Conducting research with tribal communities: Sovereignty, ethics, and data-sharing issues

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-10

  Harding, Anna ^a   Harper, Barbara ^a,b   Stone, Dave ^a   O'Neill, Catherine ^c   Berger, Patricia ^b   Harris, Stuart ^b   Donatuto, Jamie ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Science and Engineering Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ^*  (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Swinomish Indian Tribal Community   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Data sharing; Informed consent; Intellectual property; IRB; Research ethics; Sovereignty; Tribal

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84930472292     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103904     Document Type: Note

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