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Getting to the heart of the matter: a research partnership with Aboriginal women in south and central Australia.

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dc.contributor.authorMcBride K.
dc.contributor.authorFranks C.
dc.contributor.authorWade V.
dc.contributor.authorKing V.
dc.contributor.authorRigney J.
dc.contributor.authorBurton N.
dc.contributor.authorDowling A.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell J.A.
dc.contributor.authorVan Kessel G.
dc.contributor.authorHoward N.
dc.contributor.authorPaquet C.
dc.contributor.authorHillier S.
dc.contributor.authorNicholls S.J.
dc.contributor.authorBrown A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-19T05:30:02Z
dc.date.available2024-11-19T05:30:02Z
dc.date.copyright2023
dc.date.issued2023-01-02en
dc.description.abstractWithin the vast majority of qualitative health research involving Indigenous populations, Indigenous people have been marginalised from research conceptualisation and conduct. This reflects a lack of regard for Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing, has served to perpetuate deficit narratives of Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing, and contributes to failure in addressing inequities as a result of ongoing colonisation and institutionalised oppression and racism. There is a need to place Indigenous voices and ways of doing at the centre of research by working in intercultural partnership, bringing together Indigenous and Western knowledges. This paper explores how such an approach can be applied, demonstrating a reflective process of conceptualisation and conduct that brings together Indigenous ways of working with grounded theory with Aboriginal communities in Australia. Furthermore, it supported a non-Indigenous researcher to learn ways of working respectfully, guided by community protocols. A six-stage research process was developed, overseen by an Aboriginal Women's Advisory Group. Research conceptualisation and conduct centred on three principles: bringing together Aboriginal ways of working with Western research methodology; using women's own voices to develop a narrative of cardiovascular health and wellbeing; and ensuring that tangible outcomes were delivered to women and communities in the spirit of partnership and reciprocity. This approach, guided at all steps by Indigenous women, demonstrates a way of adapting qualitative Western methodology to ensure values and principles of ethical guidelines of conduct are upheld to unravel constructs of colonisation, redress past wrongdoing, and reverse deficit narratives.Copyright © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
dc.identifier.citationCritical Public Health. 33(3), 2023, pp. 363-374.
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2022.2147417
dc.identifier.institution(McBride, Van Kessel, Paquet, Hillier) Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(McBride, Franks, Howard, Brown) Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Franks, Wade, King, Rigney, Burton, Dowling, Mitchell) Aboriginal Women's Advisory Group, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Wade) Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(King) Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Burton) Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women's Council, Alice Springs, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Dowling) College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Mitchell) The Heart Foundation of Australia, Sydney, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Howard) Indigenous Genomics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Paquet) Faculte des Sciences de l'Administration, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
dc.identifier.institution(Nicholls) Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Brown) Telethon Kids Institute and Australian National University, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Brown) Indigenous Genomics, Australian National University, Adelaide, Australia
dc.identifier.urihttps://lowitja.intersearch.com.au/handle/1/612
dc.relation.ispartofCritical Public Health
dc.subject.keywordsResearch practice
dc.titleGetting to the heart of the matter: a research partnership with Aboriginal women in south and central Australia.
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.studyortrialQualitative study

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