Walker, Melissa, Fredericks, Bronwyn, Mills, Kyly, and Anderson, Debra (2013) Perspectives on a Decolonizing Approach to Research About Indigenous Women's Health: The Indigenous Women's Wellness Study. Alternative: an international journal of Indigenous peoples, 9 (3). pp. 204-216.

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Abstract

This paper explores a decolonizing approach to research about Indigenous women’s health in Australia. The paper identifies the strengths of decolonizing methodologies as a way to prioritize Indigenous values and worldviews, develop partnerships between researchers and the researched, and contribute to positive change. The authors draw on Laenui’s (2000) five-step model of decolonization to describe their work in the Indigenous Women’s Wellness Project in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They argue that Laenui’s model presents a valuable framework for conducting decolonizing research projects about women’s health with Australian Indigenous women. The authors demonstrate that working within a decolonizing framework offers autonomy and sustainability for women’s wellness activities, while continuing to improve a community’s health and wellbeing outcomes.

Item ID:	81597
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1177-1740
Keywords:	Indigenous; decolonisation; research, women; wellness; health
Copyright Information:	Published Version: Copyright 2013 Nga Paeote Maramatanga, University of Auckland This work is covered by copyright. AAM may be made open access in an Institutional Repository.
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2024 00:54
FoR Codes:	45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450499 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210399 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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