Researcher

My Expertise

Associate Professor Ben Harris-Roxas is a public health researcher and educator with over 20 years of experience. His work improves access to healthcare for diverse communities by (1) strengthening health organisations through multicultural engagement; (2) enhancing integrated care for marginalised groups; and (3) developing innovative health impact assessment methods.

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Primary health care, Health services and systems, Public health, Social determinants of health, Service design

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Biography

Associate Professor Harris-Roxas is a combined track health services researcher and educator with over twenty years of experience. He is an internationally recognised expert on strengthening health services, integrated care and health impact assessment. His research focuses on meeting the health needs of people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and carers.

Ben joined the UNSW School of Population Health in 2021. He...view more

Location

School of Population Health
Level 3, Samuels Building
UNSW Sydney NSW 2052

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Videos

Keynote address at the "Can Technology Speak my Language? The role of technology in health translation and interpreting" Forum, Sydney.
Presentation at "Self management support for chronic conditions: Opportunities for primary health care" Workshop, Sydney.
Keynote address at HIA12 12th International Health Impact Assessment Conference, Quebec City.
Presentation at the NSW launch of the CALD Assist app, Sydney.
Invited keynote (translatied into Spanish) at the Udalerria osasun sortzaile (Cities Creating Healthy Spaces) Conference, Bilbao, Spain.
Presentation with Associate Professor Margo Barr for the ICIC21 International Conference for Integrated Care 2021.
It’s happening already: The use of translation apps in healthcare settings
Patient activation and self-management
Fit for More Than One Purpose: Typologies, Theory and Evaluation in HIA
The use of machine translation in healthcare settings in NSW
Osasunaren galneko inpaktua ebaluatzea hiriko osasuna sustatzeko tresna gisa: Australiako esperientzia (Health Impact Assessment as a tool to promote urban health: The experience in Australia)
Understanding carer roles and challenges in Central and Eastern Sydney, Australia: A population based linked cohort study of people age 45 years and over