Aust Fam Physician
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Multicenter Study
Improving cultural respect to improve Aboriginal health in general practice: a multi-methods and multi-perspective pragmatic study.
To address the gap in access to healthcare between Aboriginal people and other Australians, we developed Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing (WoTWoD) to embed cultural respect into routine clinical practice. WoTWoD includes a workshop, toolkit and cultural mentors in a partnership of general practice and Aboriginal organisations. The aim of this study was to examine the im-pact of WoTWoD on cultural respect, health checks and risk factor management for Aboriginal patients in general practice. ⋯ The WoTWoD may improve culturally appropriate care in general practice. Further research requires adequately powered randomised controlled trials.
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The underlying moral principles and values, and the virtues held as desirable for a researcher, should be reflected upon and embedded in the research. The foundation step is to download the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC's) National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and the NHMRC's Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research to use as references. ⋯ The researcher should use the research ethics process as an opportunity to foster and guide the development and conduct of ethical research.