'We are not just participants - We are in charge': The NACCHO ear trial and the process for aboriginal community-controlled health research

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-111

  Couzos, Sophie ^a   Lea, Traven ^b   Murray, Richard ^b   Culbong, Margaret ^b  

^a Natl Aboriginal Comm Contr H O   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Aboriginal Health Worker; Community Control; Community Based; CONSORT; CSOM; Ear; Ethics; Fluoroquinolone; Indigenous; Methodology; Otitis Media; Ototopical; Ototoxicity; Participatory; Policy; Process; RCT; Research; Review; Suppurative

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144399541     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850500071038     Document Type: Review

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