Thompson, Jill, Dr

Dr Jill Thompson

BSc (Hons), MA, PhD

School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

Senior Lecturer

Jill.thompson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2075

Room 104, 362 Mushroom Lane

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Dr Jill Thompson
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 104
362 Mushroom Lane
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S10 2TS

Profile

I am a Senior Lecturer and medical sociologist at the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery.

My research interests focus on children’s experiences of health and health access in both national and international contexts, and I have undertaken work in Ghana, Fiji and Nepal.

I also have a particular focus on migrant children’s health and the use of technologies to improve children’s health experiences.

Research interests

I am a qualitative researcher with a particular interest in participatory methodologies and realist approaches.

Current projects

Mixed-Realities Play Kit to Prepare Children Aged 4-10 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Funded by INNOVATE UK and TUOS KEI
Promoting sustainable livelihoods: unpacking possibilities for empowerment with young migrants in Ghana. Funded by BA Youth Futures.
Promoting disaster resilience in children: developing a network to research culturally appropriate, sustainable public health interventions in Fiji and Samoa. Funded by Academy of Medical Sciences GCRF

Previous projects include:

Identifying the additional needs of migrant children. (��«Ӱҵ Children’s Hospital Funded)
Engaging young people and migrant families in enhancing quality care in the management of long-term health conditions. (GNCT funded)
A realist synthesis to explain how, for whom, and in what circumstances different community mental health crisis services work (NIHR funded).
Hidden Voices: Exploring the impact of migration on children’s perspectives of health (World University Network Funded).
Assessment and Satisfaction of services for Juvenile Huntington’s Disease (RfPB funded).
Exploring the impact of community-based peer support on promoting health literacy’ (COPES) (PHR funded)

Publications

Journal articles

Spencer G & Thompson J (2024) . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 108, 104495-104495.
Taylor B, Thompson J & Ryan T (2024) . Qualitative Health Research.
Yohani S, Salami B, Taylor M, Bukambu E, Pachani N, Fouche C, Thompson J & Vallianatos H (2023) . International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 97, 101900-101900.
Rogers MM, Ali P, Thompson J & Ifayomi M (2023) . Social Science & Medicine, 338, 116338-116338.
Clibbens N, Booth A, Sharda L, Baker J, Thompson J, Ashman M, Berzins K, Weich S & Kendal S (2023) . International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.
Thompson J, Holding E, Haywood A & Foster A (2023) . Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023.
Clibbens N, Baker J, Booth A, Berzins K, Ashman MC, Sharda L, Thompson J, Kendal S & Weich S (2023) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11(15), 1-161.
Bray L, Booth L, Gray V, Maden M, Thompson J & Saron H (2022) . Insights into Imaging, 13.
Thompson J, Spencer G & Curtis P (2021) . Health Expectations.
Salami B, Mogale S, Ojo F, Kariwo M, Thompson J, Okeke-Ihejirika P & Yohani S (2021) . Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 61, 199-206.
Spencer G, Fairbrother H & Thompson J (2020) . International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19.
Smith J, Ali P, Birks Y, Curtis P, Fairbrother H, Kirk S, Saltiel D, Thompson J & Swallow V (2020) . Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Holding E, Thompson J, Foster A & Haywood A (2020) . Health & Social Care in the Community.
Chambers E, Gardiner C, Thompson J & Seymour J (2019) . Palliative Medicine, 33(8), 969-984.
Spencer G, Smith M, Thompson J, Fairbrother H, Hoare K, Fouché C & Curtis P (2019) . Health Education Journal, 78(1), 96-107.
Bissell P, Thompson J & Gibson BJ (2018) . Sociology, 52(6), 1200-1216.
Curtis P, Thompson J & Fairbrother H (2018) . Public Health, 158, 71-85.
Thompson J, Tod A, Bissell P & Bond M (2017) . Health Expectations, 20(6), 1342-1349.
Fitzsimmons DA, Thompson J, Bentley CL & Mountain GA (2016) . BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), 420-420.
Harris J, Croot L, Thompson J & Springett J (2016) . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(2), 207-214.
Harris J, Springett J, Croot E, Booth A, Campbell F, Thompson J, Goyder E, Van Cleemput P, Wilkins E & Yang Y (2015) . Journal of Public Health Research, 3(3).
Bentley CL, Mountain GA, Thompson J, Fitzsimmons DA, Lowrie K, Parker SG & Hawley MS (2014) . Trials, 15(1).
Thompson J, Bissell P, Cooper CL, Armitage CJ & Barber R (2014) . Qual Health Res, 24(1), 46-54.
Harris J, Croot L, Springett J, Wilkins E, Booth A, Campbell F, Thompson J & Yang Y (2013) Promoting Health Literacy through Community Based Peer Support: what works for whom under which circumstances and why?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, 12, 728-728.
Campbell F, Booth A, Harris J, Croot L, Goyder E, Springett J, Thompson J, Van Cleemput P, Wilkins E & Yang Y (2013) Promoting Health Literacy through Community Based Peer Support: integrating qualitative and quantitative research in evidence synthesis.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, 12, 726-727.
Thompson J, Bissell P, Cooper C, Armitage CJ & Barber R (2012) . Health (London), 16(6), 602-618.
Fitzsimmons DA, Thompson J, Hawley M & Mountain GA (2011) . Trials, 12(6).
Ward PR, Thompson J, Barber R, Armitage CJ, Boote JD, Cooper CL & Jones GL (2010) . J SOCIOL, 46(1), 63-82.
Thompson J, Barber R, Ward PR, Boote JD, Cooper CL, Armitage CJ & Jones G (2009) . Health Expect, 12(2), 209-220.
Ashman M, Clibbens N, Thompson J, Gilburt H, Thompson E & Khalid Y () . Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1).
Spencer G, Kwankye SO, Thompson J & Dankyi E () . Sociological Research Online.
Rivers G, Hinchliff S & Thompson J () Transgender and non-binary peoples experiences of cervical cancer screening: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN).
Thompson J, Yamada-Rice D, Thompson S, Murray L & Taylor M () . BMJ Innovations.
Busebaia TJA, Thompson J, Fairbrother H & Ali P () . Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Thompson J & Yemada-Rice D () The Importance of Multimodal Play and Storytelling to a Mixed Realities Play-Kit for Preparing 4 to 10-year-olds for an MRI scan. Multimodality and Society.
Spencer G, Thompson J, Froehlich F, Asafo D, Doku MT, Asiamah G, Mornuu J, Kassim A, Kwankye SO & Dankyi E () . Journal of the British Academy, 11s3, 43-67.
Spencer G, Dankyi E, Thompson J, Acton F & Kwankye SO () . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 15229-15229.
Spencer G, Smith M, Hoare K, Fouché C & Thompson J () . Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1-13.
Thompson J, Fairbrother H, Spencer G, Curtis P, Fouche C, Hoare K, Hogan D, O’Riordan J, Salami B, Smith M , Taylor B et al () . Global Health Promotion, 175797591988845-175797591988845.
Curtis P, Thompson J & Fairbrother H () Migrant children within Europe: a systematic review of children’s perspectives on their health experiences. Public Health.
Foster A, Thompson J, Holding E, Ariss S, Mukuria C, Jacques R, Akparido R & Haywood A () . Health & Social Care in the Community.

Chapters

Thompson J & Spencer G (2022) Reproducing Power Asymmetries Through Voice, Collaboration and Change: Opportunities for Children to Re-Shape Contemporary Global Challenges In Frankel S (Ed.), Establishing Child Centred Practice in a Changing World (pp. 9-23). Emerald
Spencer G, Dankyi E, Kwankye SO & Thompson J (2021) , Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity (pp. 183-197). Emerald Publishing Limited

Conference proceedings papers

Thompson J, Fairbrother H & Curtis P (2018) . European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 28(Suppl_1) (pp 128-128). Edinburgh, UK, 17 May 2018 - 19 May 2018.
Farber A, Tan T-W, Hu B, Dember LM, Beck GJ, Dixon BS, Kusek JW, Feldman HI, Dember L, Kaufman J , Hawley M et al (2015) . Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 62(5) (pp 1258-1265)
Croot L, Harris J, Thompson J, Van Cleemput P, Booth A, Campbell F, Springett J & Wilkins E (2013) Promoting Health Literacy through Community Based Peer Support: a participatory approach to a realist review.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, Vol. 12 (pp 727-728)

Research group

I am interested in supervising students in my research areas and would welcome students contacting me.

Current PhD students

Bethany Taylor
Eleni Chambers

Teaching interests: I am Deputy Programme lead for the BMedSci Health and Human Sciences degree. On this degree I teach units in health promotion, sociological approaches to health and research methods.