‘Activating Indigenous ways’ – perceptions of how Australian Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations are commissioned and future recommendations
To improve the quality of evaluations further attention needs to be paid to the commissioner's cultural capability. Additionally, Commissioners need to develop their understanding of the relationship between Commissioner and Indigenous people's power and the utility of evaluations.
Authors
- James Andrew Buchan Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4366-7422)
- Amohia Boulton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-3588)
- H. Blair Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0731-614X)
- Summer May Finlay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6749-180X)
- Bronwyn Fredericks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-6470)
- Margaret Cargo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6466-7627)
- Jenni A. Judd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-5008)
- Yvette L. Roe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6851-4233)
- Janaya Pender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7545-7879)
- Anna Temby
- Sophie Kerrigan
Institutions
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- Lowitja Institute (AU)
- Whakauae Research (New Zealand) (NZ)
- Central Queensland University (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02675-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council