Indigenous cultural identity of research authors standard: Research and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in rural health journals

Abstract

Rural Medicine -adopted a policy of 'Nothing about Indigenous Peoples, without Indigenous Peoples'. This meant changing practices so that Indigenous Peoples' identity could be embedded in authorship credentials -such as in the byline. An environmental scan of literature about the inclusion ofIndigenous Peoples in research revealed many ways in which editorial boards of journals could improve their process to signal to readers that Indigenous voices are included in rural health research publication governance.Improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples worldwide requires high-quality research evidence. This quality benchmark needs to explicitly signal the inclusion of Indigenous authors. The ICIRAS is a call to action for research journals and institutions to rigorously improve research governance and leadership to amplify the cultural identity of Indigenous peoples in rural health research.

Yindyamarra: Value Co-creation with Aboriginal Australians

“…The need for equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive collaborations between researchers and Aboriginal communities is expressed in recent national and international research guidelines (Harfield et al, 2020; Huria et al, 2019; Griffiths et al, 2021; Lock et al, 2020). They highlight the need for researchers to collaborate with First Nations communities to identify appropriate research questions, plan and perform research, disseminate results and translate findings into practice (Harfield et al, 2020; Lock et al, 2022). Therefore, another contribution of this paper to the field is its use of a value co-creation model as a reflective tool through which to describe a process of culturally safe research.…”

“…However, there has been some contention in the marketing literature about for whom this process is creating value: organisations, consumers or both (Ranjan & Read, 2016). The desire to achieve the dual aim of engaging in co-creation, while respecting and protecting stakeholders, is reflected in the “nothing about us without us” movement that is championed by marginalised and/or vulnerable groups in contexts including health, disability (Charlton, 1998; Dickinson, 2018) and First Nations research (Lock et al, 2022).…”