Intervention Research: Design and Development for Human Service

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This interdisciplinary book presents a comprehensive conceptual and methodological treatment of intervention research, a developing area of empirical inquiry that aims to make research more directly relevant and applicable to practice. Intervention Research contains original chapters by the most highly regarded scholars in the field. These experts explain how to distinguish intervention research... Read more

This interdisciplinary book presents a comprehensive conceptual and methodological treatment of intervention research, a developing area of empirical inquiry that aims to make research more directly relevant and applicable to practice. Intervention Research contains original chapters by the most highly regarded scholars in the field. These experts explain how to distinguish intervention research from other modalities, demonstrate a new model of research for the design and development of interventions, and provide guidelines for conducting intervention research in practice with individuals, families, and community organizations. Providing useful observations and a wealth of ideas, authors offer conceptual schemes, results from recent design and development studies, and strategies and methodologies to help professionals make their research more usable and meaningful.

Chapters cover such important topics as the acquisition of relevant knowledge, meta-analysis in intervention research, methods and issues in designing and developing interventions, and field testing and evaluating innovative practice interventions. The book depicts intervention research through case illustrations and promotes the use of new technologies for developing innovative practice methods. Intervention Research focuses on Intervention Design and Development--the part of intervention research involving the creation of reliable, practical tools of social intervention in user-ready form. It sets forth systematic procedures for designing, testing, evaluating, and refining needed social technology and for disseminating proven techniques and programs to professionals in the community.

Intervention Research has a base in social work, but is highly interdisciplinary. Authors contributing to this text come from a variety of fields, including psychology, sociology, education, information science, and communications. Professors and educators working in schools of public health, education, urban planning, nursing, and public administration, or teaching courses in psychology, sociology, or upper-level social work, will find this book full of comprehensive and practical information that is advantageous for their work. Read less

Preface
I. Conceptual Overview
An Integrative Perspective on Intervention Research
Conducting Intervention Research--The Design and Development Process
II. Problem Analysis and Project Planning
Problem-Centered Intervention Research--Methods of the Second Type
Planning for Intervention Research
III. Information Gathering and Synthesis
Information Science Methods for Knowledge Retrieval--Basic Approaches and Emerging Trends
Meta-Analysis in Intervention Research--Methods and Implications
Systematic Research Synthesis--Conceptual Integration Methods of Meta-Analysis
IV. Design
Design of Social Intervention
Intervention Design for Practice--Enhancing Social Supports for High Risk Youth and Families
V. Early Development and Pilot Testing
Pilot Testing and Early Development of a Model of Case Management Intervention
Field Testing and Data Gathering of Innovative Practice Interventions in Early Development
VI. Evaluation and Advanced Development
Evaluation, Advanced Development and the Unilateral Family Therapy Experiment
Intervention Research as an Interorganizational Exchange
VII. Dissemination
Skills Training Modules--A Strategy for Dissemination and Utilization of a Rehabilitation Innovation
Disseminating Intervention Research in Academic Settings--A View from Social Work
Afterword--Competencies for Intervention Research
Appendix: Illustrative Practice Tools--Design and Development Products of Intervention Research
Subject Index
Name Index

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Edwin J Thomas, Jack Rothman

Intervention Research Design and Development for Human Service

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