In setting research priorities and objectives for community-based research, the Aboriginal Women’s Health Research Advisory Council and the researchers shall give serious and due consideration to the benefit of the community concerned. In assessing community benefit, regard shall be given to the widest possible range of community interests, whether the groups in question be Aboriginal or non Aboriginal, and also to the impact of research at the local, regional or national level. Wherever possible, conflicts between interests within the community should be identified and resolved in advance of commencing the project. Researchers should be equipped to draw on a range of problem-solving strategies to resolve such conflicts as.
