Nicki Ward

As evidence-informed practice becomes both prominent and significant across multiple disciplines, this book brings forth an important and timely contribution to the growing emphasis in professional practice by enabling students and experienced practitioners to ask why, and how, to undertake this practice. Ward examines and explains the concept of evidence-informed practice and provides an accessible and engaging guide to developing the range of skills required, including: understanding and developing research questions relevant to their practice; conducting effectively structured literature and internet searches; analyzing and critiquing various forms of evidence; and applying findings to specific practice contexts.

As evidence-informed practice becomes both prominent and significant across multiple disciplines, this book brings forth an important and timely contribution to the growing emphasis in professional practice by enabling students and experienced practitioners to ask why, and how, to undertake this practice. Ward examines and explains the concept of evidence-informed practice and provides an accessible and engaging guide to developing the range of skills required, including: understanding and developing research questions relevant to their practice; conducting effectively structured literature and internet searches; analyzing and critiquing various forms of evidence; and applying findings to specific practice contexts.

Written by a collection of experts in the field, this important new text provides a critical and constructive analysis of the ways in which service users and carers engage with health and social care services. Covering topics such as the importance of terminology, wellbeing and resilience and the notion of tokenism, and enhanced by a wealth of first-hand experiences and creative work by a range of service users and carers, the text examines how different forms of collaboration, participation and involvement (or lack of it) have contributed, and continue to contribute, to service development and the expansion of participant movements. With a strong focus on retrospective as well as prospective analysis, it encourages the reader to learn from both historical and current developments in service user and carer involvement in order to anticipate and inform future directions. This engaging and inspiring text is key reading for students on undergraduate and postgraduate social work programmes, as well as practitioners looking for a fresh new perspective.