Contents | 1. Introduction | 2. Essence | 3. Definitions | 4. Key questions | 5. Suggestions | 6. Resources

6. Resources

Useful reading

These readings focus on evidence based practice in areas such as child-protection, youth justice services and social work.

Evidence based practice in child protection: What do we know and how do we better inform practice.(PDF) Dr Adam M. Toimison

Introducing evidence-based practice into Youth justice services in the department of Families, Queensland (PDF) Australian Institute of Criminology

Evidence Based Policy and Practice: Cross Sector Lessons from the UK.

Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice (PDF) Research Highlights in social Work 45 Edited by David Smith

Guide for Child Welfare Administrators on Evidence Based Practice (PDF) National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators (US)

Forward via the Past? Evidence-based practice as a strategy in social work(PDF) Catherine McDonald University of Queensland

Evidence Based Practice: myths and realities Dollaghan, C. (2004, April 13). Evidence-based practice: Myths and realities. The ASHA Leader, pp. 4-5, 12.

What can we learn from evidence-based practice (PDF) Eileen Gambrill

The concept of evidence-based practice is widely referred to in the recent Australian literature. This bibliography presents a selection of this literature, looking at the concept's deployment in a range of contexts. Strong families learning exchange

Professional Centres and associations

Australian Centre for evidence based aged care

Australian Association of Social Workers - evidence based practice

Evidence databases

The Cochrane Library
Regularly updated evidence-based healthcare databases
The Cochrane Library

The international Campbell Collaboration (C2)
is a non-profit organization that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral and educational arenas.
The Campbell Collaboration

Universities' evidence based practice sites

Curtin University of Technology School of Physiotherapy

Flinders University Library - Evidence based health practice

University of Michigan (US) - Evidence based practice in social work

University of Sydney - Evidence based medicine resources