Beyond the Evidence Paradox: Engaging with Service Users and Citizens in the Implementation of Social Work Practice Research.
Purpose: There is a paradox in social work research. Evidence is generated in the belief that it will inform social work practice, though research findings are rarely implemented in full. This paper explores how engaging with service users and citizens in the research and implementation processes ma...
| Publicado en: | Research on Social Work Practice Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 641 - 651 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jul2026
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