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ArticleBMC medical research methodology2025

Exploring the use of the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool in Indigenous health research.

Samara Wessel, Kienan Williams, Mandi Gray, Sean M Bagshaw, Samantha L Bowker, Sarah A Elliott, Letebrhan Ferrow, Rita I Henderson, Kassandra Loewen, Deborah A McNeil and 3 more

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Article in BMC medical research methodology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Samara WesselDepartment of Educational Psychology, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2750 University Way NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4V8, Canada. samara.wessel@ucalgary.ca.
Kienan WilliamsIndigenous Wellness Core, Alberta Health Services, 306 Anderson Hall, 10959-102 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2V1, Canada.
Mandi GrayDepartment of Sociology, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Ontario, K9L 0G2, Canada.
Sean M BagshawDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 2-124E Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, 8440-112 ST NW, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Samantha L BowkerOffice of Partnerships for Health Services Research, Innovation and Improvement, Health Evidence & Innovation, Acute Care Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sarah A ElliottAlberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 4-496 A, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada.
Letebrhan FerrowDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Rita I HendersonDepartment of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
Kassandra LoewenDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Deborah A McNeilFaculty of Nursing, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
Auriele VolkFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 2J200 Walter C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R7, Canada.
Jennifer WalkerDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Richard T OsterIndigenous Wellness Core, Alberta Health Services, 306 Anderson Hall, 10959-102 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2V1, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Cultural appraisalIndigenous epistemologiesIndigenous health researchMethodologyQuality appraisal

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PMID40217471
PMCPMC11987300

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