Adapting western research methods to indigenous ways of knowing

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2185-2192

  Simonds, Vanessa W ^a   Christopher, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 84887268878     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301157     Document Type: Article

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