Abstract Background Indigenous academics have advocated for the use and validity of Indigenous methodologies and methods to centre Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing in research. Yarning is the most reported Indigenous method used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander qualitative health research. Despite this, there has been no critical analysis of how Yarning […]
This paper promotes reflexive consideration of health research practices using a decolonisation lens. We propose both incremental and more radical action in five domains: knowledge production, funding and programmes, dissemination, uptake, and education and training. We suggest four steps towards transformation and share a reflexive tool to operationalise these steps. Tagoe, N., Abimbola, S., Bilardi, […]
Abstract Global health, as noted in the emerging decolonizing global health literature, is built on power asymmetries and inequities, is centred on individuals and organizations in the global north, and involves a north to south diffusion of ideas and resources. Despite increasing attention paid to the decolonization of global health, there is no universal understanding […]
Internalised racism constitutes an adoption of beliefs about one’s inferiority, weaknesses or shortcomings as a function of racial hierarchy affecting one’s identity and self-worth, thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Internalised racism stems from widely known and discussed institutional racial discrimination, which perpetuates epistemic injustice, social injustice and health inequities in global health. In this article, reflecting […]
The Editorial Board of the AJRH, as with the leadership of many other academic journals, is committed to decolonising, strengthening and showcasing Indigenous health research. We are committed not only to high academic standards, but also to act (and to be seen to act) with integrity and sensitivity. Recently, the AJRH has played a key […]
By Dr Keerty Nakray “A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society.” ― B.R. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste On April 14, 2024, India commemorated the birth of B.R. Ambedkar, a Dalit jurist who was pivotal in drafting the […]
Summary For the sake of one’s children, in order to minimize the bill that they must pay, one must be careful not to take refuge in any delusion—and the value placed on the color of the skin is always and everywhere and forever a delusion. James Baldwin [1963]. The Fire Next Time. Global health research […]
In 2012, the Nigerian-American writer and artist Teju Cole called out the culture of white saviourism in the USA and introduced the concept of the White Saviour Industrial Complex (WSIC). The make-up of global health education perpetuates and feeds into the WSIC, with universities in high-income countries (HICs) accounting for a major share of global […]
The field of global health aims to leverage global partnerships to investigate issues transcending local boundaries. It acknowledges the importance of forming collaborative teams with diverse knowledge and experience to combat health disparities. However, in practice, global health is dominated by high-income countries (HICs). Most global health centers, global health conferences, and corresponding authors in global health […]
This editorial critiques the existing literature on decolonizing global health, using the current assault on health in Gaza as a case in point. It argues that the failure to address the ongoing violence and blatant targeting of health facilities, personnel and innocent civilians demonstrates most clearly the limitations of an approach that is strong on […]