Indigenous health research
The International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP)

The ICIHRP aims to address the inequalities in health outcomes which exist for indigenous peoples in New Zealand, Canada and Australia.

In 2002, the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia, the national health agencies for each country, formed a partnership to support research in the area of indigenous peoples' health with the goal of improving the health of indigenous peoples in these three countries.

As part of the agreement, the partners are working to promote multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional and multi-sectoral collaborations between the health research agencies of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The core outcomes of the agreement are to enable information sharing in the international research community concerning:
• Innovative and best practices in research methodology;
• Development of innovative partnerships in research;
• Ethical conduct in research;
• Community ownership, engagement and involvement in research;
• Effective transfer and sustainability of research outcomes, and
• Building and consolidating research capacity and organisations for the development of collaborative programs.

Outcomes also include enabling direct links between researchers and organisations for the development of collaborative programs, to enable international exchange programs, enabling links, skills development and information sharing, facilitating the development of strategic research priorities in indigenous health and international participation in peer review process.

Download the Cooperation Agreement PDF 27KB 2005

International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP) grant on Resilience
The ICIHRP grant on Resilience aims to recognise and address the disparity between the health of Indigenous peoples and the health of the general population. Resiliency was chosen as a broad theme as it covers all spheres of the life cycle and can be applied to identify intervention points at various stages of life and /or specific health issues.

Click here for information on projects funded through this grant.

To Apply
There are no grants open at this time.

Information
For more information about this initiative, contact:
Aroha Haggie
Manager, Maori Health Research
ahaggie@hrc.govt.nz

Last Updated : 26 February 2008 14:00:46.
No unsolicited electronic messages to be sent to email addresses on this page.
This page may contain links to PDF documents, to view these documents please download the viewer from this site.