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From Knowledge Production to Implementation: Research Challenges and Imperatives

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As evidence-based practice is increasingly accepted in social work, the challenges associated with its actual implementation become more apparent and pressing. This article identifies implementation as a critical issue for research; implementation itself must be better understood if evidence-based practices are to be used and resultant improvements to practice are to be realized. Social work needs to engage more fully in (a) service system research and (b) implementation research, each of which complements and has potential to extend the benefits of efficacy and effectiveness research. Service system research can enhance the fit of empirically supported treatments to the needs of real-world practice and thus facilitate their implementation. Implementation studies examine the acceptability of evidence-based interventions, the feasibility and likelihood of their sustained use, and the decision-support procedures that can help practitioners apply probabilistically based, empirically supported treatments to the individual case in real-world practice

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Series Title

Research on Social Work Practice

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Publisher

London : Sage Publications., 2008

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Language

English

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1049-7315

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Vol. 18, No. 4, Page 285-291

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Evidence-based practice
Implementation research
Service systems research
Social work research

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