Chapter 1 InfoTrac/Internet Exercises

							Chapter 1 InfoTrac/Internet Exercises

1. Use InfoTrac® College Edition* to find an example of a research study that offers
useful implications for social work practice. After you find a useful research report, write
down the bibliographical reference information for the report and briefly describe the
report’s implications for practice. For example, if you are interested in treatment for
individuals suffering from mental disorders and substance abuse, then you might want to
read “Analysis of Postdischarge Change in a Dual in a Dual Diagnosis Population” by
Carol T. Mowbray and colleagues, which appeared in Health and Social Work (May
1999). Toward the end of the article is a section with the subheading “Implications for
Practice.”

2. Go to the InfoTrac College Edition website and click on the “InfoWrite” bar at the left.
Then click on “Critical Thinking.” Discuss how the information you find there applies to
becoming a more effective and compassionate practitioner.

3. Visit the Campbell Collaboration’s website at www.campbellcollaboration.org. Find a
review of research on the effectiveness of interventions for a problem that interests you.
(You can find reviews there on domestic violence, sexual abuse, parent training, criminal
offenders, juvenile delinquency, personality disorder, conduct disorder among youths,
serious mental illness, substance abuse, welfare reform, housing, foster parent training,
eating disorders, and many others.) Write a brief summary of its conclusions and discuss
whether and why you think that review would or would not be helpful in guiding social
work practice. (If you are interested in health care interventions, you can use the
Cochrane Collaboration’s website at www.cochrane.org.)