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Bridging research and practice in the family and human sciences *
Author(s) -
Small Stephen A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00024.x
Subject(s) - bridging (networking) , human science , clinical practice , engineering ethics , psychology , medical education , sociology , medicine , social science , family medicine , engineering , computer science , computer network
Over the past decade there has been a growing concern over the gap between research and practice in family and other human sciences. Family scientists have been troubled that the scientific knowledge base is not frequently used by practitioners, whereas practitioners have complained that the research base is often not very useful for issues faced in practice. The present article examines some of the reasons for the gap between research and practice and offers some suggestions for bridging it.