Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Data linkage

Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Survey design and data collection

Ben is a Research Fellow working at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. Ben’s background is in biostatistics and while health data is their speciality, they have worked on a whole range of data from different contexts. Ben’s PhD uses data linkage to understand trends in child protective services data for Aboriginal children born in Western Australia, the health needs of these children generally and whether the health needs for those children who are placed in out-of-home care are different from Aboriginal children more broadly.

As a settler person, Ben is passionate about Indigenous Data Sovereignty and ensuring their analyses are strength-based and serve the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community(ies). Their expertise ranges from the analysis of large, linked datasets, survey design and data collection, quantitative experimental design, longitudinal and clustered data analysis, survival analysis, and data visualisation.

Madeley, B. 2023, Intentions and preferences of adults with diabetes toward seeking psychological support.

Chhatiawala, A. 2023, Differences in coping self-efficacy between adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the association with emotional-well-being.

Haussegger, Z. 2021, Sleep and Mental Health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People: A retrospective data analysis.

Moffroid, H. 2021, ‘Next Generation Youth Well-being Study:’ The importance of cultural connectedness for Aboriginal adolescent health and wellbeing.