What do practitioners want from research, what do funders fund and what needs to be done to know more about what works in the new world of childrens services?

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-294

  Stevens, Madeleine ^a   Liabo, Kristin ^b   Witherspoon, Sharon ^c   Roberts, Helen ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Nuffield Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's services; Evidence based practice; Funding of research; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955124285     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426409X463820     Document Type: Article

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