Indigenous research: a commitment to walking the talk. The Gudaga study - an Australian case study.
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(Knight) Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
(Comino) Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
(Harris) Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
(Jackson-Pulver) Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
(Comino) Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
(Harris) Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
(Jackson-Pulver) Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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2009
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Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Vol.6(4), 2009, pp. 467-476.
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Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
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Increasingly, the role of health research in improving the discrepancies in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in developed countries is being recognised. Along with this comes the recognition that health research must be conducted in a manner that is culturally appropriate and ethically sound. Two key documents have been produced in Australia, known as The Road Map and The Guidelines, to provide theoretical and philosophical direction to the ethics of Indigenous health research. These documents identify research themes considered critical to improving the health of the nation's Indigenous peoples. They also provide values that, from an Indigenous perspective, are foundational to an ethical research process. This paper examines these research themes and values within the context of a current longitudinal birth cohort study of Indigenous infants and children in south-west Sydney: the Gudaga Study. Considerable time and effort have been invested in being true to the values stated in these documents: reciprocity; respect; equality; responsibility; survival and protection; and spirit and integrity. We have learnt that it is vital to be true to these values when conducting Indigenous health research-to quite literally "walk the talk". (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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Research ethics