Library Guides: Social Work: EIPO materials

Search strategies submitted as part of Evidence Informed Professional and Organisation module

Below are links to database search strategies submitted as part of the MSc Evidence Informed Professional module at Ulster University from 2017 onwards.

Service user / Carer groupings

Butler, L. (2018). The Influence of Personal Support Systems on the Capacity of Foster Carers to Sustain the Role Long Term: A Systematic Narrative Review (
Johnstone, J. (2018). Supporting Families of Children with a Disability: Systematic Narrative Review
Lyttle, E. (2018). Adoptive Families’ Experiences of Disruption: A Systematic Narrative Review
McKenna, D. (2018). Family/Carer Experience of Advance Care Planning: Systematic Narrative Review
Teer, P. (2018). What Does the Literature Tell us about if and how Informal Networks Work for Young People Transitioning from Care: Systematic Narrative Review
Templeton, F. (2018). The Experience of Adopted Children in School: A Systematic Narrative Review
Gorman, G. (2017). Community Based Interventions with Disengaged Adolescents and Their Families: A Systematic Narrative Review
Hindes, J. (2017). What is Effective at Reducing Ante-natal Maternal Stress Associated with Foetal Developmental Risk? A Systematic Narrative Review
McGill, L. (2017). Interventions to Improve Communication between Children and their Birth Parents about the Reasons they are in Care: A Systematic Narrative Review
Steward, M. (2018). Parental Alienation in Children of Divorce and Separation: A Systematic Narrative Review

Maguire, D. (2017). Community Forensic Service Provision for Adults with a Learning Disability who Offend: A Systematic Narrative Review

Burnside, I. (2018). Decision Making Influences in Identifying an Alternative to Hospital Admission in Mental Health Assessments: A Systematic Narrative Review

Citizen, user and community populations

Hindes, J. (2017). What is Effective at Reducing Ante-natal Maternal Stress Associated with Foetal Developmental Risk? A Systematic Narrative Review

Professional and policy communities

Not applicable

Theorising that crosses categories, methodology