ABSTRACT
This chapter explores and provides an account of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a process and professional culture, including its origins, aims, and mission. The concept of EBP has two main components: it is an intervention supported by empirical evidence and it is a process of applying an evidence-based intervention in a specific sociocultural context. This component has been the primary historical focus of EBP. EBP as a process is a more contemporary concept, introduced first as a standalone process and later in the context of other human services professions, such as social work, education, and law enforcement. It presents the classic EBM model and its offspring. A more sophisticated stage, the dialectical model of EBP in which various components interact, is the focus of the chapter. It also discusses the Cochrane Collaboration also has served as the role model for the international Campbell Collaboration, a clearinghouse focused on education, crime and justice, and social welfare.
