APPENDIX A RESEARCH INVOLVING ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT

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APPENDIX E GUIDELINES FOR MANAGERS DEALING WITH ALCOHOL

APPENDIX A:

RESEARCH INVOLVING ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES

Appendix A must be completed and attached to any application involving based research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Applicants should refer to the NHMRC guidelines “Values and Ethics - Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research” (http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/publications/synopses/e52syn.htm), the National Statement Chapter 4.7, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies (http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/docs/GERAISjune2011.pdf). Applicants are advised to seek clarification from the Human Research Ethics Committee or the Research Office if they are unsure

Please mark with an X the appropriate box.

1. Identify the proposed research activity, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups with an interest in the area and/or research topic and the geographical area in which the research takes place.

Locality/Localities:

Indigenous group(s):

Where possible, please provide the name and contact details of a local community representative or organisation for participants to contact in relation to ethical concerns about your research. This information should also be included on your consent form.

Name:

Contact details:

2. If the proposed research activity involves participation of members of a specific group or groups (eg tribal group, language, Aboriginal or Islander Corporation, community council, church group, community organisation etc) has approval of that organisation been obtained?

Yes

N/A

(See National Statement Chapter 4.7)

If you answered YES, attach copies of relevant correspondence.

Relevant correspondence attached.

Yes

N/A

If you answered NO, give reasons.

If you answered N/A, please explain why the question is not applicable to your project.

Are there any organisations or other bodies with a ‘gate-keeping’ role relevant to the proposed research activity?

Yes

N/A

(See National Statement Chapter 4.7)

If you answered YES, list the groups involved and explain how they will be informed about the proposed research activities and your relationship with them. In the case of work involving Native Title interests, for example, it may be that both a Native Title Representative Body and a more local organisation play gate-keeping roles. If the proposed research activity will more closely involve only one of these groups, you should explain this here.

If you answered NO, give reasons.

If you answered NA, please explain why the question is not applicable to your project.

Is it necessary for you to obtain a permit (eg. Entry permit, research permit, local ethics review approval, other relevant authorisation) to undertake the proposed research activity?

Yes

N/A

If you answered YES, list the permit(s) required and the granting body.

If you answered NO, give reasons.

If you answered NA, please explain why the question is not applicable to your project.

Does the proposed research activity involve the participation of people who are not formally organised (eg people living in a community or locality, members of an occupational or social category etc)?

Yes

N/A

If you answered YES, indicate the context of the research, how you will obtain access and any ethical issues that you can foresee.

If you answered NO, give reasons.

If you answered N/A, please explain why the question is not applicable to your project

Is it appropriate for individual written consent to be obtained from people participating in the proposed research activity?

Yes

N/A

If you answered YES, you will have completed Section 7 of the application form, and a copy of the consent form will be attached.

If you answered NO, give reasons. If you propose to obtain verbal consent, explain how you will record this consent. Please note that even in circumstances involving verbal consent, researchers will be expected to provide a written project information sheet (translated into local language where necessary) and to consider ethical issues involving verbal consent. Discuss these matters here if appropriate.

If you answered N/A, please explain why the question is not applicable to your project

Does the proposed research activity involve any coercion, deception or misrepresentation in obtaining information?

Yes

If you answered YES, give details and explain how you will address ethical concerns arising from this approach to obtaining information.

If you answered NO, discuss any ethical concerns you think might be raised about your methods for obtaining information from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants.

Does the proposed research activity involve any photography, video recording or audio recording?

Yes

If you answered YES, identify the recording methods to be used and explain what will happen to the research artefacts created (images, tapes, transcripts etc). You may cross-reference to your answer to 6.2 in the Application Form if appropriate. In some circumstances it is appropriate to confirm consent for photography of people and/or country. Your consent form should include provision for recording photographic consents where appropriate. In cases where you will provide copies of research artefacts to third parties (eg AIATSIS, local organisations etc) list them here.

If you answered NO, explain how you will record information provided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research participants.

Does the proposed research activity involve secretive use of photography, video recording, or audio recording?

Yes

If you answered YES, give details and a justification for the secrecy.

Will the proposed research activity involve the acquisition of material objects or information that is regarded by participants as valuable cultural property (eg material artefacts, works of art, cultural information, songs, traditional ecological knowledge including knowledge of medicinal plants, oral histories of elders, linguistic information)?

Yes

N/A

If you answered YES, discuss how the intellectual property rights of the owners or creators of this valuable cultural property will be protected, and how the collective interests of those affected by its acquisition will be protected. Where specific permits to use, acquire, export or publish images of or information about such cultural property are required you will have completed Question 2 of Appendix A.

If you answered NO, but your project includes the recording of cultural knowledge in some form, justify your answer.

If you answered N/A, please explain why the question is not applicable to your project

Will the proposed research activity involve discussion of distressing social, historical or personal information with Indigenous peoples?

Yes

If you answered YES, explain how you will address issues of intercultural sensitivity, privacy and distress. Please note that you may cross-reference to the answer provided in response to Question 3.1 of the application form.

If you answered NO, and your research involves issues of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and politics, explain how you will respond when participants bring up issues that they find distressing.

Does the budget for the proposed research activity make provision or payment of research participants, local research assistants, interpreters or others carrying out duties on your behalf in relation to the proposed research activity?

Please refer to Principle 11 of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (AIATSIS) Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies (http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/docs/GERAISjune2011.pdf).

Yes

If you answered YES, give details of the provisions that have been made and how they were arrived at.

If you answered NO, give details.

Will the proposed research activity require discovery and/or disclosure of information from records or participants of a personal, private or sensitive nature?

Yes

If you answered YES, identify the sort of information involved and what provisions you have made to protect the interests and privacy of the individuals affected. You may cross-reference to your answer in Section 6 of the application form if appropriate, but please note that records held by churches, welfare agencies and other non-government bodies may hold information about Indigenous peoples and access to and use of such records may raise ethical concerns not covered in that section.

If you answered NO, and your research involves acquiring information about individuals, discuss any privacy or confidentiality issues not addressed elsewhere in the application.

Will the proposed research activity involve any activities that are seen as inappropriate or in conflict with local practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples regarding religious or cultural practices, customary law or good research practices?

Yes

If you answered YES, give details and justify.

If you answered NO, you may wish to discuss any concerns you have about possible conflicts.

Are there any other ethical concerns arriving from the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the proposed research activity?

Yes

If you answered YES, give details

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