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Enhancing research quality through cultural competence: a case study in Queensland prisons

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Title
Enhancing research quality through cultural competence: a case study in Queensland prisons
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Australasian Psychiatry, October 2015
DOI 10.1177/1039856215609763
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Edward Heffernan, Kimina Andersen, Stuart A Kinner

Abstract

To describe the processes undertaken to maximise cultural competence in a complex research project and illustrate how this enhanced the quality of the research and impact of the research outcomes. An epidemiological survey of the mental health of Indigenous people in custody in Queensland was conducted using culturally informed research processes. The research process that enhanced cultural competence is described. The research outcomes were positive in terms of participant and community experiences, participation rates, publications and other research outputs, capacity building and translation of research findings. This paper describes in practical terms how to conduct culturally informed research and how this approach enhanced the scientific rigour of a complex Indigenous health research project. Indigenous health research should be conducted using a culturally competent method.

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Unknown 21 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 24%
Librarian 2 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 10%
Professor 1 5%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 8 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 4 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Psychology 2 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Arts and Humanities 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 9 43%
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#20,297,343
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#954
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#234,052
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Outputs of similar age from Australasian Psychiatry
#18
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