ICIRAS: Research and Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples in Rural Health Journals
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Lock, MJ
McMillan, F
Warne, D
Bennett, B
Kidd, Jacquie
Williams, N
Martire, JL
Worley, P
Hutten-Czapski, P
Saurman, E
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Wiley
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Aim: We aim to promote discussion about an Indigenous Cultural Identity of Research Authors Standard (ICIRAS) for academic journal publications. Context: This is based on a gap in research publishing practice where Indigenous peoples' identity is not systematically and rigorously flagged in rural health research publications. There are widespread reforms, in different research areas, to counter the reputation of scientific research as a vehicle of racism and discrimination against the world's Indigenous peoples. Reflecting on these broader movements, the editorial teams of three rural health journals—the Australian Journal of Rural Health, the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, and Rural and Remote Health—recognised that Indigenous peoples' identity could be embedded in authorship details. Approach: An environmental scan (through a cultural safety lens where Indigenous cultural authority is respected, valued, and empowered) of literature was undertaken to detect the signs of inclusion of Indigenous peoples in research. This revealed many ways in which editorial boards of Journals could systematically improve their process so that there is ‘nothing about Indigenous people, without Indigenous people’ in rural health research publications. Conclusion: Improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples worldwide requires high quality research evidence. The philosophy of cultural safety supports the purposeful positioning of Indigenous peoples within the kaleidoscope of cultural knowledges as identified contributors and authors of research evidence. The ICIRAS is a call-to-action for research journals and institutions to rigorously improve publication governance that signals “Editing with IndigenUs and for IndigenUs”.Description
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Indigenous peoples, author credentials, cultural identity, cultural provenance, cultural safety, 4203 Health Services and Systems, 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical Sciences, 42 Health Sciences, Generic health relevance, 3 Good Health and Well Being, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 16 Studies in Human Society, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, 42 Health sciences
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Australian Journal of Rural Health, ISSN: 1038-5282 (Print); 1440-1584 (Online), Wiley, 30(4), 550-558. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12905
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© 2022 The Authors. Australian Journal of Rural Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of National Rural Health Alliance Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.