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Examining the Premises Supporting the Empirically Supported Intervention Approach to Social Work Practice

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ID10552425
AuthorsBowen Mcbeath (0000-0003-0115-1372, Portland State University, corresponding author), Harold E Briggs (0000-0002-6119-7332, Portland State University), Eugene Aisenberg (University of Washington)
Year2010
Volume55
Issue4
Pages347-357
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/55.4.347
PMID20977058
OpenAlexW2133331566
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited3

Federal, state, and local policymakers and funders have increasingly organized human service delivery functions around the selection and implementation of empirically supported interventions (ESIs), under the expectation that service delivery through such intervention frameworks results in improvements in cost-effectiveness and system performance. This article examines the validity of four premises undergirding the ESI approach: ESIs are effective, relevant to common client problems and needs, culturally appropriate, and replicable and sustainable in community-based settings. In reviewing available literature, the authors found insufficient support for the uniform application of an ESI approach to social work practice in the human service sector, particularly as applied within agency contexts serving ethnic minority clients. The authors recommend that greater attention be devoted to the development and dissemination of social work interventions that respond to needs that are broadly understood and shared across diverse cultural groups, have proven clinical efficacy, and can be translated successfully for use across different agency and cultural environments. Such attention to the research and development function of the social work profession is increasingly necessary as policymakers and human service system architects require reduced costs and improved performance for programs serving historically oppressed client populations

Agency (philosophy · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Human services · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Sociology · Work (physics · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Marketing · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year0,71
Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12
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