About the Book
Implementing Evidence-Informed Practice: International Perspectives comprises sixteen original articles about developing strategies to integrate knowledge into policy and practice in order to: * determine if interventions will have the desired effect,* ensure that public money is spent efficiently, and * increase the likelihood that practitioners are intervening in the lives of others on the basis of the best available evidence.Treatment outcomes, knowledge sharing, outcome evaluation methodology, early intervention, prevention, the development and sustaining of implementation teams, and the creation of instruments to measure implementation capacities across local, regional, and state/provincial levels are all addressed.
Table of Contents:
* Chapter 1: Introduction - Katharine Dill and Wes Shera* Section One: Conceptualizing Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 2: Pushing the Envelope: Future Directions for Evidence-Informed Practice - Katharine Dill and Wes Shera* Chapter 3: Tacit Knowledge As Evidence: The Role of Conversation and Stories in the Validation of Practice Wisdom - George Julian and Todor Proykov* Chapter 4: Evidence-Informed Practice in Child Protection - Aron Shlonsky and Michelle Ballan* Section Two: Strategies for Promoting the Use of Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 5: Interactive Strategies in Evidence-Informed Practice: Working in Collaboration with a Multi-Professional Children's Workforce - Susannah Bowyer and Sarah Moore* Chapter 6: Methods for Engaging Key Stakeholders in Child and Youth Mental Health - Melanie Barwick, Don Buchanan, Michael Cheng, Ian Manion, Frances Ruffolo, and Kathy Short* Chapter 7: Changing Lives through Technology and Innovation - Ian Watson, Amy O'Neil, and Alison Petch* Section Three: Systemic-Level Efforts to Improve the Use of Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 8: Informing Policy with Evidence: Successes, Failures, and Surprises - Cathy Humphreys, Gaby Marcus, Ann Sanson, Kelly Rae, Sarah Wise, Marilyn Webster, and Sarah Waters* Chapter 9: Facing the Child Welfare and Mental Health Interface Challenges through Evidence-Informed Approaches: An Irish Case Study - John Canavan, Aisling Gillen, Kathryn Higgins, and Brendan Doody* Chapter 10: Achieving an Outcomes-Driven System: Critical Decision Points for Leaders - Sybil K. Goldman, Kay Hodges, Patrick Kanary, and James R. Wotring* Chapter 11: Let's Come Together: A Macro-Oriented Model for Organizing the Support of EBP 156 - Karin Alexanderson, Elisabeth Beijer, Ulf Hyvonen, Per-Ake Karlsson, and Kristin Marklund* Section Four: Multi-level Initiatives in the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Practice* Chapter 12: Facilitating Evidence-Informed Practice: Participatory Knowledge Translation and Exchange - Robyn Mildon, Leah Bromfield, Fiona Arney, Kerry Lewig, Annette Michaux, and Greg Antcliff* Chapter 13: Engaging the Voice of the Child: Strengthens Practice-Based Research and Guides Multi-Professional Co-operation - Stina Hognabba, Hanna Heinonen, Tiina Muukkonen, and Alpo Heikkinen* Chapter 14: Partners for Our Children: A Case Study of a Public-Private University-Based Research and Development Centre - Mark E. Courtney and Tessa Keating* Chapter 15: Implementing Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare and Other Human Services - Dean L. Fixsen, Karen A. Blase, Michelle A. Duda, and Jacquie Brown* Chapter 16: Integrative Themes, Lessons Learned, and Future Challenges - Katharine Dill and Wes Shera
About the Author :
Katharine Dill, PhD, is Executive Director of PART (Practice and Research Together). Wes Shera, PhD, is Professor and Dean Emeritus, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.
Review :
It will illuminate, inspire, and instruct all those who believe that good outcomes have to be founded on good evidence-most especially social workers, their managers, and service directors." - Celia Atherton, OBE, Director of Social Justice, Darlington Hall Trust, United Kingdom
