The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases researchers’ statement on non-communicable disease research with Indigenous peoples
- David P. Meharg,
- Violet Naanyu,
- Boe Rambaldini,
- Marilyn J. Clarke,
- Cameron Lacey,
- Felix Jebasingh
- The University of Sydney,
- Moi University,
- Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare,
- Macquarie University,
- Southern Cross University,
- University of Otago
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Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 3 Good Health and Well
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Citations
8
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3.25
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Author count
25
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94
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10
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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Comment/debate
Peer-reviewOriginal language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages e324-e326Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
The Lancet Global Health (Volume 11, Issue 3)Publication milestones
- Published - 03/2023
Publication status
Published - 03/2023
ISSN
2214-109XPublication IDs
- Scopus: 85147990769
- PubMed: 36796972
Funding Details
Ideally, decolonising research practices will involve decolonising the funding by ascertaining which institutions are eligible for funding and mapping how funding is disbursed by funders. Currently, most public funders provide a grant award to a single administering research institution (the employer of the principal investigator) with money then flowing to other participating investigators and institutions. This financial control model is tolerated among academic researchers; however, it can foster a power imbalance between the researchers and the community. Co-design, including a choice of research topic, can help investigators and methodologies ameliorate this power imbalance, but cannot fully overcome it. Research governance must include co-leadership, data ownership, sharing, intellectual property rights, and ethical considerations congruent with cultural values. Budgetary allocations among the research institutions and Indigenous communities must be clearly articulated in research proposals to promote maximum self-determination. Appropriate and equitable governance should be an important consideration in funders’ decisions to support a proposal. Funding organisations must be active participants in the decolonisation of the research process.