practice Research in the Human Services

 

As part of the OUP Series, Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods, this book captures the pioneering work of a research partnership between public human service agencies and an internationally-ranked university.


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Beschrijving Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods: Practice Research in the Human Services

This book offers a practical approach to conducting practice research in the field of human services. This evolving form of applied research seeks to understand practice in the context of the relationships between service providers and service users, between service providers and their managers, between agency-based service providers and community advocacy and support groups, and between agency managers and policy makers. Practice research represents a form of evidence-informed practice that involves a wide array of research designs and methods, in contrast to the narrower emphasis on experimental designs that characterizes evidence-based practice. The emerging principles and practices associated with practice research highlight: 1) including multiple, diverse stakeholders, 2) maximizing and negotiating participation, 3) promoting practitioner engagement in all phases of the research process, and 4) developing new identities for participants as research-minded practitioners and practice-minded researchers. The book is designed for researchers, practitioners, service users and students, and focuses on concrete experiences that illustrate the processes and activities involved in a specific, locally negotiated model of practice research. The book describes multiple practice research studies across an array of fields of practice in the human services, focusing on the research questions, designs, roles and relationships that have been developed in the context of a university-agency practice research partnership. These descriptions and stories are used to construct a comprehensive, detailed picture of the research process. Based upon these descriptions, the book synthesizes a set of broader principles and guidelines for practice researchers.


ISBN
9780197518335
Pagina's
320
Verschenen
Serie
Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods
NUR
741
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP USA

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