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Participative research in a remote Australian Aboriginal setting

Charles Darwin University, Australia, sue.kildea{at}cdu.edu.au

Lesley Barclay

Charles Darwin University, Australia

Molly Wardaguga

Margaret Dawumal

This article describes the research process used to develop and evaluate an Internet-based resource aimed at improving access by health professionals to Australian Aboriginal cultural knowledge specific to pregnancy and childbirth. As a result of the research, women's stories from Maningrida were recorded and presented on the `Birthing Business in the Bush Website' which provided a platform for Aboriginal Australian women from Maningrida to present cultural and other information to maternity care practitioners. In particular, this article describes the development of the participatory action research combined with an Aboriginal research process, and how this was guided by the Aboriginal co-researchers and participants.

Key Words: Aboriginal research • Childbirth • Indigenous research methodology • Participatory action research • Remote area birth • Women's business

Action Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, 143-163 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1476750309103266


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