East meets West: Five decades of practice research in Hong Kong

Author(s)
Author(s)
Sim, T.
Date Issued
2020
Publisher
Sage Publications
Journal
Research on Social Work Practice
Volume
30
Issue
3
Start page
259
End page
266
Abstract
A review of social work practice research in Hong Kong identified 969 articles published over 50 years. Four main areas of their content were analyzed: (a) authorship, (b) practice area, (c) target clientele, and (d) research method. Our results showed that academics had produced most of the research publications (81%). The most common practice areas were children and youth (20%), mental health (19%), family (19%), and the elderly (11%). Youth (22%), the elderly (14%), and family and parents (14%) were the top three client groups. The majority of the methods (47%) used were quantitative, comprising mostly correlational methods (41%). The future development of Hong Kong’s social work practice research should build on current achievements and promote more practitioner–researcher collaboration.
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