School of Health and Society, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia;
Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Public Health Res Pract. 2023 Jul 5;33(2):3322312. doi: 10.17061/phrp3322312.
The history of unethical and inhumane research conducted on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since colonisation highlights the critical need for specific Human Research Ethics for research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. The development of Aboriginal Human Research Ethics Committees (AHRECs) has played a vital role in ensuring research is safe and delivered for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a way that protects and promotes their health and wellbeing. However, there remains a lack of appropriate and critical ethical governance for such research in areas without specific Aboriginal HRECs in each jurisdiction. This perspective argues that greater investment in state-based AHRECs and consideration of a national AHREC are essential to ensure the ongoing health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the research process -the ultimate aim of any research that involves them.
自殖民以来，对原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民进行的不道德和不人道的研究历史凸显了澳大利亚进行涉及原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的研究需要特定的人类研究伦理。原住民人类研究伦理委员会（AHRECs）的发展在确保研究安全并以保护和促进其健康和福祉的方式为原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民提供研究方面发挥了至关重要的作用。然而，在每个司法管辖区都没有具体的原住民 HRECs 的情况下，此类研究仍然缺乏适当和关键的伦理治理。从这个角度来看，需要更多地投资于州级的 AHRECs，并考虑建立一个国家性的 AHREC，以确保在研究过程中原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的健康和福祉得到持续关注——这是任何涉及他们的研究的最终目标。
