Dr Jill Thompson

BSc (Hons), MA, PhD

Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

Senior Lecturer

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

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Dr Jill Thompson
Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Barber House Annexe
3 Clarkehouse Road
Sheffield
S10 2HQ
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. (Sheffield 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

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 RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Thompson J, Fairbrother H & Curtis P (2018) Hidden voices : reflections on the health experiences of children who migrate. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 28(Suppl_1) (pp 128-128). Edinburgh, UK, 17 May 2018 - 19 May 2018. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
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.