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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a much-needed overview of the recent developments in implementation science — a discipline that is young, has gained increasing attention in recent years, and has experienced substantial and rapid growth in knowledgeproduction and debate. It captures the latest developments in research and pushes the reader toward the next phase for implementation science: bridging the science-to-practice divide. Drawing from multidisciplinary, international research by top scholars in the field, this book provides a critical but friendly approach to understanding what implementation science is, what it isn’t, and where it’s going.Topics include:• Factors associated with effective implementation• Organizational context and readiness for change• Implementation theories, models, and frameworks• Enhancing implementation measurement• Bringing interventions to scale• Closing the science-practice gap in implementationImplementation Science 3.0 is a timely, important resource for researchers, students, and others with an interest in implementation working across the fields of social welfare,public health, education, and psychology.The chapter “Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks”,in which some modifications to the text were made, is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License in Nilsen, P. (2015). Implementation Science, 10(53), via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsChapter 1: En Route to Implementation Science 3.0.- Chapter 2: CUTOS: A Framework for Contextualizing Evidence.- Chapter 3: Making Sense of Implementation Theories, Models and Frameworks.- Chapter 4: Factors Associated with Effective Implementation: Research and Practical Implications.- Chapter 5: Organizational Readiness for Change: What We Know, What We Think We Know, and What We Need to Know.- Chapter 6: Changing Organizational Social Context to Support Evidence-Based Practice Implementation: A Conceptual and Empirical Review.- Chapter 7: Implementation of Effective Services in Community Settings.- Chapter 8: Implementation Teams: A Stakeholder View of Leading and Sustaining Change.- Chapter 9: Advancing Implementation Science Measurement.- Chapter 10: Implementing Implementation: Integrating the Measurement of Implementation and Effectiveness in Complex Service Systems.- Chapter 11: The Scale Up of Linked Multilevel Interventions: A Case Study.- Chapter 12: Closing the Science-Practice Gap in Implementation Before It Widens.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents an integrative approach to thinking about research methods for social justice. In today's education landscape, there is a growing interest in scholar-activism and ways of doing research that advances educational equity. This text provides a foundational overview of important theoretical and philosophical issues specific to this kind of work in Section I. In Section II, readers engage with various ways of thinking about, collecting, and analyzing data, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Finally, in Section III, through case studies and research narratives, readers will learn about real scholars and their work. This book takes a wide-ranging approach to ways that various modalities and practices of research can contribute to an equity mission.Table of Contents1. Re-Positioning Power and Re-Imagining Reflexivity: Examining Positionality and Building Validity through Reconstructive Analyses, Meagan Call-Cummings and Karen Ross2. Considering Positionality: The Ethics of Conducting Research on Marginalized Groups, Laura Parson3. Flipping the Paradigm: Studying Up and Research for Social Justice, Elena Aydarova4. Framing Critical Race Theory and Methodologies, Kenzo Sung and Natoya Coleman5. Disentangling the Complexities of Queer Theory and Intersectionality Theory: Research Paradigms and Insights for Social Justice, Christian D. Chan, Sam Steen, Lionel C. Howard, and Arshad I Ali6. Using Critical Theory in Educational Research, Kamden K. Strunk and Jasmine S. Betties7. Viewing Research for Social Justice and Equity through the Lens of Zygmunt Bauman's Theory of Liquid Modernity, Danielle Ligocki8. Thinking Critically about "Social Justice Methods": Methods as "Contingent Foundations", Lucy E. Bailey9. Institutional Review Boards: Purposes and Applications for Students, Leslie Ann Locke10. Typical Areas of Confusion for Students New to Qualitative Research, Leslie Ann Locke11. Youth Participatory Action Research: The Nuts and Bolts as Well as the Roses and Thorns, Shiv R. Desai12. Advancing Social Justice with Policy Discourse Analysis, Elizabeth J. Allan and Aaron Tolbert13. Through Their Eyes, In Their Words: Using Photo-Elicitation to Amplify Student Voice in Policy and School Improvement Research, Jeff Walls and Samantha E. Holquist14. Using Photovoice to Resist Colonial Research Paradigms, Susan Cridland-Hughes, McKenzie Brittain, and S. Megan Che15. Re-Introducing Life History Methodology: An Equitable Social Justice Approach to Research in Education, James S. Wright16. Quantitative Methods for Social Justice and Equity: Theoretical and Practical Considerations, Kamden K. Strunk and Payton D. Hoover17. Large-Scale Datasets and Social Justice: Measuring Disparity in Opportunities to Learn, Heather E. Price18. X Marks the Spot: Engaging Campus Maps to Explore Sense of Belonging Experiences of Student Activists, Carli Rosati, David J. Nguyen, and Rose M. Troyer19. Propensity Score Methodology in the Study of Student Classification: The Case of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Mild Disability Identification and Labeling, Argun Saaticioglu and Thomas M. Skrtic20. Transformative Mixed Methods: A Missed Opportunity, Carey Andrzejewski, Hannah Baggett, and Benjamin Arnberg21.Writing, Race, and Creative Democracy, Timothy J. Lensmire22. Beyond White: The Emotional Complexion of Critical Research on Race, Cheryl E. Matias23. I Pulled Up A Seat at the Table: My Journey Engaging in Critical Quantitative Inquiry, Lolita A. Tabron24. Working with Intention and in Tension: Evolving as a Scholar-Activist, Kristen A. Renn25. Collaboration, Community, and Collectives: Research for and by the People, Erica R. Dávila

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Book Synopsis“Bertram and Kerns present a compelling imperative for evidence based practice. Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Practical Program Guide is timely, cogent, masterful and forceful. […] Advancing the evidentiary movement among practitioners, managers and academics, these authors have made an indelible contribution to our behavioural health and social service communities and to those we serve.”-Katharine Briar-Lawson, PhD, LMSW, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University at Albany School of Social Welfare and National Child Welfare Workforce InstituteFrom the Foreword:“This book will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, administrators, students, faculty, and academicians. I would also recommend it to family organizations as a resource in their education programs for the families they serve ... Bertram and Kerns have done an excellent job of blending hard science, clinical applications, and big picture issues into a very readable volume that will have valuable information for these diverse audiences” -- Albert Duchnowski, Ph.D. , Professor Emeritus University of South FloridaTo improve client outcomes and practitioner competence, this book clarifies practices to address common problems such as anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and child behavioural concerns. The authors also provide examples and suggest how to integrate implementation of evidence-based practice into academic programs through collaboration with behavioural health or social service programs.Among the many topics discussed: Academic workforce preparation and curricula development Data-informed selection and implementation of evidence-based practice Anticipating and resolving practical challenges to implementation Negotiating treatment challenges with clients Collaboration between academic and behavioural health care programs This text is a valuable resource for both academic and behavioural health care programs. It will improve workforce preparation and behavioural health care service provision by helping aspiring practitioners and programs develop the necessary knowledge and skills to select, effectively implement and sustain evidence-based practice. Table of ContentsBeginning with the End in Mind.- Visiting the Clinic: A Child and Family Tale.- Definitions and Debates.- Misconceptions and Facts.- Workforce Preparation: Academic Curricula and Concerns.- Establishing Effectiveness: An Innovation Tale.- An Explorer’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practice.- Implementation Science: Slowing Down to Install a Practice.- Starting Small: Transformation Zones and Initial Implementation.- Trouble-Shooting Implementation Challenges.- Data-Informed Implementation.- Pathways to the Future: A Tale of Two Programs.

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Book SynopsisHuman rights violations and traumatic events often comingle in victims’ experiences; however, the human rights framework and trauma theory are rarely deployed together to illuminate such experiences. This edited volume explores the intersection of trauma and human rights by presenting the development and current status of each of these frameworks, examining traumatic experiences and human rights violations across a range of populations and describing efforts to remediate them. Individual chapters address these topics among Native Americans, African Americans, children, women, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender individuals, those with mental disabilities, refugees and asylees, and older adults, and also in the context of social policy and truth and reconciliation commissions. The authors demonstrate that the trauma and human rights frameworks each contribute invaluable and complementary insights, and that their integration can help us fully appreciate and address human suffering at both individual and collective levels. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Trauma and Human RightsChapter 2: Traumatic Experience, Human Rights Violations, and Their IntersectionChapter 3: Moving Toward Trauma-Informed and Human Rights-Based Social Policy: the Role of the Helping ProfessionsChapter 4: Enhancing Indigenous Wellbeing: Applying Human Rights and Trauma-Informed Perspectives with Native AmericansChapter 5: Black Trauma in the US and the Pursuit of Human Rights: A Brief HistoryChapter 6: Children's Experiences of Trauma and Human Rights Violations Around the WorldChapter 7: Women, Trauma, and Human RightsChapter 8: The Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: A Trauma-Informed and Human Rights PerspectiveChapter 9: Mental Disability, Trauma, and Human RightsChapter 10: Refugees and Asylum SeekersChapter 11: The Interrelationship between Aging, Trauma, and the End of LifeChapter 12: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Human Rights, and TraumaChapter 13: Afterword: Human Rights and the Science of Suffering

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Book SynopsisThis contributed volume reflects on the collective wisdom and ongoing efforts of the social work profession that has been in the forefront of the global pandemic of COVID-19. The contributors are seasoned social work academics, practitioners, administrators, and researchers. Working on the frontlines with patients and families, these social workers have garnered experiences and insights, and also have developed innovative ways to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the psychosocial well-being of their clients and themselves. The 36 reflections, experiences, and insights in this curated collection address the behavioral, mental health, socioeconomic, and other repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic that have impacted their client base, most of whom are vulnerable populations: Repurposed, Reassigned, Redeployed Safety Planning with Survivors of Domestic Violence: How COVID-19 Shifts the Focus COVID-19 and Moral Distress/Moral Anguish Therapeutic Support for Healthcare Workers in Acute Care: Our Voice Shared Trauma and Harm Reduction in the Time of COVID-19 Wholeheartedness in the Treatment of Shared Trauma: Special Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic The Role of Ecosocial Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Natural World Black Lives, Mass Incarceration, and the Perpetuity of Trauma in the Era of COVID-19: The Road to Abolition Social Work Teaching Social Work Practice in the Shared Trauma of a Global Pandemic The COVID-19 Self-Care Survival Guide: A Framework for Clinicians to Categorize and Utilize Self-Care Strategies and Practices Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19 is an early and essential work on the impact of the pandemic on the social work field with useful practice wisdom for a broad audience. It can be assigned in masters-level social work practice and elective courses on trauma, as well as inform both neophyte and experienced practitioners. It also would appeal to the general public interested in the work of social workers during a pandemic. Table of ContentsThe proposed edited work begins with a foreword by Dr. Charles Figley, the Paul Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and Director of the Tulane University Traumatology Institute. Dr. Figley is perhaps best known as the originator of the term compassion fatigue. Foreword by Professor Charles FigleyCh 1: Introduction by the Co-Editors, to contextualize and frame the contributors’ discussionsReflection papers (as individual chapters) The chapter are anticipated to be relatively short (7-10 typewritten, double-spaced pages) and inclusive of relevant literature. Each contributor will follow a suggested guideline of questions: How does your topic reflect a unique aspect related to COVID-19 (i.e., why does your topic need to be addressed at this time)? How has this topic been addressed in the professional literature (i.e., a brief literature review)? If you are using a case illustration, how does it demonstrate unique work related to the coronavirus pandemic? What have you identified personally or through your work that is important to the social work profession or to yourself (i.e., what are some of the themes you have identified)? And finally, what lessons can/should we take forward from this experience? Reflection chapters organized by:Areas of practice and work with specific populations: Health care/hospital social work Community-based mental health care Older Adults Children and Adolescents Homeless adults Individuals with Substance Use Problems Specialty topics: Diversity/Structural Racism Traumatic Grief and Loss Areas of Practice: Social Work Education Policy/Program Development Research Epilogue by Co-Editors, as a conclusion and to address next steps suggested by the contributors

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Book SynopsisThis open access book discusses and analyses competing views and social implications of gestational surrogacy, which is making inroads as an option for parenthood as well as a work opportunity for women. It provides a rich account of transnational mobilizations for the abolition and regulation of surrogacy, with focus on United States, Italy and Mexico. The author critically assesses the core narratives of supporters and opponents of surrogacy, in order to understand this reproductive practice in light of some of the essential elements of contemporary societies, such as the “child at any cost” culture, individualism, technology and female emancipation. This book appeals to scholars, policy makers and all those who want to understand the controversial debate on this unprecedented method of family formation and life production.Table of ContentsChapter 1: An introduction to the problems of surrogacy and the demands from civil society.Chapter 2: The study's origins and methodology.Chapter 3: Features of a booming reproductive practice. The medical process, the market, the antecedents and the risks. Chapter 4: Sociological perspectives across individual experiences, social structures and representations. Chapter 5: Surrogacy in the United States: the horse is out of the barn. Chapter 6: The Mexican case: the differences between autonomy and radical feminism.Chapter 7: The Italian case: a strong opposition in the name of women’s sexual identity and motherhood.Chapter 8: Abolitionist and Regulatory Arguments into perspectives.Chapter 9: Conclusions.

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