title: Illinois's child welfare research agenda: an approach to building consensus for practice-based research.
abstract: This article presents a consensus-building initiative to develop a statewide research agenda that responds to the needs of Illinois's child welfare community. Researchers conducted this process through a university-community partnership to engage those interested in child welfare services. The process and findings resulted in a living document that will guide child welfare research throughout the state. Findings of the inquiry suggest that the development of best practice models may be one of the most important contributions research can make to practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley 94720-7400, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Mark F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Jess
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000639:trends*; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D032921:Consensus; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012107:Research Design; D013220:State Health Planning and Development Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States