Contents
Foreword

• Preface
• I. Conceptual Overview
• An Integrative Perspective on Intervention Research
• Conducting Intervention Research--The Design and Development Process
• II. Problem Analysis and Project Planning
• Problem-Centered Intervention Research--Methods of the Second Type
• Planning for Intervention Research
• III. Information Gathering and Synthesis
• Information Science Methods for Knowledge Retrieval--Basic Approaches and Emerging Trends
• Meta-Analysis in Intervention Research--Methods and Implications
• Systematic Research Synthesis--Conceptual Integration Methods of Meta-Analysis
• IV. Design
• Design of Social Intervention
• Intervention Design for Practice--Enhancing Social Supports for High Risk Youth and Families
• V. Early Development and Pilot Testing
• Pilot Testing and Early Development of a Model of Case Management Intervention
• Field Testing and Data Gathering of Innovative Practice Interventions in Early Development
• VI. Evaluation and Advanced Development
• Evaluation, Advanced Development and the Unilateral Family Therapy Experiment
• Intervention Research as an Interorganizational Exchange
• VII. Dissemination
• Skills Training Modules--A Strategy for Dissemination and Utilization of a Rehabilitation Innovation
• Disseminating Intervention Research in Academic Settings--A View from Social Work
• Afterword--Competencies for Intervention Research
• Appendix: Illustrative Practice Tools--Design and Development Products of Intervention Research
• Subject Index
• Name Index