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Working in partnership: Skills transfer in developing a cross‐cultural research team
Author(s) -
Guthrie Jill,
Dance Phyll,
Cubillo Carmen,
McDonald David,
Tongs Julie,
Brideson Tom,
Bammer Gabriele
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20112
Subject(s) - general partnership , indigenous , interview , knowledge transfer , medical education , public relations , psychology , medicine , engineering ethics , sociology , political science , engineering , management , ecology , anthropology , law , economics , biology
As part of a broader study on Indigenous illegal drug use, the authors undertook skills training to increase cross‐cultural mutual understanding of the often different approaches and methodologies between research and practice, as well as Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal understandings of these approaches. The study and the skills transfer training were part of a longerterm partnership between Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service and the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The authors describe the skills transfer process involving specific training in the ethical issues relating to research generally and this particular study, research funding processes, basic epidemiological and biostatistical concepts, and aspects of interviewing and questionnaire design. They use five vignettes to illustrate how the skills transfer process fulfilled their broader aim related to the ethical conduct of research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.