Randomized Controlled Trials: Design and Implementation for Community-Based Psychosocial Interventions (Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods)

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been the gold standard for health and social service research for generations of professionals. However, even with the development of methods to accommodate a large number of professional perspectives and fields of intervention, there is still no comprehensive resource for learning how to deal with the complex nature of RCTs conducted in community settings. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience conducting randomized controlled trials to compile a practical and accessible guide to RCTs in community-based practice settings.

Phyllis Solomon, Ph.D., is a Professor of social Work in the School of Social Policy and Practice and Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary M. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Jeffrey Draine, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Psychiatry at the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania.