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Is all that glitters gold?: Assessing the quality and ethics of ?gold standard? randomised controlled trials conducted in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings

Home > Indigenous Research Approaches > Is all that glitters gold?: Assessing the quality and ethics of ?gold standard? randomised controlled trials conducted in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings

About this journal article:

Randomised controlled trials are often treated as the “gold standard” in research, but they often do not fit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts. This article looks at the ethics of these research methods and argues that stronger evidence depends not just on study design, but on whose knowledge is valued and privileged, and whether Aboriginal people have real leadership, authorship, and governance in the research process. 

  • Year: 2023 
  • Journal article authors: Joanne Luke, Ebony Verbunt, Muriel Bamblett, Connie Salamone, Sarah Gafforini, Angela Zhang, David Thomas, Sandra Eades, Lina Gubhaju, Margaret Kelaher and Amanda Jones 
  • Research summary author: Carla Chan Unger 
  • Organisations: VACCA, University of Melbourne, and Menzies School of Health Research 
  • Journal: First Nations Health and Wellbeing – The Lowitja Journal  

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