Grant: POR Awards - Transition to Leadership Stream - Phase 2
University of Manitoba
$345,000.00
Opening Spaces and Places for the Inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge, Voice and Identity: Moving Indigenous People out of the Margins
FY 2024-25
Summary
Over the past 15 years, I have seen that Indigenous voices and views are not meaningfully included in health research and health system decisions, even though Indigenous people have been saying for decades that this is needed for their health and wellbeing. My research program aims to create spaces and places for Indigenous voice and knowledge to guide data collection, storage and use in health research, and to ensure Indigenous people receive high quality healthcare. As a First Nations woman, my program of research is grounded by Indigenous world views and driven by a desire to close health equity and healthcare quality gaps among Indigenous people in Canada. I have planned four related projects that will take place within research centres of excellence at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba:
1) I will build on past qualitative research with Indigenous people where I spoke with them about Manitoba's plan to collect race, ethnicity, and Indigenous identifier (REI) data in the healthcare system. Now that the plan is being put into action, I will ask about their experiences and impacts of having REI data collected.
2) I will work with researchers using the REI datasets and other data housed in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository. I will bring Indigenous voices and views to the way the data are used in research and find ways to minimize biases associated with them.
3) I will develop a national network of Indigenous researchers who are studying data governance and data sovereignty to exchange new knowledge.
4) I will work with clinicians and researchers to use and evaluate the Indigenous Healthcare Quality Framework I previously designed. This framework centres Indigenous patients and caregivers, and emphasizes communication through all aspects of the health system and healthcare experiences.
Through this work, I aim to highlight health inequities, disrupt racism, and improve health and healthcare quality for Indigenous people.
Department
Program
POR Awards - Transition to Leadership Stream - Phase 2
Recipient
Location
Manitoba, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
477924
Name
Fowler-Woods Amanda D
Region
Manitoba
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Indigenous Peoples' Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
POR Awards - Transition to Leadership Stream - Phase 2
Projecttitle
Opening Spaces and Places for the Inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge, Voice and Identity: Moving Indigenous People out of the Margins
Programtype2
Salary Programs
Orgnameinp2
University of Manitoba
Cihramount2
$345,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
POR Awards - Transition to Leadership Stream - Phase 2
Keyworddelim
Capacity Building; Contemporary Indigenous Empowerment Theory; Equity-Focused Data Science Methodologies; Indigenous Healthcare Quality; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigenous-Led Research; Post-Implementation Evaluation; Race, Ethnicity, And Indigeneity Data
Abstract
Over the past 15 years, I have seen that Indigenous voices and views are not meaningfully included in health research and health system decisions, even though Indigenous people have been saying for decades that this is needed for their health and wellbeing. My research program aims to create spaces and places for Indigenous voice and knowledge to guide data collection, storage and use in health research, and to ensure Indigenous people receive high quality healthcare. As a First Nations woman, my program of research is grounded by Indigenous world views and driven by a desire to close health equity and healthcare quality gaps among Indigenous people in Canada. I have planned four related projects that will take place within research centres of excellence at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba:
1) I will build on past qualitative research with Indigenous people where I spoke with them about Manitoba's plan to collect race, ethnicity, and Indigenous identifier (REI) data in the healthcare system. Now that the plan is being put into action, I will ask about their experiences and impacts of having REI data collected.
2) I will work with researchers using the REI datasets and other data housed in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository. I will bring Indigenous voices and views to the way the data are used in research and find ways to minimize biases associated with them.
3) I will develop a national network of Indigenous researchers who are studying data governance and data sovereignty to exchange new knowledge.
4) I will work with clinicians and researchers to use and evaluate the Indigenous Healthcare Quality Framework I previously designed. This framework centres Indigenous patients and caregivers, and emphasizes communication through all aspects of the health system and healthcare experiences.
Through this work, I aim to highlight health inequities, disrupt racism, and improve health and healthcare quality for Indigenous people.
Competitiondate
202409
Approvedterm2
3 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Fowler-Woods, Amanda D
Approvedterm
3 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $345,000~ $0~
