Family Partner: study protocol for a pilot randomised study of a home-visitation intervention in Norway.

Aim: Every year, about 5% of children in Norway experience severe child maltreatment and need support from the child welfare services. However, research-supported interventions for this group are lacking. The current study piloted an intensive home-visitation intervention, Family Partner, which aims to reduce child maltreatment among at-risk parents by improving parental skills, agency and trust in the welfare services, and children's well-being.

Mental health professionals' expectations and efforts to include employment for people with moderate to severe mental illness in treatment settings.

Background: Research suggests that employment is an important factor for recovery and improved quality of life for people with mental illnesses. Mental health professionals often serve as gatekeepers for employment interventions, yet little is known about their expectations about employment for people with mental illness in Norway. The purpose of this study is to examine mental health professionals' expectations and efforts to include employment for people with moderate to severe mental illness in treatment settings.

Norwegian Social Work and Child Welfare Students' Attitudes Toward Research-Supported Treatments.

: Evidence-based practice (EBP) has increasingly become a part of social work education, but there is a lack of knowledge about students' attitudes toward it. This study evaluated Norwegian social work students' attitudes toward research-supported treatments (RSTs).: Attitudes were measured with the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale-36 (EBPAS-36), a validated measure including 12 subscales.

Attitudes toward and Utilization of Evidence-based Practice among Norwegian Social Workers.

: This study analyzes Norwegian social workers' attitudes toward evidence-based practice (EBP).: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 social workers and managers from social services and child welfare services.: Social workers were positive about EBP, yet confused about it, rarely distinguishing between EBP, empirically supported treatments (ESTs), experience-based knowledge and research when describing the concept.