The Fourth Edition of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt's The Practice of Research in
Social Work introduces an integrated set of techniques for evaluating research and practice …

Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, this
brief version of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt's popular, The Practice of Research in …

Research into child and family social work has largely stopped short of getting close enough
to practice to produce understandings of what goes on between social workers and service …

This article examines later fidelity and implementation of a five-site pan-Canadian Housing
First research demonstration project. The average fidelity score across five Housing First …

Person-centered care has been gaining prominence in behavioral health care, and service
planning has shifted towards “person-centered care planning”(PCCP), where individuals, in …

Linking prisoners with mental illness with treatment following release is critical to preventing
recidivism, but little research exists to inform efforts to engage them effectively. This …

Access to safe, good quality affordable housing is essential to wellbeing and housing
related factors can have an important influence on neighbourliness and sense of community …

abstract Housing First (HF) has spread on the international scene as an evidence-based
intervention to overcome homelessness among people with mental health problems. In …

The subjects of social work practice–clients, communities, families, groups, and
organizations–exist in real-time and in open systems where the social worker is faced with …

The harm reduction approach has become a viable framework within the field of addictions,
yet there is limited understanding about how this approach is implemented in practice. For …