The New York statement on the evolving definition of practice research designed for continuing dialogue: a bulletin from the 3rd International Conference on Practice Research (2014)
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Silberman School of Social WorkUniversity of Bedfordshire
University of Helsinki
University of Aalborg
University of California, Berkeley
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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2015-04-22Subjects
internationalfield of practice
methodological article
mixed methods
social work
L500 Social Work
social work research
practice research
evidence-based practice
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This Statement on Practice Research is a work in progress. It emerges out of deliberations from three international conferences on defining and operationalizing practice research. It seeks to capture both a process and outcome in which practitioners, researchers, service users, and educators collectively engage in a negotiated process of inquiry. One of the goals of this form of research is to place equal emphasis on improving practice and improving services. Practice research also seeks to rebalance the power relations in terms of integrating the voices of service users, service providers, service researchers, and instructors preparing future and current service providers. This third statement emerges out of the most recent international conference in New York City (2012) and continues the construction of the social science and social philosophy foundation of practice research. It seeks to expand the dialogue on practice research to include more international voices while also searching for linkages with the evolving process of defining the mixed methods approach to evidence-informed practice. This Statement provides a platform for the 4th International Conference on Practice Research planned for Hong Kong in 2017.Citation
Epstein, I., Fisher, M., Julkunen, I., Uggerhoj, L., Austin, M. J., & Sim, T. (2015) 'The New York Statement on the Evolving Definition of Practice Research Designed for Continuing Dialogue: A Bulletin From the 3rd International Conference on Practice Research (2014)'. Research on Social Work Practice 25 (6):711Publisher
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Research on Social Work PracticeAdditional Links
http://rsw.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/1049731515582250Type
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1049-73151552-7581
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/1049731515582250
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