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50 Years of ERIC
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Lacasse, Jeffrey R.; Hodge, David R.; Bean, Kristen F. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
Objectives: This article reports the first estimated h-index values for social work faculty. Methods: Multiple raters blindly assessed two samples of faculty (1) tenure-track faculty at institutions listed in the U.S. News and World Report top 10 (n = 337) and (2) tenure-track editorial board members of 5 highly ranked social work journals (n =…
Descriptors: Tenure, Correlation, Social Work, College Faculty
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Hodge, David R.; Lacasse, Jeffrey R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
Objectives: This study evaluates the utility of a new measure--the h-index--that may provide a more valid approach to evaluating journal quality in the social work profession. Method: H-index values are compared with Thomson ISI 5-year impact factors and expert opinion. Results: As hypothesized, the h-index correlates highly with ISI 5-year impact…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Social Work, Evaluation, Quality Control
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Jackson, Kelly F.; Hodge, David R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objective: A systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of culturally sensitive interventions (CSIs) with Native American youth was conducted. Method: Electronic bibliographic databases, Web sites, and manual searches were used to identify 11 outcome studies that examined CSI effectiveness with Native American youth. Results: This review found…
Descriptors: American Indians, Program Effectiveness, Bibliographic Databases, Youth
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Hodge, David R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Perhaps surprisingly, many social workers appear to use intercessory prayer in direct practice settings. To help inform practitioners' use of this intervention, this article evaluates the empirical literature on the topic using the following three methods: (a) an individual assessment of each study, (b) an evaluation of intercessory prayer as an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Effect Size, Social Work, Literature Reviews
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Limb, Gordon E.; Hodge, David R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
This study represents an initial step at giving social work practitioners an important assessment tool as they seek to provide culturally competent services to Native American clients. For the current study, a spiritual lifemap assessment tool was modified by the authors for a Native American cultural context. To determine the relevancy and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Program Effectiveness, Cultural Context, Social Work
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Hodge, David R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Cultural competence has become a central social work tenet enshrined in the profession's ethical and educational standards. Few measures of cultural competence exist, however, in spite of an increasing array of religious, ethnic, and racial groups in U.S. society. This article develops a new measure to assess cultural competence among one family…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Religion, Social Work, Evaluation Methods