About this Special Issue
From the Editor: Improving the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare
Introduction
Joe Bock
Special Foreword: Making Research Work in Child Welfare: Overcoming Challenges
Kimberly DuMont and Christine James-Brown
Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare
Lydia F. Killos, Catherine Roller White, Peter J. Pecora, Erin Maher, Kirk O’Brien, Dave Danielson, Kimberly DuMont, Fred Wulczyn, Bryan Samuels and Clare Anderson
Innovation and the Use of Research Evidence in Youth-Serving Systems: A Mixed-Methods Study
Lawrence A. Palinkas, Qiaobing Wu, Dahlia Fuentes, Megan Finno-Velasquez, Ian W. Holloway, Antonio Garcia and Patricia Chamberlain
From a Provider’s Perspective: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice into the Culture of a Social Service Organization
Miranda Yates, Jennifer Nix, Jennifer Schurer Coldiron and Laurie Williams
Selecting an Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare: Challenges and Steps to Identifying a Good Fit
Jared Martin, Cambria Rose Walsh and Jennifer Rolls Reutz
Co-Creating the Conditions to Sustain the Use of Research Evidence in Public Child Welfare
Allison Metz and Leah Bartley
Research Evidence Use in the Child Welfare System
Fred Wulczyn, Lily Alpert, Kerry Monahan-Price, Scott Huhr, Lawrence A. Palinkas and Laura Pinsoneault