Overview
Background
Dr Cheneal Puljevic is a UQ Amplify Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Health. Her research focuses onillicit markets for legal commodities.
Cheneal is also the Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours program director and course convenor, the Deputy Director of the School of Public Health's Research and Research Training Committee, a core research team member for the Global Drug Survey, an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Drug Policy, a Deputy Editor for Drug and Alcohol Review, and a volunteer (and former Queensland Research Lead) for The Loop Australia.
Cheneal was previously employed as the Research Operations Manager for the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (2021-2022) and as a Research Fellow (2018-2022) at the Global Substance Use and Mental Health unit at the Centre for Health Services Research.
She completed her PhD in 2018 at Griffith Criminology Institute at Griffith University, with her thesis focusing on smoking cessation among people who have experienced incarceration. She completed an Honours degree in Psychology at the University of Cape Town in 2011, with her thesis focusing on screening and brief interventions for alcohol-related injuries at an emergency centre.
Cheneal is currently not available to take on further students for supervision.
Availability
- Dr Cheneal Puljevic is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), University of Cape Town
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Illegal markets for legal commodities
Substances such as tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and e-cigarettes are available to consumer via legal pathways, yet illicit markets for all of these substances exist. My research in this area seeks to understand the demand- and supply-side drivers of these markets, and potential policy responses.
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Consumer demand for illicitly traded tobacco products
Since 2023, I have developed a research program (funded by an ARC DECRA Fellowship) investigating consumer demand for illicitly traded tobacco products. This program comprises a nationally representative survey and an international survey, street intercept studies, qualitative interviews with consumers, and the development of a scale to understand consumer susceptibility to purchasing illicitly traded tobacco products.
Works
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2016
Conference Publication
Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial in Queensland Prisons Aiming to Extend Smoking Abstinence among Released Prisoners
Puljević, Cheneal, Kinner, Stuart and De Andrade, Dominique (2016). Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial in Queensland Prisons Aiming to Extend Smoking Abstinence among Released Prisoners . Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18-19 February 2016.
2015
Conference Publication
Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial in Queensland Prisons Aiming to Extend Smoking Abstinence among Released Prisoners
Puljevic, Cheneal, Kinner, Stuart and De Andrade, Dominique (2015). Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial in Queensland Prisons Aiming to Extend Smoking Abstinence among Released Prisoners. ACSO International Criminal Justice Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 21-23 October 2015.
2015
Journal Article
A field evaluation of the Eye-Closure interview with witnesses of serious crimes
Vredeveldt, Annelies, Tredoux, Colin G., Nortje, Alicia, Kempen, Kate, Puljevic, Cheneal and Labuschagne, Gerard N. (2015). A field evaluation of the Eye-Closure interview with witnesses of serious crimes. Law and Human Behavior, 39 (2), 189-197. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000113
2014
Journal Article
Substance abuse prevention in Cape Town's peri-urban settlements: local health trainers' perspectives
Puljevic, Cheneal and Learmonth, Despina (2014). Substance abuse prevention in Cape Town's peri-urban settlements: local health trainers' perspectives. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2 (1), 183-197. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2013.878659
2013
Conference Publication
Substance abuse prevention in Cape Town’s peri-urban settlements: local health trainers’ perspectives
Puljevic, Cheneal and Learmonth, Despina (2013). Substance abuse prevention in Cape Town’s peri-urban settlements: local health trainers’ perspectives. European Health Psychology Society Conference, Bordeaux, France, 16-20 July 2013.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Cheneal Puljevic is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Illicit Tobacco Market in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Coral Gartner
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Master Philosophy
Towards a Smoke-Free City: Community Support for Smoking Bans in Greater Springfield
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Coral Gartner, Professor Lauren Ball
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding drivers and deterrents of Australia's illicit tobacco market
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Coral Gartner
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Doctor Philosophy
Harm Reduction for Women Who Use Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Ferris, Dr Timothy Piatkowski
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Doctor Philosophy
The availability and use of illicit tobacco and nicotine vaping products in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Coral Gartner
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Non-Medical Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and Health Service Engagement in Oceania
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy Piatkowski
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Hepatitis C Virus Treatment among People Transitioning from Correctional Facilities in South-East Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrew Smirnov
Media
Enquiries
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- Alcohol-related violence
- Cannabis
- Drug checking
- Illicit drug use
- Illicit tobacco
- Pill testing
- Prison health
- Prison smoking bans
- Psychedelics
- Smoking among socio-economically disadvantaged people
- Tobacco smoking
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