School of Public Health

Ms Rachael Jaenke

Principal Project Officer
School of Public Health
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Rachael Jaenke

Rachael is a Project Officer within the Mental Health Research Evaluation Stream at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, where she is supporting a number of the Stream’s evaluation projects.

In 2024, Rachael graduated with a Master of Public Health with Distinction from Queensland University of Technology, and previously completed a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Hons) at the University of Newcastle in 2009.

Rachael’s professional background spans community, public health, and research roles, where she has supported and managed research projects relating to cancer, wellbeing and remote food supply initiatives, as well as working with remote communities and organisations in the Northern Territory to deliver nutrition and public health programs for First Nations communities.

Her interests include systems improvement, though application of high-quality data and processes to support evidence-based decision-making and program effectiveness and achieve population-wide health outcomes.

Publications

Journal Articles (7)

Journal Articles

Jaenke, Rachael, Butler, Tamara L., Condon, John, Garvey, Gail, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Cunningham, Joan, Anderson, Kate, Tong, Allison, Moore, Suzanne P. and Whop, Lisa J. (2021). Health care provider perspectives on cervical screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a qualitative study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (2), 150-157. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13084
Jaenke, Rachael, van den Boogaard, Christel, McMahon, Emma and Brimblecombe, Julie (2021). Development and pilot of a tool to measure the healthiness of the in-store food environment. Public Health Nutrition, 24 (2), 243-252. doi: 10.1017/s1368980020002025
McMahon, Emma Joy, Jaenke, Rachael and Brimblecombe, Julie (2020). A Mobile App to Rapidly Appraise the In-Store Food Environment: Reliability, Utility, and Construct Validity Study. Jmir Mhealth and Uhealth, 8 (7) e16971, e16971. doi: 10.2196/16971
Brimblecombe, J., Bailie, R., van den Boogaard, C., Wood, B., Liberato, S. C., Ferguson, M., Coveney, J., Jaenke, R. and Ritchie, J. (2017). Feasibility of a novel participatory multi-sector continuous improvement approach to enhance food security in remote Indigenous Australian communities. SSM-Population Health, 3, 566-576. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.06.002
Jaenke, Rachael, Barzi, Federica, McMahon, Emma, Webster, Jacqui and Brimblecombe, Julie (2017). Consumer acceptance of reformulated food products: a systematic review and meta-analysis of salt-reduced foods. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 57 (16), 3357-3372. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1118009
McMahon, Emma, Clarke, Rozlynne, Jaenke, Rachael and Brimblecombe, Julie (2016). Detection of 12.5% and 25% Salt Reduction in Bread in a Remote Indigenous Australian Community. Nutrients, 8 (3), 169. doi: 10.3390/nu8030169
Jaenke, Rachael L., Collins, Clare E., Morgan, Philip J., Lubans, David R., Saunders, Kristen L. and Warren, Janet M. (2012). The Impact of a School Garden and Cooking Program on Boys' and Girls' Fruit and Vegetable Preferences, Taste Rating, and Intake. Health Education & Behavior, 39 (2), 131-141. doi: 10.1177/1090198111408301