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‘Researching ourselves back to life’: new ways of conducting Aboriginal alcohol research
Author(s) -
FOSTER DENISE,
WILLIAMS RAELENE,
CAMPBELL DONNA,
DAVIS VANESSA,
PEPPERILL LORRAINE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595230600644673
Subject(s) - public relations , substance use , substance misuse , sociology , political science , criminology , engineering , psychology , mental health , psychiatry
This paper highlights the importance—and provides an example—of Aboriginal control over research. It describes how Aboriginal people from Tangentyere Council conducted a survey of the attitudes of people who reside in Town Camps to a trial of liquor licensing restrictions in Alice Springs; how the results of the survey were used; and how the project led to the establishment of a permanent ‘Research Hub’ within Tangentyere Council. The paper provides a model of conducting research for other Aboriginal community‐controlled organisations and can inform non‐Aboriginal researchers about ways of working with Aboriginal community organisations to address substance misuse and other health problems.