The following guidelines build on the principles outlined in the HRC’s Guidelines on Pacific Health Research (2005), and address some of the fundamental issues relating to contemporary Pacific health research in an evolving global environment.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements i
About the Health Research Council of New Zealand ii
Foreword iv
Introduction 1
Purpose 1
Te Tiriti o Waitangi 2
Pacific peoples in New Zealand 2
Section 1: Pacific culture and knowledge 4
Section 2: Defining Pacific research 6
Pacific cultural values and research ethics 6
A thoughtful set of guidelines for ethical health research in the South Pacific.
Meaningful and reciprocal engagement 9
Cultural sensitivity and respect 10
Significance of Pacific people’s knowledge 11
Linking health research to a social protection framework 11
Non-maleficence: Protecting Pacific communities 12
Balance between science and human dignity 13
Section 4: Research steps and application of guidelines 16
Step 1: Framing and conceptualisation 16
Step 2: Pre-research consultation 17
Step 3: Drafting the research proposal 17
Step 4: Framing the research approach 20
Step 5: Carrying out research 21
Step 6: Compilation and analysis of data 23
Step 7: Report writing 24
Step 8: Dissemination of information 25
Step 9: Post-research and policy follow-up 26
Section 5: Other issues 27
Access, human rights, and social justice 27
International collaboration 27
Conclusion 29
References 30
