Aboriginal health research in the remote Kimberley: An exploration of perceptions, attitudes and concerns of stakeholders

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mc Loughlin, Frieda ^a   Hadgraft, Nyssa T ^a   Atkinson, David ^a,b   Marley, Julia V ^a,b  

^a Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and torres strait islander research; Community consultation; Decolonising research; Ethics; Kimberley Aboriginal health planning forum research subcommittee; Research processes

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84988566267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0517-1     Document Type: Article

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