"Indigenous health research needs to be driven by priorities set by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to be of practical use to the Indigenous health sector and to develop research capacity within the Indigenous community ... [This guide] includes the history, context, values and change priorities of Indigenous health research in Australia and the planning and management of Indigenous health research projects." -- P. vi.
This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity. It does so through the contextual lenses of nation states while presenting global themes on rights, colonialism and bioethics. The book is framed by the following propositions on indigenous health: it is a human rights issue; it is located within the politics of colonization; and subjugated indigenous knowledges require restoring.
Indigenous researchers are knowledge seekers who work to progress Indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing in a modern and constantly evolving context. This book describes a research paradigm shared by Indigenous scholars in Canada and Australia, and demonstrates how this paradigm can be put into practice. Relationships don’t just shape Indigenous reality, they are our reality. Indigenous researchers develop relationships with ideas in order to achieve enlightenment in the ceremony that is Indigenous research. Indigenous research is the ceremony of maintaining accountability to these relationships. For researchers to be accountable to all our relations, we must make careful choices in our selection of topics, methods of data collection, forms of analysis and finally in the way we present information.
This book focuses on promoting health equity and addressing health disparities among Indigenous peoples of the United States (U.S.) and associated Territories in the Pacific Islands and Caribbean. It provides an overview of the current state of health equity across social, physical, and mental health domains to provide a preliminary understanding of the state of Indigenous health equity. Part 1 of the book traces the promotive, protective, and risk factors related to Indigenous health equity. Part 2 reports promising pathways to achieving and transcending health equity through the description of interventions that address and promote wellness related to key outcomes. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work.
Health research involving Indigenous peoples is regulated by guidelines based on the ethics of Indigenous health research, which establish routes to knowledge development in order to support and improve health for Indigenous communities. Despite these guidelines, health imbalances remain and continue to negatively impact Indigenous peoples. This thesis explores some of the barriers and strengths of ethical guidelines of Indigenous health research in Canada. Using a community-based approach, this research shifts the focus away from a study of Indigenous peoples themselves, to a study of the practices that health researchers employ when conducting health research involving Indigenous peoples. An online survey was developed and distributed via email and through social networks to health researchers who work in the field of Indigenous health research. The survey consisted of 22 questions using and a Likert scale (Likert, 1932) to explore perceptions of ethical guidelines in use by researchers who engage in Indigenous health research. After data quality control analysis, 228 respondents were considered valid and constituted the data set. Results suggest a general level of agreement (Somewhat Agree) with the value of the health ethical guidelines used by researchers. High agreement was found for basic items such as ethical guidelines being easy to access and the amount of information offered was appropriate. However, low agreement was found on items that rated the perceived characteristics of ethical guidelines: their clarity, and whether they reflected the current social context of Indigenous peoples; the inclusion of Indigenous paradigms inside ethical guidelines and whether the guidelines enhanced health researchers' understanding of Indigenous worldviews. Results also describe some other characteristics of Indigenous health research, such as exploring who is researching what, when, and how with special attention to research methodologies, approaches and perceived engagement with Indigenous communities. A major implication of these results suggests the need for the inclusion of Indigenous research perspectives in health research and health research education much more broadly if they are to effectively support Indigenous healthier communities.
It’s important that research with indigenous peoples is ethically and methodologically relevant. This volume looks at challenges involved in this research and offers best practice guidelines to research communities, exploring how adherence to ethical research principles acknowledges and maintains the integrity of indigenous people and knowledge.
Indigenous research is an important and burgeoning field of study. With the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for the Indigenization of higher education and growing interest within academic institutions, scholars are exploring research methodologies that are centred in or emerge from Indigenous worldviews, epistemologies, and ontology. This new edited collection moves beyond asking what Indigenous research is and examines how Indigenous approaches to research are carried out in practice. Contributors share their personal experiences of conducting Indigenous research within the academy in collaboration with their communities and with guidance from Elders and other traditional knowledge keepers. Their stories are linked to current discussions and debates, and their unique journeys reflect the diversity of Indigenous languages, knowledges, and approaches to inquiry. Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships is essential reading for students in Indigenous studies programs, as well as for those studying research methodology in education, health sociology, anthropology, and history. It offers vital and timely guidance on the use of Indigenous research methods as a movement toward reconciliation.
Now in its second edition, Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health adds current issues in environmental politics to the groundbreaking materials from the first edition. The text is a vibrant compilation of scholarly papers by research experts in the field, reflective essays by Indigenous leaders, and poetry that functions as a creative outlet for healing. This timely edited collection addresses the knowledge gap of the health inequalities unique to Indigenous peoples as a result of geography, colonialism, economy, and biology. In this revised edition, new pieces explore the relationship between Indigenous bodies and the land on which they reside, the impact of resource extraction on landscapes and livelihoods, and death and the complexities of intergenerational family relationships. This volume also offers an updated structure and a foreword by Dr. Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority. This is a vital resource for students in the disciplines of health studies, Indigenous studies, public and population health, community health sciences, medicine, nursing, and social work who want to broaden their understanding of the social determinants of health. Ultimately, this is a hopeful text that aspires to a future in which Indigenous peoples no longer embody health inequality.
The first book on Indigenous quantitative methodologies, this concise, accessible text opens up a major new approach for research across the disciplines and applied fields.
