- Title
- Strategies for increasing high-quality intervention research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: views of leading researchers
- Creator
- Stewart, Jessica M.; Sanson-Fisher, Rob W.; Eades, Sandra J.; Mealing, Nicole M.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 192, Issue 10, p. 612-615
- Relation
- https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2010/192/10/strategies-increasing-high-quality-intervention-research-aboriginal-and-torres
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Objective: To identify policy strategies that are perceived by researchers active in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as effective in increasing the amount of high-quality intervention research undertaken in this field. Design and setting: A cross-sectional study using a web-based survey was emailed to researchers based in clinical, public health and other academic institutions. Participants: Researchers who had published more than once in Aboriginal health between 1 January 2005 and 1 August 2009, based on a MEDLINE search. Main outcome measures: Participants selected and weighted 17 strategies that were, in their opinion, important for increasing the amount of high-quality intervention research being conducted in Aboriginal health. Results: We invited 157 researchers to complete the survey, and received 74 completed surveys. The most highly weighted strategies were: for research funding bodies to give funding priority to intervention research proposals that target Aboriginal populations (median weighted score,15%); for peak bodies representing Aboriginal communities to clearly specify intervention research priorities in a national Aboriginal health research agenda (median weighted score, 10%); for research funding bodies to fund research to develop reliable measures of health for Aboriginal people (median weighted score, 9.5%); for health care organisations to participate more in intervention research targeting Aboriginal populations (median, 8.5%); and for research review panels to accept intervention research designs other than the randomised controlled trial (median weighted score, 8%). Conclusions: Researchers who are active in Aboriginal health research perceive that improvements in funding mechanisms, priority setting and research systems are required to increase the amount of high-quality intervention research being conducted in this field. A national intervention research agenda that encourages multidisciplinary research teams and community partnerships may offer a solution.
- Subject
- Aboriginal health; Torres Strait Islander health; policy strategies; intervention research
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/929031
- Identifier
- uon:10518
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Language
- eng
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