A process for the inclusion of Aboriginal People in health research: Lessons from the Determinants of TB Transmission project

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 733-738

  Boffa, Jody ^a   King, Malcolm ^a,b,c   McMullin, Kathleen ^c,d   Long, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CIHR   (Canada)

^c Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Canada; Indigenous health research; Tuberculosis research

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 79952004098     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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