Health social worker discourses on research knowledge utilisation – ideal in theory, distance in practice?
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| Title: | Health social worker discourses on research knowledge utilisation – ideal in theory, distance in practice? |
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| Authors: | Ståhl, Daniel (AUTHOR), Sernbo, Elisabet (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Social Work Practice. Mar2026, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p19-32. 14p. |
| Subjects: | Corporate culture, Professional practice, Social workers, Qualitative research, Occupational roles, Primary health care, Hospitals, Professional identity, Social case work, Professions, Discourse analysis, Patient-centered care, Translational research, Attitudes of medical personnel, Time management, Communication, Professional licenses, Evidence-based medicine, Continuing education, Employees' workload |
| Geographic Terms: | Sweden |
| Abstract: | This study analyses responses to an open-ended survey question and directs attention to discourse around research knowledge utilisation in health social work (HSW) in Sweden. The central finding is the projection of three subject positions: a research-oriented HSW, a research-distanced HSW and a patient-centred HSW. A research-oriented HSW is analysed as an ideal that is not realised. By analysing depictions of actions not being taken to increase research knowledge utilisation – questioning the trustworthiness of research, as well as HSWs ability to use it – the go-to subject position becomes a research-distanced HSW. A third subject position emerges creating a dichotomy between daily work and research knowledge, a patient-centred HSW. Very few respondents challenged this dichotomy, describing actions that had been taken to enhance research knowledge utilisation, underpinning the potential gain to the professional identity as well as to the benefit of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This study analyses responses to an open-ended survey question and directs attention to discourse around research knowledge utilisation in health social work (HSW) in Sweden. The central finding is the projection of three subject positions: a research-oriented HSW, a research-distanced HSW and a patient-centred HSW. A research-oriented HSW is analysed as an ideal that is not realised. By analysing depictions of actions not being taken to increase research knowledge utilisation – questioning the trustworthiness of research, as well as HSWs ability to use it – the go-to subject position becomes a research-distanced HSW. A third subject position emerges creating a dichotomy between daily work and research knowledge, a patient-centred HSW. Very few respondents challenged this dichotomy, describing actions that had been taken to enhance research knowledge utilisation, underpinning the potential gain to the professional identity as well as to the benefit of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 02650533 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02650533.2025.2495748 |
