@article{ref1,
title="Targets of Change and Interventions in Social Work: An Empirically Based Prototype for Developing Practice Guidelines",
journal="Research on social work practice",
year="2003",
author="Rosen, Aaron and Proctor, Enola K. and Staudt, Marlys",
volume="13",
number="2",
pages="208-233",
abstract="Objective: Studies evaluating interventions were used as data to illustrate a rudimentary prototype of practice guidelines comprising two components: a taxonomy of outcome targets, and their associated arrays of interventions. We use the data to discuss the adequacy of intervention research in social work for contributing to practice guidelines. Method: Data were all the outcomes and their associated interventions investigated and reported in 13 social work journals over a four and a half year period, totaling 126 studies. Results: The outcomes and interventions were classified according to eight outcome target domains, yielding the practice guidelines prototype. The research was unevenly distributed across the eight target domains, and a pattern of `single outcome-single intervention'design was evident across all target domains. Conclusions: Data suggest insufficient attention to comparative evaluation of interventions and to assessing effectiveness across client populations and service settings, and need for better-designed and prioritized intervention research overall.<p />",
language="",
issn="1049-7315",
doi="10.1177/1049731502250496",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731502250496"
}