Murru Minya

Exploring the conduct of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research.

Murru Minya* is a new research project investigating how health research is being conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities past and present to inform the development of practical recommendation for future.

Murru (path) Minya (explain) is Wiradjuri language expressing a ‘direct, true or straight way to explain this path we are on now - what is in the past to explain the path for the future’.

Ethical conduct for health research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been guided by ongoing iterations of national and state-based ethical guidelines since 1987. While such guiding principles act as a visionary goal, there has been no scientifically rigorous process of assessment to determine whether these principles are being implemented.

This NHMRC funded Ideas Grant explores how guidelines for the ethical conduct of research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities are being operationalised by researchers. The project will explore both the perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and academics working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. This body of work will allow critical analysis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research practices and processes.

*_{Reference: A New Wiradjuri Dictionary 2010. Stan Grant Snr and Dr John Rudder, Restoration House. ISBN 9780869421505}