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Practice Research in the Human Services - A University-Agency Partnership Model (Paperback)
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Practice Research in the Human Services - A University-Agency Partnership Model (Paperback)
Series: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods
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This book offers a practical approach to conducting practice
research in the field of human services. This evolving form of
applied research seeks to understand practice in the context of the
relationships between service providers and service users, between
service providers and their managers, between agency-based service
providers and community advocacy and support groups, and between
agency managers and policy makers. Practice research represents a
form of evidence-informed practice that involves a wide array of
research designs and methods, in contrast to the narrower emphasis
on experimental designs that characterizes evidence-based practice.
The emerging principles and practices associated with practice
research highlight: 1) including multiple, diverse stakeholders, 2)
maximizing and negotiating participation, 3) promoting practitioner
engagement in all phases of the research process, and 4) developing
new identities for participants as research-minded practitioners
and practice-minded researchers. The book is designed for
researchers, practitioners, service users and students, and focuses
on concrete experiences that illustrate the processes and
activities involved in a specific, locally negotiated model of
practice research. The book describes multiple practice research
studies across an array of fields of practice in the human
services, focusing on the research questions, designs, roles and
relationships that have been developed in the context of a
university-agency practice research partnership. These descriptions
and stories are used to construct a comprehensive, detailed picture
of the research process. Based upon these descriptions, the book
synthesizes a set of broader principles and guidelines for practice
researchers.
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