Conducting decolonizing research and practice with Australian First Nations to close the health gap

Pamela Laird; Anne B Chang; John Jacky; Mary Lane; André Schultz; Roz Walker

doi:10.1186/s12961-021-00773-3

Conducting decolonizing research and practice with Australian First Nations to close the health gap

Health Res Policy Syst. 2021 Sep 22;19(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s12961-021-00773-3.

Authors

Pamela Laird^{1

2

3}, Anne B Chang^{4

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6}, John Jacky⁷, Mary Lane⁸, André Schultz^#^{9

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11}, Roz Walker^#¹²

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¹ Wal-Yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. [email protected].
² Department of Physiotherapy, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia. [email protected].
³ The Child Health Division Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia. [email protected].
⁴ The Child Health Division Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁶ The Centre of Children's Health Research, Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Qld University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁷ Kulunga, Telethon Kids Institute, Broome, WA, Australia.
⁸ Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service, Broome, WA, Australia.
⁹ Wal-Yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of WA, Perth, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
¹² School of Indigenous Studies, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to highlight a perspective for decolonizing research with Australian First Nations and provide a framework for successful and sustained knowledge translation by drawing on the recent work conducted by a research group, in five remote communities in North-Western Australia. The perspective is discussed in light of national and international calls for meaningful and dedicated engagement with First Nations people in research, policy and practice, to help close the health gap between First Nations and other Australians.

Keywords: Decolonizing methodology; First Nations; Knowledge translation; Participatory action research.

Conducting decolonizing research and practice with Australian First Nations to close the health gap

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