Research Relationships

Research relationships are working partnerships between researchers and others involved in research.  These resources provide useful guidelines, reflections and advice.

Binan Goonj: Bridging Cultures in Aboriginal Health , Eckerman A, Dowd T, Chong E, Nixon L, Gray R, Johnson S 2006, 3rd edn, Elsevier Australia, NSW

Keeping Company – an inter-cultural conversation, Franks C., Curr, B., Turner, M., Poulson, K., 2007,  Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, Whyalla SA

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Cultural Ways section has publications, guidelines, and other resources. 

Guidelines to Good Manners : The Cooperative Research Centre for Desert Knowledge with Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi

Sharing the True Stories project has resources and information about inter-cultural communication in health care from a project in north east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

Protocols for consultation and negotiation with Aboriginal people
Huggins, Jackie, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development, Brisbane, QLD, 1999

Mina Mir Lo Ailan Mun: Proper communication with Torres Strait Islander people
Torres Strait Regional Office, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development, Brisbane, QLD, 1999

Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2004-2009, Australian Health Minister’s Advisory Council’s Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Working Party, NT, Qld, SA 2004

Respect, Acknowledge, Listen: Practical protocols for working with the Indigenous Communities of Western Sydney
Community Cultural Development New South Wales, NSW, 2003

More information on research relationship can be found in Chapter 4 of Researching Indigenous Health: A Practical Guide for Researchers.