Social Workers' Attitudes toward Peer-Reviewed Literature: The Evidence Base

Academic Library Instruction, Evidence-Based Practice, and Social Workers: An Exploratory Survey

“…Participants also suggested "that universities and/or professional associations, such as the National Association of Social Workers, might partner with agencies to provide practitioners with access to fee-based search engines and full text journal articles" (Bledsoe-Mansori et al 2013, 81). Knight (2013) found that social workers were not reading peer reviewed literature available to them. But it is critical to note that participants' access was quite limited in Knight's study.…”

Organizational and Individual Determinants of Evidence Use by Managers in Public Human Service Organizations

“…In order to account for differences in evidence use based on years of experience, a continuous variable was included reflecting the number of years that the respondent had worked in the human service sector at the time of the survey (Knight, 2013).…”

Using the Assessment Framework to measure parental mood: an investigation of the reliability of the Adult Well‐Being Scale

“…However, defining EBP has not been without problems, and integration into routine practice has not been without reservations.The objections and counter arguments to the adoption of EBP have been prominent in the field for some years (e.g. Gibbs & Gambrill 2002); yet despite considerable academic enthusiasm, implementation has been patchy at best (Knight 2013).The provision of a set of measures readily available online and with scoring and interpretation guidance was an important first step in helping UK social workers access measures that could be used in practice. However, it is becoming clearer that simply providing practitioners with resources is not sufficient.…”

“…There has been a growing interest in the way in which evidence-based practice (EBP) is incorporated into social work. This has resulted in a proliferation of research and practice guidelines that investigate the conditions in which EBP is most likely to be implemented (Gray et al 2013) and considered discussion of the limitations and advantages of such implementation (Knight 2013). As the field moves towards a majority view that practitioners should have the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and then synthesize evidence of practice effectiveness (Cournoyer 2004;Knight 2013), government policy and practice guidelines have emerged that are intended to support practitioners in the adoption of EBP.…”

“…This has resulted in a proliferation of research and practice guidelines that investigate the conditions in which EBP is most likely to be implemented (Gray et al 2013) and considered discussion of the limitations and advantages of such implementation (Knight 2013). As the field moves towards a majority view that practitioners should have the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and then synthesize evidence of practice effectiveness (Cournoyer 2004;Knight 2013), government policy and practice guidelines have emerged that are intended to support practitioners in the adoption of EBP. The Department of Health's 'Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families' in the UK provides a systematic assessment for the evaluation of the needs of children and their families (Department of Health 2000a).…”