Evidence-Based Practice Manual ― Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services

This interdisciplinary desk reference on evidence-based practice in health and human services contains 104 chapters summarizing methodologies of evidence-based practices and practice-based research. Presenting contributions from the fields of medicine, public health, psychology, social work, and criminal justice, Roberts (social work and criminal justice, Rutgers U.) and Yeager (Director of Quality and Operational Improvement, Ohio State U. Harding Behavioral Healthcare and Medicine) have organized the chapters into sections on critical issues; research ethics and research grant guidelines; diagnosis, interventions, and outcome research; epidemiological and public health research; conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement; assessment tools and measures; program evaluation strategies; qualitative and quantitative research exemplars; and maintaining quality and operational improvement. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)