Time to do health research 'with' Indigenous people rather than 'on' them

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Health research has a history of being done ‘for’ or ‘on’ Indigenous people rather than ‘with’ them, but Australian experts say it is time for Indigenous knowledges, ethics, processes and protocols to be embedded into all stages of the research process. They say colonialism and racism are embedded throughout healthcare, health policy and health research, and this shows in the way Indigenous health research is designed, undertaken and disseminated; including in peer-reviewed journals. The authors say there is an urgent need to call out ‘black wallpapering’ and tokenism in research.

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