Evidence-Based Practice
This process combines well-researched interventions with ethics and client experiences to inform practice decisions.
What is Evidence-Based Practice?
This professional code emphasizes research as a cornerstone of ethical, effective social work practice.
What is the NASW Code of Ethics?
This compilation of previously published research on a topic provides insight into previous findings and summarizes available knowledge.
What is a literature review?
This is the first step in the scientific method that begins the research process.
What is making an observation?
This type of variable is manipulated by the researcher, while the dependent variable is measured for changes.
What is an independent variable?
This framework, preferred in social work over PICO, uses Client characteristics, Intervention, Alternative, and Outcome to structure research questions with emphasis on cultural background and community-level interventions.
What is the CIAO framework?
Social workers have this type of obligation to stay current with peer-reviewed research and use evidence-based practices.
What is an ethical obligation/duty?
In APA in-text citations, this information appears in parentheses after quoted or paraphrased material.
What are peer-reviewed sources?
This aspect of problem recognition involves identifying issues that affect individuals, families, and communities, ranging from mental health to poverty.
What are identifying social issues?
This type of research emphasizes precise, generalizable statistical findings and uses structured instruments.
What is quantitative research?
This revolutionary housing program, developed by Sam Tsemberis, exemplifies evidence-based practice by providing housing without preconditions and has been replicated based on research demonstrating its effectiveness.
What is Housing First?
This is the foundation for developing research questions and begins the inquiry process in social work research.
What is problem recognition?
These types of sources undergo rigorous evaluation by experts in the field before publication and are considered most credible for academic research.
What are peer-reviewed sources?
A well-articulated problem forms the basis for formulating these, which should investigate aspects not well understood or test interventions.
What are research questions?
This type of research emphasizes participants' experiences and uses interviewing techniques.
What is qualitative research?
This principle in the TROUT framework means that even the best studies need to be repeated by independent researchers to establish confidence in findings.
What is Replication?
This way of knowing relies on "how things have always been done" and can lead to resistance to change.
What is tradition?
This Boolean operator excludes specific terms from your search results to eliminate irrelevant materials.
What is NOT?
This step assesses the effectiveness of the implemented strategy to determine its impact and success.
What is evaluation?
This research approach combines both qualitative and quantitative data to provide a comprehensive understanding through triangulation.
What is mixed methods research?
This principle in TROUT emphasizes that all procedural details must be openly specified for review and evaluation.
What is Transparent?
This police-led school program showed no long-term impact on drug use prevention and was sometimes linked to higher substance use.
What is D.A.R.E.?
This type of citation is used when you paraphrase or summarize an author's ideas without using their exact words.
What is a parenthetical citation?
These are the six steps in the research process, starting with problem identification and ending with this step.
What are: problem identification, generating alternatives, selection of strategy, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination?
This type of research examines program implementation, measures outcomes, and assesses the broader long-term effects of interventions.
What is evaluative research?