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research in practice
Locating
Research on
Fatherhood on
the Web
Elizabeth Cooke
research in practice
research in practice
• research in practice is the largest childcare research
implementation project in England and Wales. It is a
department of The Dartington Hall Trust run in
collaboration with the Association of Directors of Social
Services,The University of Sheffield and our network of
over 100 participating agencies in the UK
•There are five strands to our work – Change Projects,
publications, the website, Learning Events, network
exchange
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•Our website – www.rip.org.uk
Research Literature on
Fatherhood
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‘in and out of research focus’ (Lewis, 2003)
30 years ago ‘forgotten contributors to child
development’ (Lamb, 1975)
Currently back on the policy agenda – though
uneven development
Research literature concerned with
Father involvement in parenting
Engaging fathers – the practice debate
Located in a range of disciplines – social
psychology, social policy, social work
Focus on UK based research relevant to social work
practice with fathers
Sources of research
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Journals/Monographs/Abstracts
Databases – online – free and at cost
Organisational websites
Current Awareness Bulletins/Newsletters
Statistical information
Libraries -Departmental/Universities/Specialist
‘Grey literature’
Personal contact with researchers
Journals
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recommended list on RiP website - some marked
‘practitioner-friendly’
- links to on-line versions where appropriate
hard copy (subscription usually needed)
on-line (some provide full-text articles free) :
BMJ
British Journal of Social Work
Research, Policy and Planning
on-line (just see titles / abstracts for free)
Fatherwork
BAAF Adoption and Fostering
Child & Family Social Work
Free on-line databases
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Caredata - hosted by SCIE and part of eLSC ‘largest UK collection of research about C&YP’
search under ‘fathers’,’parental role’ etc
The FatherLit Database – National Centre on
Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania
RiP Evidence Bank
- all research reviews since 2002 (selective prior)
- see handout of chronological list
- incl. RiP comments on strengths / weaknesses
Free on-line databases
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Gateways – facilitate access to a range of sites
eg. Social Science Info.Gateway (SOSIG)
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PubMed
- largest health and health-related database
- funded by US govt (but international refs.)
- applicable for MH, LD, PD and CP issues
CERUK
- current educational research in the UK
On-line databases
(with costs)
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ChildData
- hosted by NCB
- from April 2004 free to LA members
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Psychinfo
- psychology-related articles, books & reports
- free demonstration
- time-limited access (24 hours) for small cost
PLUS large academic databases usually available
through your local university
Organisational websites (1)
Policy Research Bureau
• recent research on fatherhood and parenting
Institute of Public Policy Research
• Adrienne Burgess – articles
Barnardo’s
• summaries on-line (full reports must be bought)
• includes the ‘What Works’ series
• Newpin
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Organisational websites (2)
SureStart
• Fathers’ involvement /evaluation of programmes
focussed on fathers
National Children’s Bureau
• ‘Highlights’ (available to members)
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Fathers Plus / Working with Men
Key Websites : Fatherhood
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NFPI – National Family and Parenting Institute –
What Good are Dads? – published with Fathers
Direct/ Working with Men/Newpin Fathers Support
Centre
JRF – Joseph Rowntree Foundation
‘Findings’ with keyword search facility
Fathers Direct – father facts
Parenting Education and Support Forum –
online library, practice and training resources
Contact Researchers
Find resources/publications/articles in full text Some UK based examples:
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Charlie Lewis, University of Lancaster
Brid Featherstone, University of Huddersfield
Margaret O’Brien, University of East Anglia
Michael Lamb, University of Cambridge
Research in Practice - Register of Researchers
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recently updated and improved (now 146 people) searchable by topic - lists their current projects &
publications
University websites
National Centre on Fathers and Families
University of Pennsylvania – research reviews,
online database, fathering programmes
University of East Anglia
• Centre for Research on the Child and the Family
• list of completed and current projects (no reports)
• contact details for researchers
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Email newsletters
& awareness bulletins
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Father’s Direct newsletter
RiP/NCB – Research & Policy Updates (monthly)
http://www.rip.org.uk/rpu/index.asp
NSPCC – Caspar – e-mail alert
Four Nations Child Policy Network e-mail
briefings, paper bulletin
NCB - 4 Nations (for members only), Children in
the News (free press cuttings)
Community Care – Snapshot (can specify C&F
only)
Statistics
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Research and Statistics
Gateway – DfES (England)
ONS – Social and Welfare
Help with finding
evidence (1)
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Guidance on searching
see handouts from RiP, Evidence Network, CEBSS
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Free on-line training
Research Mindedness
- SCIE funded, case studies & devt materials
Internet Social Worker
- e-tutorials on using the www to find evidence
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Other EIP organisations
Centre for Evidence Based Social Services
Quality Criteria
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critical awareness - 3 www’s:
who is the information provider?
identifiable, reputable, ?agenda,
contactable, transparent, authoritative
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where, type of organisation - check URL
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when - is it current?, typos, legibility