Innovations in social work research : using methods creatively / / edited by Louise Hardwick, Roger Smith and Aidan Worsley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823573503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2015; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78450-145-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Collana: Part of the Research Highlights in Social Work series
• Disciplina: 361.3072
• Soggetti: Social service - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Innovations in SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH: Using Methods Creatively; Introduction; Section 1. Innovations in Design and Planning; 1. Action Research for Social Justice: Researching and Organising on Issues of Household Debt; 2. A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Therapeutic Intervention for Children Affected by Sexual Abuse; 3. Front Row Seats: Why Researchers Need to Get Closer to Practice and How We Can Do So; 4. Archival Resources for Social Work History; 5. A Study of Long-term Outcomes of Children with Harmful Sexual Behaviours: Using Social Media to Reach and Engage a 'Hard-to-reach' Population6. Involving People with Dementia in a Systematic Review; 7. Acting as a Critical Friend: Developmental Evaluations, Service Users and the Role of the Researcher; Section 2. Innovations in Research Methods; 8. Observing Social Work Practice: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Research Methods with Social Workers and Service Users; 9. Using Mobile Methods to Explore the Lives of Marginalised Young Men in Manchester; 10. Being Brave, Doing Creative: Using Visual Ethnography in Social Work Research to Explore the Impact of Space and Environment on Organisational Culture 11. Researching Recovery from Substance Misuse Using Visual Methods; Section 3. Innovations in Data Analysis; 12. Validating Meaning Making: The Potential of Phenomenological Inquiry; 13. The Elephant in the room: Taking Language Difference ; Seriously in Research; 14. Data Analysis in Participatory Research with Adults with Asperger's Syndrome; 15. Quantitative Research and the Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Social Work Research; Innovations in Dissemination and Impact16. Participatory Action Research: Empowering Women to Evaluate Services; 17. 'A Little Bit of What I'm About': Urban Photography for Social Work Research; 18. Incorporating 'Knowledge Exchange' Into Research Design and Dissemination Strategies; 19. You're Not in the Picture: Service Users, Research, Involvement and Change; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page