Webinar: What is good research evidence and how do you find it? | AIFS

Quality research evidence can improve service design and delivery, and professionals in child and family services often need to use this to inform their work. This can include writing grant proposals, developing program theories, or preparing program evaluations. However, people may not know how to find high-quality, relevant research.

The Evidence and Evaluation Support (EES) team at the Australian Institute of Family Studies has put together a four-part webinar series to share examples of evaluative practice and ideas for collecting and using evidence in the context of Australian child and family services.

In episode 3, Kat Goldsworthy, Research Fellow in the Evidence and Evaluation Support team, sits down with Dr Melissa Willoughby to discuss practical strategies for finding and using research evidence in a practice context.

This episode will discuss different types of research evidence and how to find and assess its quality; as well as insights into how research evidence can be used alongside other forms of evidence, such as lived experience and practice expertise.

This webinar will give you:

• an understanding of what research evidence is and how it’s relevant to service design and delivery
• insights into how to identify quality research evidence and make judgments about if it can be used to inform decision-making in practice
• insights into how to find relevant research evidence.

The webinar is intended for anyone interested in understanding and using research evidence more effectively. It will be particularly useful for professionals involved in service design and delivery, especially those who write grants and funding applications, design new programs or refine existing ones, and those who support or do program evaluations.

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