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Preparing Social Work Practitioners to Use Evidence-Based Practice: A Comparison of Experiences From an Implementation Project

¹ New York State Psychiatric Institute
² Columbia University
³ University of Toronto
⁴ The University of Chicago
⁵ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jm703{at}columbia.edu.

	Abstract

The implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a professional model of practice for social work has been suggested as one approach to support informed clinical decision making. However, different barriers and processes have been identified that impact the use of EBP at individual, organizational, and systemic levels. This article describes results from a project that sought to enhance practitioner use of EBP by using a supportive strategy including training and technical assistance through a partnership between university-based researchers and three social work agencies. Results compare similarities and differences across each of the three agencies in terms of barriers and promoters at the team, organizational, and system levels. Results suggest that comprehensive multilevel interventions are needed to support the use of EBP in social work organizations and that further research is needed to test explicit partnership components. Findings suggest that a multilevel approach has the greatest potential to support implementation of EBP in social agencies.

First published on June 1, 2009, doi:10.1177/1049731509335547

Research on Social Work Practice 2009;19:613.

A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2009


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