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Social work practice research innovation, implementation and implications: A case of ‘Cooperative Grounded Inquiry’ with formerly abused women in Hong Kong

Kong, S.T.

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Abstract

There is a notable ethical, epistemological and practical need to recognize formerly abused women’s central role in developing domestic violence services and related knowledge. For achieving social work professional accountability, methodological innovations that facilitate participation of different stakeholders in domestic violence services are required. Instead of polarizing domestic violence service providers and users, this article aims at providing deeper thoughts on methodological innovation that can facilitate coparticipation and partnership in domestic violence social work practice research. I propose a rigorous merging of Cooperative Inquiry and Grounded Theory Methodology to produce a Cooperative Grounded Inquiry which can cast light onto the promotion of participation and knowledge making in domestic violence social work services. This methodology was applied in working with formerly abused women in Hong Kong and has generated useful working principles for further application of the methodology.

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Kong, S. (2016). Social work practice research innovation, implementation and implications: A case of ‘Cooperative Grounded Inquiry’ with formerly abused women in Hong Kong. Qualitative Social Work, 15(4), 533-551. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325015595856

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jul 24, 2015
Publication Date 2016-07
Deposit Date Jun 15, 2017
Journal Qualitative Social Work
Print ISSN 1473-3250
Electronic ISSN 1741-3117
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Issue 4
Pages 533-551
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325015595856
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1357439
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1473325015595856