Evidence-based practice, performance and innovation
Meeting 3 - Resources
The third meeting of the working group looked at the potential of research methodologies to contribute to better service delivery. The presentations are listed below.
Linking Research to Practice
Introduction by ESN view presentation
Evidence-based Practices
Sarah Carr, Senior Research Analyst, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), UK view presentation
Background: What do we know about evidence-informed practice and effective ways of connecting research and practice? visit website
Social policy evaluation frameworks
Stijn Hoorens, RAND Europe: “Evaluation Framework of Evidence-Based Family Practices” view presentation
Background: EU Alliance for Families - Evidence-based family practices visit website
Madalen Saizarbitoria, SiiS Centre for Documentation and Studies, Spain: “Cost-effectiveness evaluation: older people’s services” view presentation
Social Innovation in the EU
Agnès Hubert, Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA), European Commission view presentation
Background: Ms. Hubert was co-author of the BEPA report ‘Empowering people, driving change: social innovation in the EU’ in 2010 download report
Additional resources
A randomised control trial on prevention of bullying in school from Bruno Marcato, Italy download
‘Evaluating effectiveness in social work’ by the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (from Jukka Lindberg) download
‘Use of resources in adult social care: a guide for local authorities’ by UK Department of Health (from John Powell) download
Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit visit website