Jehonathan is a doctoral candidate and researcher at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. His work focuses on intercultural relations, racism and migration. Jehonathan’s dissertation is an ethnographic research on transformations to work and relationships among Eritrean migrants who live in Melbourne. His previous work has drawn on diverse research methodologies to examine education and homelessness programs and the impact of racism on health.

 

Main Publications:

Ben, J., Cormack, D., Harris, R., & Paradies, Y. (2017). Racism and health service utilisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 12(12), e0189900.

 

Paradies, Y., Ben, J., Denson, N., Elias, A., Priest, N., Pieterse, A., … & Gee, G. (2015). Racism as a determinant of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 10(9), e0138511.

 

Ben, J, Paradies, Y. Priest, N., Parker, E.J., Roberts-Thomson, K.F. Lawrence, H.P., Broughton, J and L.M. Jamieson. (2014). Self-reported racism and experience of toothache among pregnant Aboriginal Australians: exploring psychosocial mediators. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, doi: 10.1111/jphd.12059.

 

Sklad, M., Diekstra, R., De Ritter, M., Ben, J. & Gravesteijn, C. (2012). ‘Effectiveness of School-based Universal Social, Emotional and/or Behavioral Programs: Do They Enhance Students’ Development in the Area of Skill, Behavior, and Adjustment’, Psychology in the Schools, 49 (9): 892-909.

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