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Schinke, Steven P.; Schwinn, Traci M.; Hursh, Hilary A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Intervention research is essential to help Hispanic American adolescents avoid drug use. This article describes an intervention research program aimed at preventing drug use among these youths. Grounded in salient epidemiological data, the program is informed by bicultural competence, social learning, and motivational interviewing theories. The…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Abuse, Hispanic Americans, Adolescents
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Baton, Emily; Crosland, Kimberly; Haynes, Rocky – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: Homeless children are more likely to have social skills deficits relative to same aged peers and may benefit from a social skills intervention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the Let's Be Social application with the addition of behavioral skills training (BST) to teach social skills to children who were homeless.…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods, Intervention
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Ferguson, Kristin M.; Ziemer, Kelly L.; Celada, M.; Oviedo, Sofia; Ansbrow, Jacqueline – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the influence of a community-based, service-coordination and delivery intervention (CONNECT Program) on urban, minority parents' human capital, financial capital, community social capital, and service utilization. Method: This study used a pre-posttest single group design and mixed methods…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Social Capital, Human Capital, Workshops
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White, Catherine Roller; O'Brien, Kirk; Davis, Cynthia W.; Rogg, Carla; Rudlang-Perman, Kristen; Morgan, Linda Jewell; Houston, Millicent – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This article describes the evaluation of permanency roundtables, an intervention to help youth in foster care achieve legal permanency and the challenges evaluators faced in finding and using appropriate comparison data. Method: In 2009, permanency roundtables were conducted for 496 children in Georgia, most of whom had spent extended…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Evaluation Problems, Program Evaluation
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Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Lo, Cyrus – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study examined the efficacy of the Parent and Child Enhancement (PACE) program on child learning, child behavior problems, and parental stress, using randomized controlled trial design, in social services centers. Methods: Eligibility criteria were (1) children aged 2 years at program commencement, (2) low-income, new immigrant, or…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Family Programs, Learning, Child Behavior
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Rasool, Shahana; Ross, Eleanor – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: In light of the limited research into consumers' experiences of group work services in South Africa, the study evaluated groups offered by a range of social service agencies in Gauteng to determine whether group interventions were perceived by users as developmental and empowering. Methods: Program evaluation was employed to evaluate 47…
Descriptors: Social Services, Program Evaluation, Social Work, Group Counseling
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Ayala-Nunes, Lara; Jiménez, Lucía; Hidalgo, Victoria; Dekovic, Maja; Jesus, Saul – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: The measurement of Family Feedback on Child Welfare Services (FF-CWS) is gaining prominence as an efficacy indicator and is coherent with concerns about family-centered practice and empowerment. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that would overcome the scarcity of psychometrically sound measures in this…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error of Measurement, Validity, Child Welfare
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Macvean, Michelle; Shlonsky, Aron; Mildon, Robyn; Devine, Ben – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objectives: To scope evaluations of Indigenous parenting programs designed to improve child psychosocial outcomes. Methods: Electronic databases, gray literature, Indigenous websites and journals, and reference lists were searched. The search was restricted to high-income countries with a history of colonialism. Results: Sixteen studies describing…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health, Child Rearing
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Klein Velderman, Mariska; Pannebakker, Fieke D.; van Vliet, Wendy; Reijneveld, Sijmen A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: Parental divorce has strong impacts on children. Evidence-based programs to support young children after parental divorce are rare. The U.S.-developed Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) is one of these. CODIP's effectiveness outside the U.S. setting is to be further replicated. This study aimed at cultural adaptation of…
Descriptors: Prevention, Divorce, Elementary School Students, Preschool Children
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Bertram, Rosalyn M.; Blase, Karen A.; Fixsen, Dean L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
This article presents recent refinements to implementation constructs and frameworks. It updates and clarifies the frequently cited study conducted by the National Implementation Research Network that introduced these frameworks for application in diverse endeavors. As such, it may serve as a historical marker in the rapidly developing science and…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Program Implementation, Human Services, Theory Practice Relationship
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Metz, Allison; Bartley, Leah; Ball, Heather; Wilson, Dawn; Naoom, Sandra; Redmond, Phil – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Traditional approaches to disseminating research based programs and innovations for children and families, which rely on practitioners and policy makers to make sense of research on their own, have been found insufficient. There is growing interest in strategies that "make it happen" by actively building the capacity of service providers…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination, Innovation, Case Studies
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Brännström, Lars; Vinnerljung, Bo; Hjern, Anders – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objectives: To estimate the impacts of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program (CFPP) for older children on participants' long-term outcomes related to mental health problems, illicit drug use, public welfare receipt, placement in out-of-home care, educational achievement, and offending. Method: We analyzed longitudinal register data on more than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Programs, Mental Health, Drug Use
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Dababnah, Sarah; Parish, Susan L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This article reports on the acceptability and results from an evaluation of an empirically supported practice, The Incredible Years, tailored to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods: Two groups of parents (N = 17) participated in a mixed methods test with no comparison group of the 15-week intervention. Data…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Parents
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Fraser, Mark W.; Guo, Shenyang; Ellis, Alan R.; Thompson, Aaron M.; Wike, Traci L.; Li, Jilan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
This article describes the core features of outcome research and then explores issues confronting researchers who engage in outcome studies. Using an intervention research perspective, descriptive and explanatory methods are distinguished. Emphasis is placed on the counterfactual causal perspective, designing programs that fit culture and context,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Inferences, Intervention, Program Implementation
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Cohen, David; Lacasse, Jeffrey R.; Duan, Rui; Sengelmann, Inge – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objectives: To test the potential impact of a critical curriculum on psychiatric medications designed for child welfare workers. Method: In a quasiexperimental, longitudinal study, the monthly proportion of medicated foster children and the average number of prescriptions per medicated child at Agency 1 (669 clients) exposed to the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drug Therapy, Psychiatry, Outcomes of Treatment
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