- Title
- What supports and impedes evidence-based practice implementation? A survey of Australian social workers
- Creator
- Gray, Mel; Joy, Elyssa; Plath, Debbie; Webb, Stephen A.
- Relation
- British Journal of Social Work Vol. 45, Issue 2, p. 667-684
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct123
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- This paper reports on findings from a national survey (n = 364) of social workers' views on what impedes and supports evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation. In contrast to some prior research, support for EBP was found to be strong among the social workers surveyed. Open-ended responses, however, reflected some reservations about the formalisation, relevance, usability and applicability of EBP in social work. A range of barriers to EBP implementation for social workers were identified at individual and organisational levels, which is largely supportive of findings from prior research. An interesting distinction was discerned between those respondents who preferred to engage in the whole EBP process themselves (locating, appraising and applying research) and those who preferred to adopt practice guidelines based on appraisal of research evidence by other experts. This finding has implications for the way organisations and the social work profession approach the implementation of EBP.
- Subject
- evidence-based practice; implementation; social work; barriers; facillitators
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1063168
- Identifier
- uon:17215
- Identifier
- ISSN:0045-3102
- Rights
- This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The version of record Gray, Mel; Joy, Elyssa; Plath, Debbie; Webb, Stephen A. "What supports and impedes evidence-based practice implementation? A survey of Australian social workers” Published in British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 45, Issue 2, Pages 667-684, (2015) is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bct123.
- Language
- eng
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