An Assessment of Intervention Fidelity in Published Social Work Intervention Research Studies

Autor/inn/en	Corley, Nicole A.; Kim, Irang
Titel	An Assessment of Intervention Fidelity in Published Social Work Intervention Research Studies
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 26 (2016) 1, S.53-60 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731515579419
Schlagwörter	Fidelity; Intervention; Social Work; Social Science Research; Researchers; Literature Reviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Arbeit; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Researcher; Forscher
Abstract	Objectives: Intervention fidelity is a critical strategy to help advance the usefulness and integrity of social work research. This study assessed the extent to which a selected sample of published social work intervention researchers reported its intervention protocols. Methods: Six core social work journals were reviewed in this analysis. The authors reviewed every scholarly article within each journal published from 2009 through 2013 (N = 1,380). A total of N = 32 (2.3%) published intervention research articles met the inclusion criteria. All N = 32 studies were evaluated using 11 criteria developed by the research team related to assessing the study's treatment fidelity. Results: The finding suggests that although attention to treatment fidelity in social work research has increased, methodological inconsistencies still remain. Conclusion: Effective social work research of an intended intervention is largely dependent on the intervention's fidelity. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01