Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Practitioner Assessment of an Agency-Based Training Program

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-90

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

agency university partnerships; empirically supported interventions; Evidence based practice; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WORK; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84876313504     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15433714.2011.581545     Document Type: Article

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