Randomised clinical trial research within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health services: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To better understand how to undertake valuable, ethical and sustainable randomised controlled clinical trial (RCT) research within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health services.

Design

In a qualitative approach, we utilised data collected between 2013 and 2020 during the planning and implementation of two RCTs. The data comprised agreed records of research meetings, and semistructured interviews with clinical trial stakeholders. The stakeholders were parents/carers of child participants, and site-based research officers, healthcare providers and community advisory groups. Our thematic analysis was informed by constructivist grounded theory.

Setting

The RCTs investigated the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander c

SUBMITTER: Abbott P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8710871 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature