Resources:
Conferences, Review Forms, Review Manual, Publications, Policy Papers, and Links
Conferences
The following presentations from various conferences describe the EDAC database, how clearinghouses can facilitate evidence based policy and practices, and presentations of findings from the data within EDAC.
2008 CSWE and GSA conferences
An overview of the Social Work Leadership Institute’s Evidence Database
The SWLI Evidence-based Database
11th Annual Inter-Centre Network for the Evaluation of Social Work Practice at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2008
What Can Be Concluded from General Reviews of Social Work Effectiveness?
Social Work Effectiveness
(Please see the 2009 CER presentation below for an expanded version of this topic)
The Campbell Collaboration Colloquium 2009, Oslo, Norway: Better Evidence for a Better World
The Evidence-based Clearinghouse, Context and Grading Evidence
Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Oslo 2009
2009 State Society on Aging of New York Conference
Building an Evidence-Based Practice Database:
Care Coordination for Older Adults
2009 Social Work Research and Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER):
A Research Symposium to Strengthen the Connection
An Overview of Social Work Intervention Outcomes (Presentation being revised for publication, see Mullen and Shuluk in Publications below)
2010 National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging Conference, Chicago, Illinois:
Expanding the Boundaries of Social Work in the Aging Arena
Evidence Based Practice
Review Forms and Manual
The following documents are utilized by EDAC review staff to effectively complete reviews of studies.
Synthesis Review Form
Experimental Review Form
Non-experimental Review Form
SWLI EBD Review Manual
Publications
Review of EDAC published in Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2009
Citation
Outcomes of Social Work Intervention in the Context of Evidence-based Practice; Mullen E. and Shuluk J.(in press: JSW, 2010)
Citation
Evidence-Based Clearinghouses in Social Work; Soydan H., Mullen E.,Alexandra L., Rehnman J., Li, Y. (in press: RSWP, 2010)
Citation
Policy Papers
The following papers represent work that utilized EDAC resources for SLWI projects:
Care Coordination (CC) Interventions for Older Adults and Hospital Length of Stay (LOS)
LOS and CC: Policy Brief
LOS and CC: Findings
LOS and CC: Search results with variables
The New York State Department of Health and State Office on Aging:
Toward the Development of Care Coordination Standards
The National Coalition on Care Coordination
Structuring, Financing and Paying for Effective Chronic Care Coordiantion
CSWE's Advanced GERO Social Work Practice for Competancy-Based Education
CSWE EPAS: Advanced Gero Social Work Practice
Links
Domestic and international links to relevant aging and social work outcomes web sites.
AgeLine
Bandolier
Campbell Collaboration (C2): The Campbell Collaboration Library and Database
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
Cochrane Collaboration
Department of Health and Human Services: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence Based Practice
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Effective Older People Care
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) Evidence Library
Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions
National Guideline Clearinghouse
OpenSIGLE - System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
Pub Med
Research in practice for adults
Social Care Online
Trip Database
