Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research

Lynette Joubert, Department of Social Work, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.Martin Webber, Professor of Social Work, Director of International Centre for Mental Health Social Research, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York.

• List of contributorsForeword: Irwin Epstein1 IntroductionLynette Joubert & Martin WebberSection 1: State of the Art2 Identifying the Conceptual Foundations of Practice ResearchMichael Austin3 Social Work Practice Research Developments – Four statements, ten years laterLars Uggerhøj4 From Research Question to Practice Research MethodologyMike Fisher5 Underlying Theoretical Positions, Perceptions and Foundations in Practice ResearchMaja Lundemark Andersen, Lene Ingemann Brandt, Kirsten Henriksen, Kirsten Mejlvig, Liesanth Nirmalarajan, Mette Rømer, Lars Uggerhøj and Pernille Wisti6 Practice Research as a Collective EnterpriseIan Shaw7 Philanthropic Collaboration in Practice Research: The Mrs Lee Choon Guan Endowed Research Fund Model, SingaporeRosaleen Ow, Isabel Sim & Esther GohSection 2: Methodologies8 Clinical Data Mining: a practice research methodology of choice for health social workersLynette Joubert, Melinda Collins, Lisa Braddy, Kathryn Turner, Alison Hocking, Denise Beovich, Sarah Blaschke, Fiona Wiseman9 Different approaches in practice research Maja Lundemark Andersen, Lene Ingemann Brandt, Kirsten Henriksen, Kirsten Mejlvig, Liesanth Nirmalarajan, Mette Rømer, Lars Uggerhøj and Pernille Wisti10 Methodological pluralism in practice research Martin Webber11 Pragmatist knowledge production in practice research Heidi Muurinen and Mirja Satka12 Evaluating social work practice with single system research designs Bruce A. Thyer13 Measuring effectiveness in practice research Grahame Simpson14 The interface between qualitative research methodology and practice research Lisa Morriss15 Engaging service users in practice research Maja Lundemark Andersen, Lene Ingemann Brandt, Kirsten Henriksen, Kirsten Mejlvig, Liesanth Nirmalarajan, Mette Rømer, Lars Uggerhøj and Pernille Wisti16 Practice research in Indigenous communities Angus Macfarlane17 Translating ideas of practice research for a national and local child welfare reform process Laura Yliruka, Päivi Petrelius and Pia Eriksson18 Causal analysis for practice-based research using observational data Arno Parolini, Wei Wu Tan, Marlena Klaic and Anna BornemiszaSection: Pedagogies 19 Teaching practice research through partnerships with field educators, social work communities and university Laura Yliruka, Jenika Heinonen, Maria Tapola-Haapala and Nanne Isokuortti20 Teaching practice research through fieldwork placements: critical factors for successful trialogical learning processes Maria Tapola-Haapala, Aino Kääriäinen, Maija Jäppinen and Mirja Satka21 Teaching practice research: a curriculum guide for postgraduate social work training Martin Webber22 Academic practitioner collaboration: a state-wide social work innovation from Victoria, Australia Lynette Joubert, Alison Hocking, Anita Morris and Lisa Braddy23 International capacity-building for practice research in India Saju MD, Meredith Fendt-Newlin, Lynette Joubert and Martin WebberSection 4: Applications 24 From practice wisdom to research knowledge: the case of the development of the Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit intervention model Margaret Xi-can Yin, Celia Hoi-yan Chan, Yat-lui Fung and Cecilia Lai-wan Chan25 Using existing data to explore practice issues and improve service responses: application of clinical data mining methodology in a healthcare context Alys-Marie Manguy, Lynette Joubert, Ed Oakley and Robert Gordon26 Post-hospital caregiving experiences: an exploratory, longitudinal mixed-methods study Geok Ling Lee, Corinne S.N. Ghoh, Gerald C.H. Koh, Soon Noi Goh, Crystal Chai-Lim, Marcus Y.L. Chiu, Nan Luo and Kai Cao27 The role of clinical supervision within Australian Youth Cancer Services Kate Thompson, Lucy Holland, Jeremy Lewin, Victoria Dax and Lynette Joubert28 Narrative practice and practice-based research Kristina Lainson29 Co-producing practice research: The Connecting People Implementation Study Nicola Moran, Martin Webber, Harminder Dosanjh Kaur, David Morris, Kayonda Ngamaba, Victoria Nunn, E. Thomas and Keith J. Thompson30 Sharing lived experience in mental health services Jonny Lovell, Alison O’Connell and Martin Webber31 Co-creation in research with young people Frida Westerback, Emma Murtonen, Judith Metz and Ilse Julkunen32 Parenting Assessment Manual Software with forensic parentingassessments: from practice to research Tracee Green and Martin Webber33 Practice-led research: developing communities of practice to drive research and practice change in the domestic and family violence arena Susan Heward-Belle, Cathy Humphreys, Lucy Healey, Menka Tsantefski, Jasmin Isobe, Cherie Toivonen, Erin Links, Amy Young and Tracy Wilde34 The performance of researching with migrants and refugees Janet Carter Anand, Chaitali Das, Csilla Veszteg and Enkhjargal BatbaatarSection 5: Expanding the frontiers35 Beyond knowledge transfer in practice research in social work: making sense of relations and alliances Ilse Julkunen and Raija Koskinen36 Results to practice: navigating complexities to create meaningful impact Christa B. Fouché and Laura A. Chubb37 Staying close to practice: knowledge translation in practice research Meredith Fendt-Newlin38 Whence and whither clinical data mining? Irwin Epstein39 New frontiers for practice research Lynette Joubert and Martin WebberIndex