A Collaborative Indigenous-non-Indigenous Partnership Approach to Understanding Participant Experiences of a Community-Based Healthy Lifestyles Program

Bibliographic Data

ID4613653
AuthorsCervantée E K Wild (0000-0001-5377-6222, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, corresponding author), Ngauru T Rawiri (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand), Donna Cormack (0000-0003-2854-3595, University of Auckland), Donna M Cormack (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand), Esther J Willing (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand), Esther Willing (0000-0001-9554-8690, University of Otago), Paul L Hofman (0000-0002-8995-8711, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand), Yvonne C Anderson (0000-0003-2054-338X, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Year2021
Volume31
Issue8
Pages1404-1411
Publication date2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732321998640
PMID33703952
OpenAlexW3134886290
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

We describe the approach of an Indigenous-non-Indigenous research partnership in the context of a qualitative study which aimed to understand barriers and facilitators to engagement in a community-based healthy lifestyles program in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Informed by Kaupapa Māori research principles and by "Community-Up" research values, this collaborative approach between the mixed Māori-non-Māori research team effectively engaged with Māori and non-Māori families for in-depth interviews on participant experience, including with non-service users. "Community-Up" research principles allowed for a respectful process which upheld the mana (status, dignity) of the interview participants and the research team. Challenges included maintaining flexibility in our conceptions of ethnicity to reflect the complexity of modern family life in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We were committed to ongoing communication, awareness, and attention to the relationships that formed the basis of our research partnership, which allowed effective navigation of challenges and was critical to the study's success

Community-based participatory research · General partnership · Indigenous · Participant observation · Participatory action research · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Anthropology · Community Health and Development · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Psychology

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