The winners of the Leonard E. Gibbs Award for a review published by the Social Welfare Coordinating Group in 2010-2011 are Jane Barlow, Nadja Smailagic, Cathy Bennett, Nick Huband, Hannah Jones and Esther Coren.
They are awarded the prize for the review, Individual and group based parenting programmes for improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and their children. Parenting programmes are a potentially important means of supporting teenage parents and improving developmental outcomes for their children, and parenting support is a priority across most Western countries. This review, containing evidence from eight studies, updates the previous version published in 2001. Results provide some evidence to suggest that parenting programmes may be effective in improving a number of aspects of parent-child interaction both in the short- and long-term.
As Jane Barlow is unable to attend the 2012 Colloquium in Copenhagen, Social Welfare Co-Chair Aron Shlonsky will be presenting the award to co-author Esther Coren, who was first author on the original version of this review.
Dr. Leonard E. Gibbs
Dr. Leonard E. Gibbs (1943 to 2008), Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, was an internationally recognized expert in the field of evidence-based practice (EBP) and was a fervent proponent of EBP in the helping professions. He epitomized this approach even as he fought his own battle with advanced metastatic prostate cancer.
As part of his legacy, Len’s widow, Betsy McDougall-Gibbs, has established the Leonard E. Gibbs Award for Outstanding Contribution to Evidence-Based Practice, through the Campbell Collaboration. Each year, the Leonard E. Gibbs Fund will honor the winning review team with one fully paid registration to the Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, where they will be recognized for their groundbreaking work.