Preparing social work practitioners to use evidence-based practice: A comparison of experiences from an implementation project

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-627

  Manuel, Jennifer I ^a   Mullen, Edward J ^b   Fang, Lin ^c   Bellamy, Jennifer L ^d   Bledsoe, Sarah E ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Implementation; Professional training; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449371977     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509335547     Document Type: Article

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