Dr Oliver Black

BSc, MSc (Applied Psychology), PhD
Research Fellow

Biography

Dr Oliver Black (Bsc MSc PhD) (Anaiwan) is Research Fellow and Director of the Yukaaywa Purrary Study at the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research in the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University. Ollie has a background in public health and epidemiology, with broad experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research and evaluation. His research focus is Social and Emotional Wellbeing health systems, innovation, and measurement.

Research

Research interests

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
  • Social and Cultural determinants of health
  • Social Epidemiology
  • Psychometrics
  • Health system design

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles: 

Black O, Lane TJ, Flatau-Harrison H, Canuto K, Smith JA. Exploring Health Literacy and Psychological Resilience as Moderators of Symptoms of Mental Illness Among Australian Men. American Journal of Men’s Health. 2023;17(6). doi:10.1177/15579883231211054

Brickley Bryce, Black Oliver, Rissel Chris, Griffiths (Yawuru) Kalinda, Smith James A. (2023) Response to Raymond et al. Health policy evaluation in rural and remote Australia: a qualitative exploration and lessons from the Northern Territory. Australian Health Review 47, 389-390.

Canuto K, Prehn J, Canuto K, Neate R, Gee G, Kennedy C, Gaweda C, Black O, Smith J, Brown A. Further investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men's health research funding is urgently required. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2023 Apr;47(2):100025. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100025. Epub 2023 Mar 23. PMID: 36965316.

Black O, Wright CJC, Clifford S, Erwin M, Canuto K, Wakerman J, Rossingh B, Morgan J, Smith J. YArnhem: Co-designing a model of social and emotional wellbeing stepped care for young people of the north east Arnhem region: A development study protocol. Aust J Rural Health. 2022 Dec;30(6):730-737. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12926. Epub 2022 Oct 13. PMID: 36226980.

Wright C, Miller M, Wallace T, Clifford S, Black O, Tari-keresztes N, Smith J. Drink and drug driving education in the Northern Territory: A qualitative study illustrating issues of access and inequity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Accepted 27/02/22.

Lane T, Lilley R, Black O, Sim, M., & Smith, P.M. Healthcare provider communication and the duration of time off work among injured workers: a prospective cohort study. Medical Care. 2019; 57:718-722.

Black O, Sim MR, Collie A, Smith P. Differences Over Time in the Prognostic Effect of Return to Work Self-Efficacy on a Sustained Return to Work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2019; 29:660-667.

Giummarra MJ, Black O, Smith P, Collie A, Hassani-Mahmooei B, Arnold CA, et al. A population-based study of treated mental health and persistent pain conditions after transport injury. Injury. 2018; 49(10):1787-95.

Black O, Keegel T, Sim MR, Collie A, Smith P. The Effect of Self-Efficacy on Return-to-Work Outcomes for Workers with Psychological or Upper-Body Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2018; 28(1):16-27.

Wright C, Dietze PM, Agius PA, Kuntsche E, Livingston M, Black OC, Room R, Hellard M, Lim MSC
Mobile Phone-Based Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Young Adults’ Alcohol Use in the Event: A Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2018; 6(7):e149. doi:10.2196/mhealth.9324

Black O, Sim MR, Collie A, and Smith PM. "Early-Claim Modifiable Factors Associated With Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Among Workers Injured at Work." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 59.12 (2017): E257-262. Web.

Black O, Sim MR, Collie A, Smith, PM. A return-to-work self-efficacy scale for workers with psychological or musculoskeletal work-related injuries. Quality & Quantity. 2017 Jan 1; 51(1): 413.

Fan JK, Black O, Smith PM. Examining age differences in duration of wage placement by injury characteristics. Occupational Medicine. 2016 Dec 1;66(9): 698-705

Smith PM, Saunders R, Lifshen M, Black O, Lay M, Breslin FC, LaMontagne AD, Tompa E. The development of a conceptual model and self-reported measure of occupational health and safety vulnerability. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 2015 Sep 30; 82:234-243

Roberts MH, Sim MR, Black O, Smith PM. Occupational injury risk among ambulance officers and paramedics compared with other healthcare workers in Victoria, Australia: analysis of workers’ compensation claims from 2003 to 2012. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2015 Mar 16: oemed-2014-102574.

Smith PM, Black O, Keegel T, Collie A. Are the predictors of work absence following a work-related injury similar for musculoskeletal and mental

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