indigenous social work research methodologies

In your essay, be sure to address your understanding of the two central themes of: 1) colonization and 2) the centrality of relationships within an Indigenous perspective. With your understanding of material of Chapters 1-4 of your Linda Tuhiwai Smith (2021) text, identify value-based assumptions, ethical challenges, and political dilemmas encountered by Indigenous researchers utilizing Western social work research methodologies. Also, discuss the impacts of colonization, the promise of decolonization, and an emerging Indigenous social work research paradigm. With your understanding of Chapters 1-2 of your Salahu-Din text, include a discussion of how the ethical issues of social worker anonymity and confidentiality could arise and be addressed in a research study conducted in an Indigenous community.

You may wish to begin your essay with situating self or a personal experience involving research in an Indigenous community. If so, ensure the anonymity of the host community by changing the name and location of the study. Of course, you may choose not to share a personal experience.  It is your choice.

In your essay, demonstrate your understanding of Chapters 6-9 of your Salahu-Din text by creating the outline for a hypothetical quantitative research study. The goal of your hypothetical study outline is to measure the level of success of an ‘intensive, in-home support program delivered to Indigenous families and children’ who are at risk of child abuse or neglect by their primary caretakers.’

Think through the following:

• What conditions would support the use of a quantitative research methodology?
• What are the advantages of the quantitative research approach for this research problem?