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Volume 16 Number Vol 16, No 2: Number 2 / 2013 Year 2013

8 articles in this issue 

Lynn McDonald

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E. Sharland

In 2008, the UK Economic and Social Research Council called for ‘a fundamental step change’ in breadth, depth and quality of UK social work and social care research. This paper reports some of the findings from the ESRC Strategic Adviser for Social Work a... see more

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Pags. 7 - 19  

Mike Fisher

This paper concerns the impact of social work research, particularly on practice and practitioners. It explores the politics of research and how this affects practice, the way that university-based research understands practice, and some recent developmen... see more

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Pags. 20 - 36  

Linda Bell,Carmel Clancy

Initial findings from a pedagogic initiative and research project show how two cohorts comprising 105 postgraduates undertaking social work or mental health educational programmes responded to learning about research methods in one UK university. Few stud... see more

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Pags. 37 - 50  

Lynn McDonald,Taghi Doostgharin

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Family Skills Initiative reviewed hundreds, and then recommended 23 evidence based programmes (2010). UNODC invited FAST (Families and Schools Together) to be piloted in Central Asia, and funded the ... see more

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Pags. 51 - 75  

Geoff Lindsay

In this paper I argue for the importance of combined (mixed) methods studies when evaluating complex initiatives such as interventions. These studies combine quantitative and qualitative methods purposively, in order to capture a broader range of importan... see more

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Pags. 76 - 87  

Donald Forrester

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the most rigorous test of effectiveness for any intervention. This article considers RCTs as policy projects, and outlines the key elements of effective delivery of interventions within an RCT. It is argued that con... see more

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