Practice-based evidence: Benchmarking NHS primary care counselling services at national and local levels
Evans, Chris
Evans, Chris
Abstract
There are a number of problems for evidence-based practice (EBP) including limited generalizability of efficacy research results, the consequent lack of confidence in the relevance of such research, and the conceptual distance of most practitioners from the research process. The result is that EBP, although sound in principle, often fails to achieve its aim of improving practice. Practice-based evidence (PBE) provides a complementary bridge for the gap between research and practice to offset some of these problems, promoting collaboration between mental health services and academic institutions. This paper presents the initial results of such a collaboration via three phases: (1) the development of a referential database for primary care counselling services, (2) 'practitioner-friendly' feedback on grouped data to services, and (3) the combination of the two to build an evidence base for work with ethnic minorities-an area in which research trials are not well adapted to provide much evidence. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wily Sons, Ltd.
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2003
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Counselling, Mental health services, Evidence-based practice, Benchmarking
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Evans, C., Connell, J., Barkham, M., Marshall, C. & Mellor-Clark, J. (2003). Practice-based evidence: Benchmarking NHS primary care counselling services at national and local levels. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 10 (6), pp.374-388.