Efforts to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice in Social Work

Allen Rubin

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This keynote address discusses previous and ongoing efforts to reduce the persistent gap between research and practice in social work and offers recommendations for further bridging that gap. Key among those recommendations is the need to conduct descriptive outcome studies of efforts to adapt research-supported interventions in everyday practice settings to develop a database of case studies that can be analyzed to ferret out the factors associated with variations in client outcomes. These studies would have additional value in bridging the gap by showing agencies whether the intervention they adapted is as effective in their setting and with their clients as they hoped it would be and whether they might need to tweak it or replace it. The keynote address also discusses ways to incentivize academia-based researchers to conduct such studies and the impact of pressure on them to obtain major research funding.

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2008Evidence-based Kernels: Fundamental Units of Behavioral Influence 2007Understanding the Common Elements of Evidence-Based Practice 2011Evidence-Based Practice at a Crossroads 1999A Report on Progress in the Development of Research Resources in Social Work 2007Problematic Phrases in the Conclusions of Published Outcome Studies 2012A Primer for the Design of Practice Manuals 2012Comparing Social Worker and Non-Social Worker Outcomes: A Research Review

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