Towards building consensus: Revisiting key principles of CBPR within the First Nations/Aboriginal context

Pammla Petrucka, Sandra Bassendowski, Deanna Bickford, Elder Velma Goodfeather

College of Nursing (Regina Site), University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada.
Standing Buffalo First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada.

DOI: 10.4236/ojn.2012.22022                

Abstract

Community based participatory research as a preferred approach to research with First Nations and Aboriginal communities has contributed to new terminologies, new methodologies, and new directions in research relationships. One of the ongoing challenges is to articulate and operationalize the principles for CBPR with these communities. This paper reflects on the nine principles articulated by LaVeaux and Christopher in the context of a long term community-academic research partnership at Standing Buffalo First Nations, Saskatchewan, Canada. Within this application, we begin to critique the various principles and to reframe these principles to increase their utility in informing community based research in the First Nations/Aboriginal context.

Keywords

Community Based Participatory Research; First Nations; Aboriginal; Research Principles

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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