Research Investigation Annotated Bibliography. Imagine you are a social worker at the same agency that serves the same specific population. The leaders of a local social program that serves the population are considering making program changes. They will be hosting an upcoming meeting to hear ideas from partner organizations, so your agency has asked you to give a presentation on behalf of the agency. Your role is to persuade program leaders of the evidence-based practices that will support positive changes in the program.
Persuade program leaders to make changes based on evidence-based practices as if you were a social worker for an agency that supports the selected program changes.
descrbe the key information from your findings in the following order, supported by evidence from your research:
- Descrbe the selected social program and summarze the issue it is facing. Summarze gaps in social workers’ current understanding of the issue and explan why changes are needed.
- Summarze the research questions or hypotheses investigated in the 3 selected peer-reviewed studies and the variables measured.
- Descrbe the research designs used in the selected studies. Descrbe the strengths and weaknesses of these research designs, including commentary on their validity.
- Descrbe the research sampling and data analysis methods used in the selected studies. Descrbe the strengths and weaknesses of these research sampling and data analysis methods, including commentary on their statistical significance. Evalute these methods for accuracy and appropriateness with the selected population and issue.
- Summarze your findings from the results of the selected studies. Explan how the results of these studies apply to social work practice with the selected population, social program, and issue.
- Propose program changes supported by your findings. Conclde your presentation with a call to leaders to take a specific action toward making the program changes that you proposed.