Addressing the need for indigenous and decolonized quantitative research methods in Canada
Though qualitative methods are often an appropriate Indigenous methodology and have dominated the literature on Indigenous research methods, they are not the only methods available for health research. There is a need for decolonizing and Indigenizing quantitative research methods, particularly in t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:56e6c4334c994a64ac91478833d778bf 2023-05-15T16:16:54+02:00 Addressing the need for indigenous and decolonized quantitative research methods in Canada Ashley Hayward Larissa Wodtke Aimée Craft Tabitha Robin Janet Smylie Stephanie McConkey Alexandra Nychuk Chyloe Healy Leona Star Jaime Cidro 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100899 https://doaj.org/article/56e6c4334c994a64ac91478833d778bf EN eng Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827321001749 https://doaj.org/toc/2352-8273 2352-8273 doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100899 https://doaj.org/article/56e6c4334c994a64ac91478833d778bf SSM: Population Health, Vol 15, Iss , Pp 100899- (2021) Quantitative methods Indigenous research methods Decolonized Epidemiology Community-based participatory research Capacity-building Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Social sciences (General) H1-99 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100899 2022-12-31T15:28:24Z Though qualitative methods are often an appropriate Indigenous methodology and have dominated the literature on Indigenous research methods, they are not the only methods available for health research. There is a need for decolonizing and Indigenizing quantitative research methods, particularly in the discipline of epidemiology, to better address the public health needs of Indigenous populations who continue to face health inequities because of colonial systems, as well as inaccurate and incomplete data collection about themselves. For the last two decades, researchers in colonized countries have been calling for a specifically Indigenous approach to epidemiology that recognizes the limits of Western epidemiological methods, incorporates more Indigenous research methodologies and community-based participatory research methods, builds capacity by training more Indigenous epidemiologists, and supports Indigenous self-determination. Indigenous epidemiology can include a variety of approaches, including: shifting standards, such as age standardization, according to Indigenous populations to give appropriate weight to their experiences; carefully setting recruitment targets and using appropriate recruitment methods to fulfill statistical standards for stratification; acting as a bridge between Indigenous and Western technoscientific perspectives; developing culturally appropriate data collection tools; and developing distinct epidemiological methods based on Indigenous knowledge systems. This paper explores how decolonization and Indigenization of epidemiology has been operationalized in recent Canadian studies and projects, including the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey and how this decolonization and Indigenization might be augmented with the capacity-building of the future Our Health Counts Applied Indigenous Epidemiology, Health Information, and Health Services and Program Evaluation Training and Mentorship Program in Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada SSM - Population Health 15 100899 |
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Though qualitative methods are often an appropriate Indigenous methodology and have dominated the literature on Indigenous research methods, they are not the only methods available for health research. There is a need for decolonizing and Indigenizing quantitative research methods, particularly in the discipline of epidemiology, to better address the public health needs of Indigenous populations who continue to face health inequities because of colonial systems, as well as inaccurate and incomplete data collection about themselves. For the last two decades, researchers in colonized countries have been calling for a specifically Indigenous approach to epidemiology that recognizes the limits of Western epidemiological methods, incorporates more Indigenous research methodologies and community-based participatory research methods, builds capacity by training more Indigenous epidemiologists, and supports Indigenous self-determination. Indigenous epidemiology can include a variety of approaches, including: shifting standards, such as age standardization, according to Indigenous populations to give appropriate weight to their experiences; carefully setting recruitment targets and using appropriate recruitment methods to fulfill statistical standards for stratification; acting as a bridge between Indigenous and Western technoscientific perspectives; developing culturally appropriate data collection tools; and developing distinct epidemiological methods based on Indigenous knowledge systems. This paper explores how decolonization and Indigenization of epidemiology has been operationalized in recent Canadian studies and projects, including the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey and how this decolonization and Indigenization might be augmented with the capacity-building of the future Our Health Counts Applied Indigenous Epidemiology, Health Information, and Health Services and Program Evaluation Training and Mentorship Program in Canada. |
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Addressing the need for indigenous and decolonized quantitative research methods in Canada |
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Addressing the need for indigenous and decolonized quantitative research methods in Canada |
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