Aboriginal Women's Health: Balancing Culture, Ethics, and Methods

This report examines research methodologies used when studying Aboriginal women's health, with a specific focus on balancing cultural sensitivity, ethical considerations, and effective research methods. It highlights the Alberta Midlife Women’s Health Study (WHEALTH) project, which aimed to address health issues, mortality rates, and domestic violence experienced by Aboriginal women. The research team encountered challenges related to resource scarcity, the need for Aboriginal researchers, and ethical dilemmas in data collection and interpretation. The study emphasized community involvement, respecting participants' rights, and addressing broader social concerns such as violence against women. The report concludes that successful research in Aboriginal communities requires a comprehensive approach that considers cultural context, ethical principles, and community engagement, with the aim of improving the health and well-being of Aboriginal women.

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Aboriginal People’s research on the basis of Balancing Culture, Ethics and Methods in
Qualitative Health

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Introduction
The Aboriginal community health condition is very bad in comparison to the people who
belong to Canada. Various reasons have been researched that are associated with the rise in
death rate of the aboriginals. Along with the prevalence of life taking diseases like vcanecr,
the wormen of the country are also subjected to domestic violence (Castleden, Morgan and
Lamb, 2012). There are so much social issue that effect the Aboriginal’s health i.e. Racism,
Social – Economic difference and Culture.
The research question associated with the research is as follows:
Which type of methods used for Aboriginal women for Balancing Culture, Ethics and
Methods for qualitative health?
 To analyse the background of the Aboriginals Women’s Australia
 To analyse the challenges facing with the aboriginals women’s in the country
 To analyse the benefits of working with Aboriginal women.
Data method
In order to analyse the objectives of the paper, deductive approach has been taken into
consideration, where information from the previous researches on the topic would be used to
analyse the aim of the paper. Based upon the set objectives, secondary data in the form of
books, journals, and peer reviewed articles have been used. Qualitative data has been
retrieved from such secondary sources so that the answers to the set objectives and aim of the
paper are provided appropriately.
Findings
Background of the Aboriginal women
WHEALTH is a project for Aboriginal women’s. WHEALTH full form is Alberta Midlife
Women’s Health Study. This project is designed for those Canada’s women whose age is
under 40 to 65 (Wood, et al., 2008). In this project they not covered only rural Aboriginal
women’s as well as urban women’s to. Under this project they started survey and included all
the Aboriginal women’s as a participant’s. In this Survey they proposed two stages of data

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collection. Firstly, in which a women who is from traditional background and also more
comfortable with sharing stories that answering a direct questions and surveyor got initial
data in this interview. They also do a groundwork on women’s cultural aspect. The Conjoint
Health Research Ethics Board of the Calgary University suggest that interview of Aboriginal
women’s should be on a paper and they got permission from the board. Such prospects has
provided the opportunity to analyse about the new lesson in this WEALTH project (Wood, et
al., 2008).
The Challenges
To apply this research and projects. They covered number of issue and challenges in it. They
find out that due to this challenges their actual proposal is disappear. They find first challenge
in their proposal is scarcity of resources. The WHEALTH project requite new research
associate for data collection and they are from Aboriginal people. They use guide to find out
skilled Aboriginal women’s for researcher. They promised with them for work and also they
will give them some amount. In this research process with got ideas from new recherché
associates. They provided training on the basis of requirement, interviewing, ethics and data
management issue. It has been seen that the Aboriginal women have been associated with
very sensitive issues and also discussed with them our past experiences. The same things they
experienced in other ruler area. When researcher collect the data they also analyse that data.
In the period of 18 months they collect huge data and successfully conducted interviews with
Aboriginal women participants and started development according to individual guide. There
is one question we faced after the interview that the ethical can work without Aboriginal
women participants and whom to choose during the data well experienced researcher or an
aboriginal women participants. But due to funding issue and lack of timing they can’t get data
from entire Aboriginal women (Shklarov, 2007). In these research and project they got
successful by making Aboriginal women a research in their organization.
In the previous research they analyses the four stages of Aboriginal community that is
waiting, shopping, transition and entry. These stages are not liner and not according to
directions. They started their research by both Aboriginal community and individual
participants. This time they organised health council and also provide them information about
upcoming events. They identify Aboriginal population having health problems and social
concern. By this research they found number of prospective with the entire Aboriginal

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population. The topic of researcher is not covering only Aboriginal community but all the
population of country. They also raised the voice against the women violence, death and
health issue etc. The participants have rights to off the interview at any time. During the
research they found huge data and given it to research team. Before interview they apply
ground rules and all the participants agree with them. The Aboriginal women started their
own committee with the help of researcher. The researcher conducted many group interview
with them who have social background.
Discussion
In this research the research team analyses not only community or individual but also the
entire population. Aboriginal women’s are the main function in this research. They also give
them offer of job as an Aboriginal women researcher. They organisation also raised their
voice for women violence, death ratio as well as health issue. When any research involves
with the Aboriginal community they passes through many stages. For these research the
research team wants many resources and that they can find with the help of local guide or an
Aboriginal researcher. So with the help of Aboriginal researcher or women researcher they
can achieve their motive.
Conclusion
In the Alberta Midlife Women’s Health Study (WHEALTH) project the research team
analyses the health issue, death rate of women and about domestic violence with the
Aboriginal Women’s. The researcher attempts the Balance culture, ethics and methods. They
also faced many challenges during their research on Aboriginal women’s. However,
researcher making many planning and strategy after getting the data.

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