Meeting the challenge: developing systematic reviewing in social policy

A Wallace; K Croucher; D Quilgars; S Baldwin

doi:10.1332/0305573042009444

Meeting the challenge: developing systematic reviewing in social policy

A Wallace, K Croucher, D Quilgars, S Baldwin

Centre for Housing Policy

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Abstract

This article uses the experience of reviewing the evidence on the financial support available for defaulting home owners to consider the opportunities and challenges systematic review methods present to social policy. It addresses concerns about examining the strength of given evidence, and perceptions of it being a purely technical method to review existing research. It argues that there is merit in utilising the method to provide research users with transparent summaries of the most robust evidence with minimum bias.The article outlines the challenges presented and suggests that social policy researchers have a valuable contribution to make to the developing methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	455-470
Number of pages	16
Journal	Policy and Politics
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/0305573042009444
Publication status	Published - Oct 2004

Keywords

systematic reviews
quality appraisal
evidence-based policy
mortgage safety nets
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
CARE
NEED

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