SWO 5282 & 5283 - Evaluation of Practice Research Guide

The Social Work Policy Institute examines issues that relate to the work of social workers, including how to serve people who have multiple or complex needs and how public agencies and other structures deliver health and human services.

An international research network which publishes systematic reviews of social and economic interventions around the world.

Browseable list of systematic reviews.

Journal website

A global network of researchers, health professionals, etc., that promote evidence-informed health decision-making by producing high-quality, relevant, accessible systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence.

Provides a collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).

A database of evidence-based interventions for treating substance use disorders.

Free and subscription-based content from BMJ

"This site focuses on the results of well-conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which are widely regarded as the strongest method of evaluating program effectiveness."

An organization of research, policy and practice experts based in Australia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, that works on developing methods and processes to put the evidence into practice. They trial, test and evaluate policies and programs to drive more effective decisions and deliver better outcomes.

An organization that develops, promotes and disseminates better evidence for healthcare.

The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has been integrated into the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

provides evidence-based practice information, protocols, toolkits, resource guides, clinical practice guidelines, and other science-based resources

Provides public access to information on clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Library of Medicine (NLM), has developed this site in collaboration with all NIH Institutes and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

"AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of America's health care system. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the health care system and help Americans, health care professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions." -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

"PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions."