Prof Jenni Judd ~ Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow
Medicine
- About
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- Interests
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- Research
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- Infectious & parasitic diseases in indigenous communities
- Mentoring and Supporting Scholars in Doctoral Studies in the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
- Health Promotion Workforce Development
- Participatory Action Research
- Capacity building and development
- Evaluating services provided by bat rescue groups in Qld.
- Evaluation of Indigenous health programs
- Experience
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- 2016 to 2021 - Professor of Health Promotion, Central Queensland University (Bundaberg)
- 2016 - P/T Senior Research Officer, CQUniversity (Townsville)
- 2015 - Associate Professor-Principal Research Fellow- Cohort doctoral Studies Program, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 2015 - Casual Researcher, CQUniversity (Townsville)
- 2012 to 2014 - Senior Research Fellow-Cohort Doctoral Studies Program, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 2007 to 2012 - Senior Research Fellow - Building Indigenous Research Capacity, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 1992 to 2007 - Various [positions including policy, management, health promotion practitioner, NT Department of Health and Community Services (Darwin)
- 1980 to 1992 - Teacher, Curriculum Advisor, NT Department of Education (Groote Eylandt, Darwin)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Dr Jenni Judd worked for over 27 years in the public sector in Health and Education in the Northern Territory with a particular focus in rural and remote Indigenous communities across northern Australia. The impact of her work includes: practitioner guidelines for working in public health in Northern Territory Health services; reorienting the workforce in primary health care settings; improvement in health curriculum for schools; changes in policy to enhance the health promotion and prevention aspects of health service delivery; workforce development with Primary health care providers and educators to enhance prevention and health promotion aspects of delivery of programs in schools and health services and changes in pandemic influenza policies in Indigenous Communities at a local, State and National level to include the special needs of Indigenous Communities.
Jenni began full-time work as a Senior Research Fellow at James Cook University in July 2007. Jenni has particular expertise in building Indigenous research capacity by mentoring and supporting 18 Indigenous researchers within an NHMRC Building Indigenous Research Capacity grant at James Cook -2007-2012. She has been a chief investigator on NHMRC and ARC grants and brought in over $2.9m in grant funding. She has published over 50 papers, 6 reports and 7 chapters. She currently supervises 11 Higher Degree Research students: 7 PhD's (6 JCU, 1 external) and 4 Masters Research students (CQUniversity). From 2012-2014 she was Senior Research Fellow with the Cohort Doctoral Studies program for the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine. She coordinated this program in 2014.She was Principal Research Fellow from January 2015-June 2015. Her role was to mentor and support over 90 students for recruitment, retention and completion of their degrees. She has completed 7 PhD's, 1 DrPH and 3 Masters Research students since 2011.
She was appointed to Professor of Health Promotion at CQUniversity in 2016 a position that works with CQUniversity, Bundaberg Health Promotions Ltd and Widebay Hospital Health Services.
She has a national and international profile in health promotion, indigenous health and cross-cultural communication. Her research findings have been published in a number of national and international peer-reviewed journals.
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2020 - Life Member Australian Health Promotion Association
- 2005 - Life Member of ACHPER
- 1996 - Fellow of ACHPER
- 2012 - Advisor of the Year, Advisory Panel Award - Professor Rick Speare & Jenni Judd
- Memberships
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- 2014 - Australasian Evaluation Society
- 2013 - Alcohol Advisory Review Board (AARB)
- 2013 - Member of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Committee of AHPA
- 2012 - NHMRC Research Translation Faculty
- 2012 - Member of the Anton Breinl Centre for Strengthening Health Systems
- 2010 - Action Learning Action Research Association AALARA)
- 2010 - International Reader for Australian Research Council
- 2009 - Member of National Health Promotion Journal of Australia/Research Evaluation and Evidence Translation (REET) Committee -AHPA National
- 2009 - Member of the International Network of Indigenous Health Promotion Professionals for IUHPE
- 2004 - International Union of Health Promotion and Education
- 2004 - Southwest Pacific Working Action Group on Indigenous Resolutions for International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
- 1990 - Member of Australian Health Promotion Association
- 1983 - Member of Australian Council of Health and Physical Education (ACHPER)
- 2012 to 2016 - Editorial Board of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia
- 2010 to 2014 - Director of National Board ACHPER
- 2005 to 2014 - Director of the National Board of Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA)
- 2008 to 2012 - Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Committee of AHPA
- 2006 to 2009 - National Vice President, Australian Health Promotion Association
- 1994 to 2002 - Member of the National Board ACHPER
- Other
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- 2010 - Reviewer International Reader for Australian Research Council
- 2012 to 2015 - Adjunct Associate Professor at QUT School of Public Health and Social Work
- 2008 to 2009 - External Reviewer for NHMRC capacity building grants
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Devlin S, Ross W, Widders R, McAvoy G, Browne K, Lawrence K, MacLaren D, Massey P and Judd J (2022) Tuberculosis care designed with barramarrany (family): Participatory action research that prioritised partnership, healthy housing and nutrition. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33 (3). pp. 724-735
- Stevenson L, Pabel A, MacGregor C, Law L and Judd J (2022) The Influence of Trail Design on the Impacts of Walkers, Mountain Bikers and Multi-use Trail Users: An Environmentally Responsible Approach. Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 2 (2). pp. 31-54
- Jaravani F, Butler M, Byleveld P, Durrheim D, Massey P, Collins J, Judd J and Oelgemöller M (2020) Drinking water quality in regional Hunter New England, New South Wales, Australia, 2001-2015. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 24 (1). pp. 73-83
- Page W, Judd J, MacLaren D and Buettner P (2020) Integrating testing for chronic strongyloidiasis within the Indigenous adult preventive health assessment system in endemic communities in the Northern Territory, Australia: An intervention study. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (5).
- Devlin S, MacLaren D, Massey P, Widders R and Judd J (2019) The missing voices of Indigenous Australians in the social, cultural and historical experiences of tuberculosis: a systematic and integrative review. BMJ Global Health, 4 (6).
- Jaravani F, Durrheim D, Judd J, Oelgemoeller M, Butler M and Massey P (2019) Improving drinking water safety in recreational parks through policy changes and regulatory support in the Hunter New England region, NSW, Australia. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 26 (4). pp. 386-406
- Beknazarova M, Whiley H, Judd J, Shield J, Page W, Miller A, Whittaker M and Ross K (2018) Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 3 (2). pp. 61-70
- McFarlane K, Judd J, Wapau H, Nichols N, Watt K and Devine S (2018) How primary health care staff working in rural and remote areas access skill development and expertise to support health promotion practice. Rural and Remote Health, 18.
- Miller A, Young E, Tye V, Cody R, Muscat M, Saunders V, Smith M, Judd J and Speare R (2018) A community-directed integrated Strongyloides control program in Queensland, Australia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 3 (2).
- Miller A, Smith M, Judd J and Speare R (2018) Policy implications for controlling communicable diseases in Indigenous communities: case of Strongyloidiasis in Australia. Aboriginal Policy Studies, 7 (1). pp. 148-179
- Stevens B, Watt K, Brimbecombe J, Clough A, Judd J and Lindsay D (2018) A village-matched evaluation of providing a local supplemental food during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh: a preliminary study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18.
- Book Chapters
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- Gordon C, Shield J, Bradbury R, Muhi S, Page W, Judd J, Lee R, Biggs B, Ross K, Kurscheid J, Gray D and McManus D (2021) HTLV-I and Strongyloides in Australia: the worm lurking beneath. In: Advances in Parasitology. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 119-201
- More
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 62+ research outputs authored by Prof Jenni Judd from 2001 onwards.
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Completed
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- Developing understanding with Aboriginal Communities about tuberculosis for system change: participatory action research (2023, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- What is the difference between Indigenous Australian and non-Indigenous Australian undergraduate students’ alcohol use, and alcohol-related harms at one regional Australian university? (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- An investigation of the barriers to infectious disease interventions in Indigenous Australian communities (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Quality of drinking and recreational water in the Hunter New England region of New South Wales: bridging the gap between research, practice and policy (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Data
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These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit Research Data Australia.
- Speare, R. (2015) Public's willingness to be referred to a veterinarian by their GP if they have a zoonotic disease. James Cook University
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
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