Thank-you very much for that information Cindy. It was really interesting and informative.

Can I just ramble on for a second to the board?

In Australia over the years, stacks of health professionals have zoomed in and out of indigenous communities doing "research to improve health" (and in the meantime scoring themselves a doctorate or whatever). This is all very well for the researchers, except that a) the results weren't being fed back to the communites and b) the communities weren't seeing any improvements in their health as a result of the study.

Not surprisingly, the indigenous communities have become increasingly resentful and distrustful of researchers. Unfortunately the power shift hasn't completely swung to the communities, but researchers are learning...

I'm only starting to understand what it feels like to be the "researched", but I'm getting a real empathy (not just sympathy) for those indigenous communities.

As a newcomer to the board, am I out of line in suggesting that for every new researcher that requests information from us, that there is an understanding / agreement that research results and key learnings will be fed back to board members (in a sort of timely and easily understood way)?

Thanks again Cindy. Apologies board for the ramblings of a newcomer.

Louise.