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Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in Child Protection

Geraldine Macdonald

School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

This article argues for the adoption of an evidence-based approach to decision-making in child protection. Such a change hinges upon the availability of good quality, up-to-date evidence that is readily accessible to practitioners and policy-makers. Following a resume' of the arguments for recognizing controlled trials as methodologically superior to other forms of methodology in evaluating professional interventions, the article presents the case for adopting a similarly rigorous approach to synthesizing research findings. It then identifies a range of obstacles to promoting evidence-based practice and makes recommendations for changes in training, research, and practice which might facilitate improvement in both primary research and in reviews of the literature.

Key Words: child protection • dissemination • evidence-based • randomized controlled trials • systematic reviews

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 3, No. 1, 71-85 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104598031008
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