Table 1 CCRs' agreement with statements about CCP in the Alcohol and Pregnancy Project

   1. The relationship between the project, cultural, spiritual and social values with respect for the richness and integrity of the cultural inheritance of Aboriginal people^b

   2. The management of data, publications, and the protection of individual and/or community identities during the project ^c

   3. The methodology, conduct, dissemination of results and potential outcomes of the project^c

   4. Alcohol use in pregnancy and how it was dealt with in a culturally sensitive way ^c

   5. Project documents such as consent forms and participant information sheets, interview guides, questionnaires and health promotion resources

   6. The final report and draft reports and manuscripts before they were published in scientific journals^c

   7. The preparation and development of summaries for the community and dissemination^c

Compliance with Telfords' principles of successful consumer involvement:[46]

   1. Roles of researchers were agreed between researchers and consumers

   2. Researchers budgeted appropriately for the costs of consumer and community representatives

   3. Researchers respected the differing skills, knowledge and experience of consumer and community representatives

   4. Consumer and community representatives were offered training and personal support to enable them to be involved in the research

   5. Researchers had the necessary skills to involve consumer and community representatives in the research process

   6. Consumer and community representatives were involved in decisions about how participants were both recruited and kept informed about the progress of the research

   7. Consumer and community representatives' involvement was described in research reports

   8. The research findings were available to consumer and community representatives, in formats and language that could be easily understood

CCRs' perceptions of their participation in the project:

   1. Consumer and community representatives' viewpoints were valued by the researchers

   2. Consumer and community representatives' contributions were recognised by the researchers

   3. Consumer and community representatives' participation added value to the project