Practitioner's guide to using research for evidence-based practice /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Allen Rubin and Jennifer Bellamy
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wiley,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2012
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiii, 360 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Part I. Overview of Evidence-Based Practice: Chapter 1. Introduction to evidence-based practice -- Chapter 2. Steps in the EBP Process -- Chapter 3. Research hierarchies: which types of research are best for which questions? -- Part II. Critically Appraising Studies for EBP Questions About Intervention Effectiveness: Chapter 4. Criteria for inferring effectiveness: how do we know what works -- Chapter 5. Critically appraising experiments -- Chapter 6. Critically appraising quasi-experiments: nonequivalent comparison groups designs -- Chapter 7. Critically appraising quasi-experiments: time-series designs and single-case designs -- Chapter 8. Critically appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses -- Part III. Critically Appraising Studies for Alternative EBP Questions: Chapter 9. Critically appraising nonexperimental quantitative studies -- Chapter 10. Critically appraising qualitative studies -- Part IV. Assessing Clients and Monitoring Their Progress: Chapter 11. Critically appraising and selecting assessment instruments -- Chapter 12. Monitoring client progress -- Appendix A. Illustrative Answers to Selected Review Exercises -- Appendix B. What You Do and Don't Need to Know about Statistics When Critically Appraising Studies
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice gives essential and practical guidance on how to integrate research appraisal into evidence-based practice endeavors to ensure best client care. This practitioner-oriented book provides readers across the helping professions with the step-by-step skills they need to effectively appraise and use research as part of the evidence-based practice process. Readers will have the ability to integrate evidence-based treatments that improve the delivery of care and optimize treatment success as a result"--Provided by publisher