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Syllabus:

Quality, Evaluation and Development of Organisational Processes in Social Work Practice, 15 credits

Swedish name: Kvalitet, utvärdering och verksamhetsutveckling i socialt arbete
This syllabus is valid: 2011-02-07 valid to 2012-09-02 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Course code: 2SA059
Credit points: 15
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Social Work: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Social Work

Literature

Vedung Evert
Utvärdering i politik och förvaltning
3., [omarb. och uppdaterade] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2009 : 315 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-44-00174-6
Mandatory
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Insatser och resultat i socialt arbete
Blom Björn, Morén Stefan
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2010] : 291 s. :
Omslag och förlagets beskrivning
ISBN: 978-91-44-06232-7
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Evidensbaserat socialt arbete : teori, kritik, praktik
Bergmark Anders, Bergmark Åke, Lundström Tommy
Stockholm : Natur & kultur : 2011 : 191 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-27-13125-5 (inb.)
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Utvärdering i socialt arbete : utgångspunkter, modeller och användning
Blom Björn, Nygren Lennart, Morén Stefan
1. utg. : Stockholm : Natur & kultur : 2011 : 337 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-27-11982-6 (inb.)
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(accepted/in progress). Analysis of generative mechanisms. Journal of Critical Realism.
Blom Björn, Morén Stefan

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Explaining social work practice – the CAIMeR-theory. Journal of Social work,10 (1): 98-119
Blom Björn, Morén Stefan
2010 :
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Explaining human change. On generative mechanisms in social work practice. Journal for Critical Realism 2:1, 37-61
Morén Stefan, Blom Björn
2003 :
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Evaluation in Social Work: The Art and Science of Practice. (4th ed.) Oxford University Press.
Unrau Yvonne, Gabor Peter, Grinnel Richard
2006 :
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Values in evaluation and social research. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage. (sid 91-103).
House Ernest, Howe Kenneth

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Rehabilitering av traumatiserade flyktingar i glesbygd. Utvärdering av ett utvecklingspartnerskap i Dorotea och Lycksele. Institutionen för socialt arbete, Umeå universitet.
Wikström Eva, Lindqvist Rafael
2005 :
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Going Through the Process: An Examination of the Operationalization of Process Use in Empirical Research on Evaluation. New directions for evaluation. 116: 5 -26.
Amo Courtney, Cousins Bradley J
2007 :
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Foss Hansen Hanne
Choosing Evaluation Models: A Discussion on Evaluation Design. Evaluation, 11: 447-462
2005 :
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Applying single-case evaluation in social work. British Journal of Social Work. 26: 699-717
Kazi Mansoor A F, Wilson J
1996 :
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Leeuw Frans
Reconstructing program theories: Methods availabile and problems to be solved. American Journal of Evaluation, 24, 5-20.
2003 :
Mandatory

Patton Michael Q
Process Use as a Usefulism. New directions for evaluation. 116: 99-112
2001 :
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Patton Michael Quinn
Evaluation, Knowledge Management, Best Practices, and High Quality Lessons Learned. American Journal of Evaluation 2001; 22; 329-336
1984 :
Mandatory

Patton Michael Quinn
Feminist, Yes, but Is It Evaluation? In Feminist Evaluation. Explorations and Experiences. New Directions for Evaluation, 96: 97-108
2001 :
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Quality of Care in the Social Services: Research Agenda and Methods. Social Work Research 29 (3): 181-191.
McMillen J Curtis, Procotor Enola K, Megivern Deborah, Woodstock Striley, Cabassa Catherine, Leopoldo J Munson, Michelle R , Deckey Babara
2005 :
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Sielbeck-Bowen Kathryn et al
Beginning the conversation. New Directions for Evaluation. 96: 109-114.
2002 :
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Sielbeck-Bowen Kathryn et al
Exploring Feminist Evaluation: The ground from which we rise. New Directions for Evaluation. 96: 3-8
2002 :
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Stame Nicoletta
Theory-Based Evaluation and Types of Complexity. Evaluation. 10; 58-76
2004 :
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Tips: Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management. Kan fritt laddas hem från www.sida.se/publications

Insatser och resultat i socialt arbete
Blom Björn, Morén Stefan
Lund : Studentlitteratur* : 2007 :
ISBN: 978-91-44-04799-7
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Vedung Evert
Utvärdering i politik och förvaltning
3., [omarb. och uppdaterade] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2009 : 315 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-44-00174-6
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

(accepted/in progress). Analysis of generative mechanisms. Journal of Critical Realism.
Blom Björn, Morén Stefan

Mandatory

Explaining social work practice – the CAIMeR-theory. Journal of Social work,10 (1): 98-119
Blom Björn, Morén Stefan
2010 :
Mandatory

Explaining human change. On generative mechanisms in social work practice. Journal for Critical Realism 2:1, 37-61
Morén Stefan, Blom Björn
2003 :
Mandatory

Evaluation in Social Work: The Art and Science of Practice. (4th ed.) Oxford University Press.
Unrau Yvonne, Gabor Peter, Grinnel Richard
2006 :
Mandatory

Values in evaluation and social research. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage. (sid 91-103).
House Ernest, Howe Kenneth

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Bridging eivdence-based health care and social work. I Albert Roberts & Kenneth Yeager (Ed.). Foundations of evidence-based social work practice. Oxford: Oxfors University Press. (Kapitel 1).
Roberts Albert R, Yeager Kenneth R, Regher Cherly
2006 :
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Regeringens insatser mot hedersrelaterat våld 2003-2007- slutrapport från den nationella utvärderingen. Umeå Centre for Evaluation Research. Evaluation Reports nr. 25.
Hanberger Anders, Ghazinour Mehdi, Mårald Gunilla
2008 :
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Högskoleverket
Utvärdering av socionomutbildningen vid svenska universitet och högskolor. Rapport 2009:36 R.
2009 :
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Rehabilitering av traumatiserade flyktingar i glesbygd. Utvärdering av ett utvecklingspartnerskap i Dorotea och Lycksele. Institutionen för socialt arbete, Umeå universitet.
Wikström Eva, Lindqvist Rafael
2005 :
Mandatory

Going Through the Process: An Examination of the Operationalization of Process Use in Empirical Research on Evaluation. New directions for evaluation. 116: 5 -26.
Amo Courtney, Cousins Bradley J
2007 :
Mandatory

Danermark Berth
Different approaches in the assessment of audiological rehabilitation: a meta-theoretical perspective. International Journal of Audiology. 42, Suppl. 1:112-117.
2003 :
Mandatory

Treatment Manuals Do Not Improve Outcomes. In Norcross, J., & Levant, R., & Beutler, L . (Eds) Evidence-based practices in mental health. Washington, D.C.: APA Press.
Excerpted from: Duncan B , Miller S
2006 :
Mandatory

Feinstein Osvaldo
Use of Evaluations and the Evaluation of their Use. Evaluation. Vol. 8: 433-439.
2002 :
Mandatory

Felton Kathleen
Meaning-Based quality-of-life measurement: a way forward in conceptualizing and measuring client outcomes? British Journal of Social Work, 35, 221-236.
2005 :
Mandatory

Foss Hansen Hanne
Choosing Evaluation Models: A Discussion on Evaluation Design. Evaluation, 11: 447-462
2005 :
Mandatory

From concept to implementation: challenges facing evidence-based social work. Evidence & Policy, 1 (1) 61-84
Mullen Edward J, Shlonsky Aron, Bledsoe Sarah E, Bellamy Jennifer L
2005 :
Mandatory

The conceptualization and measurement of quality of life in older adults: a review of empirical studies published during 1994-2006. European Journal of Ageing, 4: 229-246.
Halvorsrud Liv, Kalfoss Mary
2007 :
Mandatory

Hammerslye Martyn
Is the evidence-based practice movement doing more good than harm? Reflections on Iain Chalmers’ case for research-based policy making and practice. Evidence & Policy, 1 (1): 85-100.
2005 :
Mandatory

Applying single-case evaluation in social work. British Journal of Social Work. 26: 699-717
Kazi Mansoor A F, Wilson J
1996 :
Mandatory

Leeuw Frans
Reconstructing program theories: Methods availabile and problems to be solved. American Journal of Evaluation, 24, 5-20.
2003 :
Mandatory

The Mechanisms and Outcomes of Evaluation Influence. Evaluation,10: 35-57.
Mark Melvin M, Henry Gary T
2004 :
Mandatory

Beyond integration: the triumph of outcome over process in clinical practice. Psychotherapy in Australia, 10, 2, 2-19
Miller Scott D, Duncan Barry L, Hubble Mark
2004 :
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Morago Pedro
Evidence-based practice – from medicine to social work. European Journal of Social Work, 9 (4): 461-477
2006 :
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The evidence for and against evidence-based practice. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 4 (2): 111-121.
Mullen Edward, Streiner David L
2004 :
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Osborne Stephen P
The quality dimension. Evaluating quality of service and quality of life in human services. British Journal of Social Work, 22, 437-453
1992 :
Mandatory

Patton Michael Q
An alternative evaluation approach for the problem-solving training program: A utilization-focused evaluation process. Evaluation and Program Planning. 7(2), 189-192.
1984 :
Mandatory

Patton Michael Q
Process Use as a Usefulism. New directions for evaluation. 116: 99-112
2001 :
Mandatory

Patton Michael Quinn
Evaluation, Knowledge Management, Best Practices, and High Quality Lessons Learned. American Journal of Evaluation 2001; 22; 329-336
1984 :
Mandatory

Patton Michael Quinn
Feminist, Yes, but Is It Evaluation? In Feminist Evaluation. Explorations and Experiences. New Directions for Evaluation, 96: 97-108
2001 :
Mandatory

Conceptions of evaluation - a welfare allocation perspective. Paper from the SVUF-conference 2007.
Petersson Gustav Jakob, Karlsson Vestman Ove
2007 :
Mandatory

Quality of Care in the Social Services: Research Agenda and Methods. Social Work Research 29 (3): 181-191.
McMillen J Curtis, Procotor Enola K, Megivern Deborah, Woodstock Striley, Cabassa Catherine, Leopoldo J Munson, Michelle R , Deckey Babara
2005 :
Mandatory

Rogers Patricia J
Using Programme Theory to Evaluate Complicated and Complex Aspects of Interventions. Evaluation. 14: 29-48
2008 :
Mandatory

Rosen Aaron
Evidence-based social work practice: Challenges and promise. Social Work Research. 27(4): 197-208
2003 :
Mandatory

Cultural Competence in Evaluation: An Overview. New Directions in Evaluation. 102: 5-19
SenGupta Saumitra, Hopson Rodney, Thompson- Robinson Melva
2003 :
Mandatory

Sielbeck-Bowen Kathryn et al
Beginning the conversation. New Directions for Evaluation. 96: 109-114.
2002 :
Mandatory

Sielbeck-Bowen Kathryn et al
Exploring Feminist Evaluation: The ground from which we rise. New Directions for Evaluation. 96: 3-8
2002 :
Mandatory

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ. 327;1459-1461
Smith Gordon C S, Pell Jill P
2003 :
Mandatory

Stame Nicoletta
Theory-Based Evaluation and Types of Complexity. Evaluation. 10; 58-76
2004 :
Mandatory

Tips: Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management. Kan fritt laddas hem från www.sida.se/publications

Exploring the Missing Links between Cause and Effect: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Micro–Macro Conversions in Programme Evaluation. Evaluation. 10: 77-91.
Virtanen Petri, Uusikylä Petri
2004 :
Mandatory

Watson David
A critical perspective on quality within the personal social services: prospects and concerns. British Journal of Social Work. 32: 877-891
2002 :
Mandatory