&8220;This is a must-read for a range of professionals, offering a balanced yet critically aware appraisal of the significance of evidence-basedinformed practice in a complex professional world.&8221;Dr Steve J Hothersall, Formerly, now retired Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing Education and Practice, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK. &8220;I would highly recommend this book to any clinicians or students looking to improve the way that they integrate evidence into their professional practice.&8221;Professor Liz Halcomb, Professor of Primary Health Care Nursing, University of Wollongong, Australia.&8220;Aveyard, Greenway and Parsons have provided an excellent guide to evidence-based practice in this updated edition which is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students and for practitioners.&8221;Dr Hazel Partington University of Central Lancashire, UK Are you struggling with relating evidence to your practice?Do you want a straightforward, clearly written and practical guide to evidence-based practice?A Beginner's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care, 4th edition is the book for anyone who has ever wondered what evidence-based practice is, or how to relate it to practice or use it in academic work. Thoroughly revised with two new co-authors this brand new edition uses simple and jargon-book language to help those new to the topic. It provides an accessible step-by-step guide to what we mean by evidence in practice and how to apply this concept to learning and practice.This new edition features:&8226; New explanations with examples from both health and social care practice, using a wide range of research that is also relevant outside of the UK&8226; Coverage of new discourse on the use of evidence generated by COVID-19&8226; Coverage on the role, need and quality of rapid reviews&8226; New end-of-chapter questions to help assess how much you