title: Recommendations for conducting successful research with Native Americans.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this article, I discuss factors that may affect working relationships between non-Indian researchers and Native American individuals and communities and give recommendations for conducting successful research.
  
  
  METHODS
  I describe 7 factors including Native American communities must receive information back from researchers and have access to data collected from them, researchers must address assets and broader social issues, and researchers must place the needs of the community ahead of their own interests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Carrying through on the recommendations will make for more effective, culturally appropriate research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Boseman, MT 59717, USA. suzanne@montana.edu
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christopher
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003142:Communication; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D035842:Research Subjects