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- Title
A Systematic Review of State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency-Based Literature.
- Authors
Boeltzig-Brown, Heike; Fleming, Allison R.; Heyman, Miriam; Gauthier, Martha; Cully, Julisa; Foley, Susan M.
- Abstract
Purpose: To conduct a systematic review (SR) of 550 studies produced between 1970 and 2008 that focus on programs and/or services provided by state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies believed to impact client and/or program outcomes. Method: Authors used a 5-step SR protocol to evaluate and summarize study content and outcomes, study design, and data collection methods. Results: Results indicate that the VR research base is highly varied in terms of the research focus with respect to programs and services, populations, and outcomes and that it spans across a wide range of research designs and data collection methods. Conclusions: The majority of the studies included in this review relied on administrative data, particularly Rehabilitation Services Administration data, and surveys. Only a small number of studies employed some type of experimental design, suggesting a lack of application of this type of research design. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.
- Subjects
GOVERNMENT agencies; EMPLOYMENT; INTERVIEWING; EVALUATION of medical care; QUALITY of life; REHABILITATION research; RESEARCH funding; SOCIAL participation; SURVEYS; VOCATIONAL rehabilitation; WAGES; SYSTEMATIC reviews; QUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research; SECONDARY analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Rehabilitation Research, Policy & Education, 2017, Vol 31, Issue 4, p352
- ISSN
2168-6653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/2168-6653.31.4.352