Community-Based Participatory Research (Cbpr) with Indigenous Communities: Producing Respectful and Reciprocal Research

Abstract

The health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada continue to grow despite an expanding body of research that attempts to address these inequalities, including increased attention from the field of health geography. Here, we draw upon a case study of our own community-based approach to health research with Anishinabe communities in northern Ontario as a means of advocating the growth of such participatory approaches. Using our own case as an example, we demonstrate how a collaborative approach to respectful and reciprocal research can be achieved, including some of the challenges we faced in adopting this approach.

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Indigenous health geography community-based research Anishinabe Canada reciprocity

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