Assessing social work effectiveness in child care practice: The contribution of randomized controlled trials

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-296

  Newman, T ^a,b   Roberts, H ^a  

^a Policy Development Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Barnardo's ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child care; Effectiveness; Evidence based practice; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0031178653     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.1997.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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