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Zusatztext At no time in history has evidence-based practice been more critical than the present. Some of the contemporary issues of health care-cost! evaluation! quality! and outcomes-may be effectively addressed by applying the best available evidence. In this regard! the Manual! with its comprehensive chapters and distinguished authors! offers a unique reference for clinicians! public health workers! and policy makers. Klappentext The Evidence-Based Practice Manual was developed as an all-inclusive and comprehensive practical desktop resource. It includes 104 original chapters, each specially written by the most prominent and experienced medical, public health, psychology, social work, criminal justice, and publicpolicy practitioners, researchers, and professors in the United States and Canada. This book is specifically designed with practitioners in mind, providing at-a-glance overviews and direct application chapters. This is the only interdisciplinary volume available for locating and applyingevidence-based assessment measures, treatment plans, and interventions. Particular attention has been given to providing practice guidelines and exemplars of evidence-based practice and practice-based research. The Evidence-Based Practice Manual emphasizes and summarizes key elements, issues, concepts, and how-to approaches in the development and application of evidence-based practice. Discussions include program evaluation, quality and operational improvement strategies, research grant applications, validating measurement tools, and utilizing statistical procedures. Concise summaries of the substantive evidence gained from methodologically rigorous quantitative and qualitative research provide make this is an accessible resource for a broad range of practitioners facing the mandate ofevidence-based practice in the health and human services.A comprehensive desktop resource Zusammenfassung The Evidence-Based Practice Manual was developed as an all-inclusive and comprehensive practical desktop resource. This is an interdisciplinary volume for locating and applying evidence-based assessment measures, treatment plans, and interventions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I: Overview and critical issues 1: Roberts and Yeager: Systematic reviews of evidence-based studies and practice-based research: how to search for, develop, and use them 2: Vandiver and Corcoran: Implementing best practice and expert consensus procedures 3: Rosenthal: Overview of evidence based practices 4: Hayward: Informing health choices: reflections on knowledge integration strategies for electronic health records 5: Teague and Bell: Toward common performance indicators and measures for accountability in behavioural health care 6: Casey and Krueger: An overview of focus group interviewing 7: Yeager and Roberts: Mental illness, substance dependence and suicidality: secondary data analysis 8: Reamer: Making participant observation research matter: a typology based on 12,000 felons 9: Petrucci, Kirk and Reid: Computer technology and social work 10: Chaiklin: Problem formulation, conceptualization, and theory development 11: Almgren: Statistics for human service workers Section II: Research ethics and step-by-step research grant guidelines 12: Hwang, Martin and Bayoumi: Methodological, practical and ethical challenges to inner-city health research 13: Antle, Regehr and Mishna: Qualitative research ethics: thriving within tensions 14: Streiner: The fine art of grantsmanship 15: Mowbray: Applying for research grants: step-by-step guidelines 16: Crusto and Wandersman: Setting the stage for accountability and program evaluation in community-based grant-making 17: Camasso, Harvey and Jagannathan: Conducting cost-benefit analysis in human service settings Section III: Evidence-based practice: diagnosis, interventions, and outcome research 18: Rosen and Proct...
