Praise for the previous edition'An extraordinary and important book. Its approach to evidence-based practice (EBP) is very sound, realistic, and generous to the complexities of everyday practice. Reading and using this book is a must.'—Haluk Soydan, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Southern California'This book has the potential to change practice in the helping professions. Rather than focusing on how to conduct research, Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice instead shows readers how to understand the literature.... [The] generous use of humor and the inclusion of simple, practice-relevant examples make this book a pleasure to read.'—Aron Shlonsky, PhD, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto'I particularly like the integration of research methods and EBP; this is the book's major innovation in my mind as it allows readers to see the connections between research and practice. [The book] also succeeds by taking very complex EBP principles and explaining them in practical terms.'—Jeffrey M. Jenson, PhD, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver Hands-on guidance for research-informed practice and practice-informed research Now in a second edition, Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice offers a clinician-oriented approach to appraising and using research as part of the EBP process. This accessible guide presents essential and practical guidance on how to integrate research appraisal into EBP endeavors to determine which interventions, policies, and assessment tools are supported by the best evidence. It introduces: Increased attention to macro-level EBP questions and studies New discussion on defining EBP, including the addition of a transdisciplinary model of EBP More detailed guidance on EBP question formulation and conducting Internet searches, including the PICO framework New content on multivariate designs, including propensity score matching, and on mixed-model and mixed-methods studies

Rubin, Allen, Bellamy, Jennifer

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley

2nd ed., Hoboken, N.J, New Jersey, 2012

United States, United States of America

Second edition, Hoboken, N.J, 2012

obscured text front cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

xix, 360 p. : 26 cm
"Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice gives essential and practical guidance on how to integrate research appraisal into evidence-based practice endeavors to ensure best client care. This practitioner-oriented book provides readers across the helping professions with the step-by-step skills they need to effectively appraise and use research as part of the evidence-based practice process. Readers will have the ability to integrate evidence-based treatments that improve the delivery of care and optimize treatment success as a result"--Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and index
Machine generated contents note: PART I OVERVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE Chapter 2 STEPS IN THE EBP PROCESS Chapter 3 RESEARCH HIERARCHIES: WHICH TYPES OF RESEARCH ARE BEST FOR WHICH QUESTIONS? PART II CRITICALLY APPRAISING STUDIES FOR EBP QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS Chapter 4 CRITERIA FOR INFERRING EFFECTIVENESS: HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WORKS? Chapter 5 CRITICALLY APPRAISING EXPERIMENTS Chapter 6 CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUASI-EXPERIMENTS: NONEQUIVALENT COMPARISON GROUPS DESIGNS Chapter 7 CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUASI-EXPERIMENTS: TIME-SERIES DESIGNS AND SINGLE-CASE DESIGNS Chapter 8 CRITICALLY APPRAISING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES PART II CRITICALLY APPRAISING STUDIES FOR ALTERNATIVE EBP QUESTIONS Chapter 9 CRITICALLY APPRAISING NONEXPERIMENTAL QUANTITATIVE STUDIES Chapter 10 CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUALITATIVE STUDIES PART IV ASSESSING CLIENTS AND MONITORING THEIR PROGRESS Chapter 11 CRITICALLY APPRAISING AND SELECTING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS Chapter 12 MONITORING CLIENT PROGRESS APPENDIX A Illustrative Answers to Selected Review Exercises APPENDIX B What You Do and Don't Need to Know about Statistics When Critically Appraising Studies

Written by a proven author and top scholar in research methods, Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice gives essential and practical guidance on how to integrate research appraisal into evidence-based practice endeavors to ensure best client care.

2024-08-23