- Title
- Exploring the potential of interaction models of research use for social work
- Creator
- Heinsch, Milena
- Relation
- British Journal of Social Work Vol. 48, Issue 2, p. 468-486
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx034
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- A range of models have been developed to explain the factors and processes that influence research use. However, they have remained largely untested, leaving their applicability and relevance unknown. This study examined Australian social work researchers’ perspectives on the potential of interaction to enhance research use in social work. Qualitative interviews were conducted. Participants identified interaction as a key factor influencing research use by practitioners. In all, three interaction themes were identified, which impacted on research use: (i) timing of the interaction, (ii) level at which the interaction occurs and (iii) nature of the interaction. However, the power of interaction as an influential factor in research use was found to lie in the particular ways in which it combined with characteristics of individual researchers, the organisation and the research content. To illustrate the way in which interaction combines with other factors to impact on research use, the key themes were synthesised into four interactional approaches, namely ‘situated’, ‘engaged’, ‘programmatic’ and ‘conventional’. These approaches vary from intense interaction and knowledge coproduction situated in the context of application to brief engagement within a conventional approach to research dissemination. The findings provided preliminary support for interaction models of research use for social work.
- Subject
- research utilisation; evidence-based practice; interaction models; social work
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1401754
- Identifier
- uon:34957
- Identifier
- ISSN:1468-263X
- Language
- eng
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