| The Evidence-Based
Practice Manual was developed as an all-inclusive and comprehensive
practical desktop resource. It includes 104 original chapters,
each specially written by the most prominent and experienced
medical, public health, psychology, social work, criminal
justice, and public policy practitioners, researchers, and
professors in the United States and Canada. This book is specifically
designed with practitioners in mind, providing at-a-glance
overviews and direct application chapters. This is the only
interdisciplinary volume available for locating and applying
evidence-based assessment measures, treatment plans, and interventions.
Particular attention has been given to providing practice
guidelines and exemplars of evidence-based practice and practice-based
research.
The Evidence-Based Practice Manual emphasizes and summarizes
key elements, issues, concepts, and how-to approaches in
the development and application of evidence-based practice.
Discussions include program evaluation, quality and operational
improvement strategies, research grant applications, validating
measurement tools, and utilizing statistical procedures.
Concise summaries of the substantive evidence gained from
methodologically rigorous quantitative and qualitative research
provide make this is an accessible resource for a broad
range of practitioners facing the mandate of evidence-based
practice in the health and human services.
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