Table 1 Included articles
Author | Reporting Level | Primary Reference | Authorship Indigenous involvement | Indigenous senior authorship reported (1st or last) | Advisory | Location | Ethics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canuto et al. (2019) [40] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | Y | One of four catchment areas of Yalata, Coober Pedy, Port Lincoln and metropolitan Adelaide | Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia’s Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee |
Munro et al. (2017) [48] | LOW | Y | N | N | N | Service located in Western NSW | Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) |
Meiklejohn et al. (2017) [58] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | Brisbane, Australia | Human Research Ethics Committees of Northern Territory Department of Health, Menzies School of Health Research; Queensland Health, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and participating Aboriginal community-controlled primary health care services |
Hamilton, Reibel et al. (2020) [27] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | Banksia Hill Detention Centre (Banksia), youth detention facility in WA | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Marriott et al. (2019) [28] | HIGH | Y | Y | N | Y | Noongar Nation referred to as Noongar Boodjar (Noongar Country); located in the south of Western Australia | Ethics approval was sought from: WA Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee, and the Murdoch University, South Metropolitan Health Service and North Metropolitan Health Service and WA Health Country Health Service Ethics Committees |
Bryce et al. (2020) [42] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | N | Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands (26 desert communities in the tristate region of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory) | Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Incorporated |
Lin et al. (2017) [43] | HIGH | Y | Y | N | Y | The project was con-ducted on Yamaji country | Ethics approval was granted through the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Gonzalez et al. (2020) [47] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | Kamilaroi community in the Tamworth New South Wales region | Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) Human Research Ethics Committee and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) Human Research Ethics Committee |
Hamilton, Maslen et al. (2020) [68] | LOW | Y | Y | N | N | participants were from urban WA, five were from remote areas, and four from regional areas | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Lin et al. (2013) [55] | HIGH | Y | Y | N | Y | The research was undertaken in three towns in Western Australia: a regional town assigned the pseudonym of ‘Regiontown’ and two remote towns ‘Goldstone’ and ‘Desertedge’ | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee and Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee |
Kendall et al. (2019) [59] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | Y | A combination of minimum, medium, and maximum security prisons located in urban and regional locations in NSW were included | Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council NSW |
Lin et al. (2012) [56] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | Y | The research was undertaken in three towns in Western Australia: a regional town assigned the pseudonym of ‘Regiontown’ and two remote towns ‘Goldstone’ and ‘Desertedge’ | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee and Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee |
Lin et al. (2014) [44] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | Y | The research was undertaken in three towns in Western Australia: a regional town assigned the pseudonym of ‘Regiontown’ and two remote towns ‘Goldstone’ and ‘Desertedge’ | Ethical approval was sought and granted by the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Kong et al. (2020) [39] | HIGH | Y | Y | N | N | This study was conducted in the Greater Western Sydney region in NSW, Australia | Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council |
Lyall et al. (2020) [41] | LOW | Y | Y | N | Y | health service located in Inala—a southwestern suburb of Brisbane | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Rix et al. (2014) [62] | MEDIUM | N | Y | N | Y | A health district in rural New South Wales, Australia | The Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of New South Wales HREC |
Carlin et al. (2019) [29] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | Pilbara—northern Western Australia | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Schoen et al. (2010) [63] | MEDIUM | N | Y | N | Y | A northern suburb of Perth, Moora, Tambellup and Marr-Mooditj Aboriginal Health Training College in Perth | Western Australia Aboriginal Health Information and Ethics Committee |
Butler et al. (2020) [30] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | N | five PHCCs across Queensland, New South Wales and Northern Territory | Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales (AH&MRC) Ethics Committee |
Seear et al. (2019) [49] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | Derby, a remote town in North West Australia | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee, Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum Research Subcommittee |
Gibson et al. (2018) [46] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | A town and its surrounding area, on Wiradjuri country | “Two Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC) approved the research project. One of which specialises in Aboriginal health research” |
Cullen et al. (2020) [31] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | Y | Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation, located on the South Coast of NSW on Yuin Country; Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services, located on the far South Coast of NSW on Yuin Country; Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service on Dharawal Country; and Yerin Aboriginal Health Services, located on the NSW Central Coast on Darkinjung Country | NSW Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Committee |
Ryder et al. (2021) [70] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | Y | N | South Australian, New South Wales and Queensland | Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee |
Reibel et al. (2015) [60] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | y | WA | four Human Research Ethics Committees, including the WA Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Bovill et al. (2019) [65] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | Y | Hunter New England area | AH&MRC Ethics Committee, Hunter New England Health Ethics Committee, University of Newcastle Ethics Committee |
Coombes et al. (2020) [32] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | Y | N | South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, from city, urban, remote and very remote areas | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Coombes et al. (2018) [33] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | N | New South Wales (NSW) | Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) Ethics Committee |
Bovill et al. (2019) [65] | HIGH | Y | Y | Y | Y | NSW, SA and Qld | AH&MRC Ethics Committee |
Lukaszyk et al. (2017) [45] | HIGH | Y | Y | N | N | Sydney, the Central Coast, Central West and Illawarra Shoalhaven, NSW | Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC) |
Durey et al. (2016) [34] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Perth—Armadale, Bentley, Fremantle, Rockingham-Kwinana and Peel (Mandurah) | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Busija et al. (2018) [50] | MEDIUM | N | Y | N | Y | Southern Downs Local Government Area (LGA), Queensland, Australia. Traditional Custodians of the area are the Githabul (Bundjalung nation) people and (on its Western edge) the Ngarabal people | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Carlin et al. (2020) [61] | HIGH | Y | Y | N | Y | Broome shire in the Kimberley region | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Deacon-Crouch et al. (2016) [51] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | Y | A Victorian regional Aboriginal Health Service | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Helps & Barclay (2015) [67] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | Y | A rural Aboriginal Community | Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council ethics committee |
Chapman et al. (2014) [35] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | “Victorian Emergency Department for the local ATSI community” | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Meiklejohn et al. (2018) [52] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | N | Queensland | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Pilkington et al. (2017) [53] | MEDIUM | Y | Y | N | Y | Metropolitan, rural and remote locations around WA | Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee |
Rix et al. (2015) [36] | LOW | Y | N | N | Y | Rural region of New South Wales, Australia—Bundjalung Nation | The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW |
Butten et al. (2019) [57] | LOW | Y | Y | N | N | Caboolture—Northern Brisbane | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Southcombe et al. (2015) [69] | LOW | N | N | N | N | Urban, rural and remote regions in Australia | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Henwood et al. (2017) [71] | LOW | N | Y | N | N | Urban, regional and remote Australia | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Belton et al. (2018) [72] | LOW | Y | Y | N | N | Northern Territory | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Meiklejohn et al. (2019) [37] | LOW | N | N | N | N | Small regional community in Queensland | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Murrup-Stewart et al. (2021) [54] | LOW | Y | Y | Y | N | Narrm (Melbourne) | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Peake et al. (2021) [66] | LOW | Y | Y | N | N | Aboriginal communities in Northern New South Wales | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |
Parmenter et al. (2019) [38] | LOW | Y | N | N | N | Urban South-East and central Queensland | Non-Aboriginal specific ethics |