TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge translation in Indigenous health research
T2 - voices from the field
AU - Kennedy, Michelle
AU - Ninomiya, Melody Morton
AU - Ninomiya, Maya Morton
AU - Brascoupé, Simon
AU - Smylie, Janet
AU - Calma, Tom
AU - Mohamed, Janine
AU - Stewart, Paul J.
AU - Maddox, Raglan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Medical Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AMPCo Pty Ltd.
PY - 2024/7/1
Y1 - 2024/7/1
N2 - Objectives: To better understand what knowledge translation activities are effective and meaningful to Indigenous communities and what is required to advance knowledge translation in health research with, for, and by Indigenous communities. Study design: Workshop and collaborative yarning. Setting: Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health Conference, Cairns, June 2023. Participants: About 70 conference delegates, predominantly Indigenous people involved in research and Indigenous health researchers who shared their knowledge, experiences, and recommendations for knowledge translation through yarning and knowledge sharing. Results: Four key themes were developed using thematic analysis: knowledge translation is fundamental to research and upholding community rights; knowledge translation approaches must be relevant to local community needs and ways of mobilising knowledge; researchers and research institutions must be accountable for ensuring knowledge translation is embedded, respected and implemented in ways that address community priorities; and knowledge translation must be planned and evaluated in ways that reflect Indigenous community measures of success. Conclusion: Knowledge translation is fundamental to making research matter, and critical to ethical research. It must be embedded in all stages of research practice. Effective knowledge translation approaches are Indigenous-led and move beyond Euro-Western academic metrics. Institutions, funding bodies, and academics should embed structures required to uphold Indigenous knowledge translation. We join calls for reimaging health and medical research to embed Indigenous knowledge translation as a prerequisite for generative knowledge production that makes research matter.
AB - Objectives: To better understand what knowledge translation activities are effective and meaningful to Indigenous communities and what is required to advance knowledge translation in health research with, for, and by Indigenous communities. Study design: Workshop and collaborative yarning. Setting: Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health Conference, Cairns, June 2023. Participants: About 70 conference delegates, predominantly Indigenous people involved in research and Indigenous health researchers who shared their knowledge, experiences, and recommendations for knowledge translation through yarning and knowledge sharing. Results: Four key themes were developed using thematic analysis: knowledge translation is fundamental to research and upholding community rights; knowledge translation approaches must be relevant to local community needs and ways of mobilising knowledge; researchers and research institutions must be accountable for ensuring knowledge translation is embedded, respected and implemented in ways that address community priorities; and knowledge translation must be planned and evaluated in ways that reflect Indigenous community measures of success. Conclusion: Knowledge translation is fundamental to making research matter, and critical to ethical research. It must be embedded in all stages of research practice. Effective knowledge translation approaches are Indigenous-led and move beyond Euro-Western academic metrics. Institutions, funding bodies, and academics should embed structures required to uphold Indigenous knowledge translation. We join calls for reimaging health and medical research to embed Indigenous knowledge translation as a prerequisite for generative knowledge production that makes research matter.
KW - Ethics
KW - research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85197345196&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5694/mja2.52357
DO - 10.5694/mja2.52357
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 38946651
AN - SCOPUS:85197345196
SN - 0025-729X
VL - 221
SP - 61
EP - 67
JO - Medical Journal of Australia
JF - Medical Journal of Australia
IS - 1
ER -