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Gabrielle Jenkin

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Gabrielle Jenkin
Born
🏳️ CitizenshipNew Zealand
🎓 Alma materUniversity of Otago (MPH, PhD)
💼 Occupation
Known forResearch on acute mental health services and facility design; suicide and mental health policy

Gabrielle Jenkin is a New Zealand social scientist and academic at the University of Otago. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington, where her research focuses on public health, suicide, mental health and acute mental health services.[1][2][3][4] In April 2025 she became Practice Coordinator at the Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand (FERNZ).[5]

Education

Jenkin completed a Master of Public Health (with Distinction) and a PhD at the University of Otago. Her doctoral thesis, awarded in 2010, examined how industry and public health framed obesity in New Zealand policy debates.[6][7]

Career

Jenkin is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington, and a member of its Suicide and Mental Health Research Group.[8][9] In 2025 she joined the Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand (FERNZ) as Practice Coordinator while continuing her university role.[10]

Jenkin’s research spans suicide prevention, mental health services, and the design and social environment of acute mental health units. She led a multi-year programme on adult inpatient mental health wards in Aotearoa New Zealand that included studies of ward design, safety and recovery environments. Publications from this work report that smoke-free policies were inconsistently applied in psychiatric wards in New Zealand and explore bicultural frameworks for the design of acute facilities.[11][12] A large qualitative study she co-authored reported staff and service user perspectives on fear and violence in acute mental health facilities.[13]

Portions of this programme were supported by a Marsden Fund Fast-Start grant administered by Royal Society Te Apārangi (contract UOO1623).[14][15][16]

Public engagement

Findings from Jenkin’s research on smoke-free policies in mental health wards were covered by the University of Otago and science media outlets.[17][18][19][20]

Jenkin’s research on the design and social environment of New Zealand’s acute mental health units (2017–2020), funded by a Marsden Fast-Start Grant, received wide national coverage. A University of Otago summary and the Royal Society Te Apārangi highlighted how a Newsroom series reported the project’s findings on dilapidated buildings, overcrowding and “meds and beds” regimes, and noted follow-up discussions on RNZ’s The Detail and an interview on Nine to Noon about the implications for patient care and facility design.[21][22][23][24]

Findings from the same programme on smoking practices in ostensibly smokefree acute wards also entered public debate. The University of Otago reported that staff often ignored smokefree policies and that tailored cessation support was needed; the Otago Daily Times covered the study’s conclusions and quoted Jenkin on the need for better-designed therapeutic environments in new builds.[25][26]

Earlier in her career, Jenkin’s work on persuasive junk-food marketing to children drew national attention and policy discussion. University of Otago statements called for a ban on manipulative child-targeted advertising; RNZ reported the call, and the New Zealand Herald noted the Government’s lack of appetite for regulation at the time while quoting Jenkin on the techniques used to promote unhealthy foods to children.[27][28][29]

Jenkin also co-authored sector-focused research on suicide in the construction industry for MATES in Construction New Zealand and BRANZ. The report provided industry-specific suicide rates and characteristics to inform targeted prevention initiatives and was disseminated through BRANZ and MATES’ research platforms.[30][31]

Selected publications

Jenkin’s selected publications include:

Jenkin GLS; McIntosh J; Every-Palmer S (2021). “Fit for What Purpose? Exploring Bicultural Frameworks for the Architectural Design of Acute Mental Health Facilities.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(5): 2343. doi:10.3390/ijerph18052343.[32]

Jenkin G et al. (2021). “There’s no smoke without fire: Smoking in smoke-free acute mental health wards.” PLOS ONE 16(11): e0259984. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259984.[33]

Jenkin G et al. (2022). “Places of safety? Fear and violence in acute mental health facilities: A large qualitative study of staff and service user perspectives.” PLOS ONE 17(5): e0266935. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266935.[34]

Jenkin G; Signal L; Thomson G (2011). “Framing obesity: The framing contest between industry and public health at the New Zealand inquiry into obesity.” Obesity Reviews. doi:10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00992.x.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "Associate Professor Gabrielle Jenkin". University of Otago. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Research Associate Professor Gabrielle Jenkin". University of Otago, Wellington – Suicide and Mental Health Research Group. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Researching Sensitive Topics – Engaging Vulnerable Communities | Allen + Clarke". Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  4. ↑ McKenzie, Sarah; Aspin, Clive; Bowden, Chris; Hoskin, Angie; Kairua, Moko; Best, Trevor; Taylor, Barry; Jenkin, Gabrielle (2024-10-20). "Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa". Public Health Expert Briefing. ISSN 2816-1203.
  5. ↑ "Our Team Grows Stronger: Gabrielle Jenkin Joins the Journey". Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Associate Professor Gabrielle Jenkin". University of Otago. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Postgraduate students of the Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit". University of Otago. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Associate Professor Gabrielle Jenkin". University of Otago. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Research Associate Professor Gabrielle Jenkin". University of Otago, Wellington – Suicide and Mental Health Research Group. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Our Team Grows Stronger: Gabrielle Jenkin Joins the Journey". Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Jenkin, G.L.S.; McIntosh, J.; Hoek, J.; Mala, K.; Paap, H.; Peterson, D.; Marques, B.; Every-Palmer, S. (2021). "There's no smoke without fire: Smoking in smoke-free acute mental health wards". PLOS ONE. 16 (11): e0259984. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1659984J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259984. PMC 8592473 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 34780542 Check |pmid= value (help).
  12. ↑ Jenkin, G.L.S.; McIntosh, J.; Every-Palmer, S. (2021). "Fit for What Purpose? Exploring Bicultural Frameworks for the Architectural Design of Acute Mental Health Facilities". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (5): 2343. doi:10.3390/ijerph18052343. PMC 7956850 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 33673580 Check |pmid= value (help).
  13. ↑ Jenkin, G.; Quigg, S.; Paap, H.; Cooney, E.; Peterson, D.; Every-Palmer, S. (2022). "Places of safety? Fear and violence in acute mental health facilities: A large qualitative study of staff and service user perspectives". PLOS ONE. 17 (5): e0266935. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1766935J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266935. PMC 9067690 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 35507544 Check |pmid= value (help).
  14. ↑ "Contemporary issues in acute mental health facility design: insights from the Aotearoa–New Zealand experience (Funding statement)". University of Otago – OUR Archive. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Cooper, A.; Jenkin, G.; Morton, E.; Peterson, D.; McKenzie, S. (2022). "'We have to band together': Service user experiences of naturally occurring peer support on the acute mental health ward". Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. doi:10.1080/1177083X.2022.2093230. Retrieved 26 September 2025. This work was supported by a Marsden Fast Start from the Royal Society of New Zealand [grant number UOO1623].
  16. ↑ "Shining a light on the shocking state of NZ's acute mental health units". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Psychiatric wards ignoring hospitals' non-smoking policies, study finds". University of Otago – Newsroom. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  18. ↑ "Smokefree policies widely ignored in hospital mental health wards" (PDF). Medical Xpress (press release PDF). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  19. ↑ "The Post". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  20. ↑ Aspin, Clive; Jenkin, Gabrielle (2023-11-22). "Māori suicide rates remain too high – involving whānau more in coronial inquiries should be a priority". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  21. ↑ "Shining a light on the shocking state of NZ's acute mental health units". University of Otago Newsroom. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  22. ↑ "Shining a light on the shocking state of NZ's acute mental health units". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "'Some were horrible' – New research into mental health units". RNZ Nine to Noon. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "Housing the mentally ill when the roof is caving in". RNZ – The Detail. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "Psychiatric wards ignoring hospitals' non-smoking policies, study finds". University of Otago Newsroom. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  26. ↑ Lewis, John (17 November 2021). "Psych ward smokefree policies ignored". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "Study prompts call for ban on manipulative junk food advertising to children". University of Otago Newsroom. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "Marketing to kids 'promotes junk food'". RNZ News. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  29. ↑ "Govt has little appetite for junk food ad ban". The New Zealand Herald. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  30. ↑ "Construction industry suicides: numbers, characteristics and rates (ER65)". BRANZ. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  31. ↑ "Construction Industry Suicides: numbers, characteristics and rates (report prepared for MATES in Construction NZ)" (PDF). MATES in Construction NZ. August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  32. ↑ Jenkin, G.L.S.; McIntosh, J.; Every-Palmer, S. (2021). "Fit for What Purpose? Exploring Bicultural Frameworks for the Architectural Design of Acute Mental Health Facilities". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (5): 2343. doi:10.3390/ijerph18052343. PMC 7956850 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 33673580 Check |pmid= value (help).
  33. ↑ Jenkin, G.L.S.; McIntosh, J.; Hoek, J.; Mala, K.; Paap, H.; Peterson, D.; Marques, B.; Every-Palmer, S. (2021). "There's no smoke without fire: Smoking in smoke-free acute mental health wards". PLOS ONE. 16 (11): e0259984. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1659984J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259984. PMC 8592473 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 34780542 Check |pmid= value (help).
  34. ↑ Jenkin, G.; Quigg, S.; Paap, H.; Cooney, E.; Peterson, D.; Every-Palmer, S. (2022). "Places of safety? Fear and violence in acute mental health facilities: A large qualitative study of staff and service user perspectives". PLOS ONE. 17 (5): e0266935. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1766935J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266935. PMC 9067690 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 35507544 Check |pmid= value (help).
  35. ↑ Jenkin, G.; Signal, L.; Thomson, G. (2011). "Framing obesity: the framing contest between industry and public health at the New Zealand inquiry into obesity". Obesity Reviews. 12 (12): 1022–1030. doi:10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00918.x. PMID 21831231.


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