Rethinking Quality Assessment Tools for Social Work Evidence Synthesis Research.
The article focuses on the challenges of applying conventional quality appraisal tools, originally developed for biomedical research, to social work research in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It highlights that these tools prioritize randomized controlled trials, blinding, and standardized in...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Research Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 65 - 70 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2026
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192099963&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192099963 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10705309 SWK jtl: Social Work Research issn: 10705309 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 50 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 192099963 10.1093/swr/svaf027 ppf: 65 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 534KB tig: atl: Rethinking Quality Assessment Tools for Social Work Evidence Synthesis Research. aug: au: Rafieifar, Maryam Naseh, Mitra affil: Maryam Rafieifar, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, 701 S. Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX 76019, USA Mitra Naseh, PhD, is assistant professor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA su: Child welfare Self-evaluation Language & languages Evaluation of human services programs Cultural competence Social services Social work research Research ethics Serial publications Professional practice Clinical medicine research Meta-analysis Systematic reviews Research bias Evidence-based medicine Quality assurance sug: subj: Child welfare Self-evaluation Language & languages Evaluation of human services programs Cultural competence Social services Social work research Research ethics Other Individual and Family Services Serial publications Professional practice Clinical medicine research Meta-analysis Systematic reviews Research bias Evidence-based medicine Quality assurance ab: The article focuses on the challenges of applying conventional quality appraisal tools, originally developed for biomedical research, to social work research in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It highlights that these tools prioritize randomized controlled trials, blinding, and standardized interventions, which often conflict with the participatory, relational, and context-driven nature of social work studies. This misalignment leads to the undervaluation and exclusion of important social work research, particularly studies grounded in community engagement and cultural responsiveness, from evidence syntheses that inform policy and funding. The article calls for the development of new or adapted quality assessment frameworks that reflect social work’s core values, ethical priorities, and methodological diversity, emphasizing transparency, contextual relevance, and flexibility to better capture the strengths of social work research. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|