Trosolwyg
I am a qualitative researcher at Cardiff University's Centre for Trials Research (CTR). I have a longstanding interest in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, particulalry the social context of suicide and self-harm. I also have experience of employing participatory and online methods in my work with young people
Cyhoeddiad
2022
- Svobodova, M. et al. 2022. Developing principles for sharing information about potential trial intervention benefits and harms with patients: report of a modified Delphi survey. Trials 23, article number: 863. (10.1186/s13063-022-06780-1)
- Roland, D. et al. 2022. Paediatric early warning systems: not a simple answer to a complex question. Archives of Disease in Childhood (10.1136/archdischild-2022-323951)
- Allen, D. et al. 2022. Development, implementation and evaluation of an early warning system improvement programme for children in hospital: the PUMA mixed-methods study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 10(1) (10.3310/CHCK4556)
- Allen, D. et al. 2022. Development, implementation and evaluation of an evidence-based paediatric early warning system improvement programme: the PUMA mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research 22(1), article number: 9. (10.1186/s12913-021-07314-2)
2021
- Jacob, N., Burton, C., Hale, R., Jones, A., Lloyd, A., Rafferty, A. M. and Allen, D. 2021. Pro-judge study: nurses’ professional judgement in nurse staffing systems. Journal of Advanced Nursing 77(10), pp. 4226-4233. (10.1111/jan.14921)
2020
- Scourfield, J., Evans, R., Colombo, G., Burrows, D., Jacob, N., Williams, M. and Burnap, P. 2020. Are youth suicide memorial sites on Facebook different from those for other sudden deaths?. Death Studies 44(12), pp. 793-801. (10.1080/07481187.2019.1614109)
2019
- Jacob, N. et al. 2019. Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems: a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development. BMJ Paediatrics Open 9(11), article number: e028796. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028796)
- Scourfield, J., Colombo, G., Burnap, P., Evans, R., Jacob, N., Williams, M. and Caul, S. 2019. The number and characteristics of newspaper and Twitter reports on suicides and road traffic deaths in young people. Archives of Suicide Research 23(3), pp. 507-522. (10.1080/13811118.2018.1479321)
2018
- Thomas-Jones, E. et al. 2018. A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective paediatric early warning system and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system – utilisation and mortality avoidance– the PUMA study protocol. BMC Pediatrics 18(1), article number: 244. (10.1186/s12887-018-1210-z)
2017
- Jacob, N., Evans, R. E. and Scourfield, J. B. 2017. The influence of online images on self-harm: A qualitative study of young people aged 16-24. Journal of Adolescence 60, pp. 140-147. (10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.08.001)
- MacArthur, G. J., Jacob, N., Pound, P., Hickman, M. and Campbell, R. 2017. Among friends: a qualitative exploration of the role of peers in young people's alcohol use using Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field and capital. Sociology of Health & Illness 39(1), pp. 30-46. (10.1111/1467-9566.12467)
2016
- Evans, R. et al. 2016. GW4 Children and young people's self-harm and suicide research collaboration. Report.. Project Report. [Online]. GW4. Available at: http://decipher.uk.net/report-launch-gw4-children-young-peoples-self-harm-suicide-research-collaboration/
- Scourfield, J. B. et al. 2016. The response in Twitter to an assisted suicide in a television soap opera. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 37(5), pp. 392-395. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000377)
- Jacob, N. K., MacArthur, G., Hickman, M. and Campbell, R. 2016. A qualitative investigation of the role of the family in structuring young people's alcohol use. The European Journal of Public Health 26(1), pp. 102-110. (10.1093/eurpub/ckv123)
2015
- Jacob, N. K. 2015. Realising the potential of social media for self-harm research. Presented at: 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 June 2015.
2014
- Jacob, N., Scourfield, J. B. and Evans, R. E. 2014. Suicide prevention via the internet. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 35(4), pp. 261-267. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000254)
2008
- Jacob, N. 2008. Understanding suicide: Conversations with the bereaved. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2007
- Scourfield, J. B., Jacob, N. K., Smalley, N., Prior, L. and Greenland, K. 2007. Young people's gendered interpretations of suicide and attempted suicide. Child & Family Social Work 12(3), pp. 248-257. (10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00498.x)
Cynadleddau
- Jacob, N. K. 2015. Realising the potential of social media for self-harm research. Presented at: 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 June 2015.
Erthyglau
- Svobodova, M. et al. 2022. Developing principles for sharing information about potential trial intervention benefits and harms with patients: report of a modified Delphi survey. Trials 23, article number: 863. (10.1186/s13063-022-06780-1)
- Roland, D. et al. 2022. Paediatric early warning systems: not a simple answer to a complex question. Archives of Disease in Childhood (10.1136/archdischild-2022-323951)
- Allen, D. et al. 2022. Development, implementation and evaluation of an early warning system improvement programme for children in hospital: the PUMA mixed-methods study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 10(1) (10.3310/CHCK4556)
- Allen, D. et al. 2022. Development, implementation and evaluation of an evidence-based paediatric early warning system improvement programme: the PUMA mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research 22(1), article number: 9. (10.1186/s12913-021-07314-2)
- Jacob, N., Burton, C., Hale, R., Jones, A., Lloyd, A., Rafferty, A. M. and Allen, D. 2021. Pro-judge study: nurses’ professional judgement in nurse staffing systems. Journal of Advanced Nursing 77(10), pp. 4226-4233. (10.1111/jan.14921)
- Scourfield, J., Evans, R., Colombo, G., Burrows, D., Jacob, N., Williams, M. and Burnap, P. 2020. Are youth suicide memorial sites on Facebook different from those for other sudden deaths?. Death Studies 44(12), pp. 793-801. (10.1080/07481187.2019.1614109)
- Jacob, N. et al. 2019. Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems: a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development. BMJ Paediatrics Open 9(11), article number: e028796. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028796)
- Scourfield, J., Colombo, G., Burnap, P., Evans, R., Jacob, N., Williams, M. and Caul, S. 2019. The number and characteristics of newspaper and Twitter reports on suicides and road traffic deaths in young people. Archives of Suicide Research 23(3), pp. 507-522. (10.1080/13811118.2018.1479321)
- Thomas-Jones, E. et al. 2018. A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective paediatric early warning system and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system – utilisation and mortality avoidance– the PUMA study protocol. BMC Pediatrics 18(1), article number: 244. (10.1186/s12887-018-1210-z)
- Jacob, N., Evans, R. E. and Scourfield, J. B. 2017. The influence of online images on self-harm: A qualitative study of young people aged 16-24. Journal of Adolescence 60, pp. 140-147. (10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.08.001)
- MacArthur, G. J., Jacob, N., Pound, P., Hickman, M. and Campbell, R. 2017. Among friends: a qualitative exploration of the role of peers in young people's alcohol use using Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field and capital. Sociology of Health & Illness 39(1), pp. 30-46. (10.1111/1467-9566.12467)
- Scourfield, J. B. et al. 2016. The response in Twitter to an assisted suicide in a television soap opera. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 37(5), pp. 392-395. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000377)
- Jacob, N. K., MacArthur, G., Hickman, M. and Campbell, R. 2016. A qualitative investigation of the role of the family in structuring young people's alcohol use. The European Journal of Public Health 26(1), pp. 102-110. (10.1093/eurpub/ckv123)
- Jacob, N., Scourfield, J. B. and Evans, R. E. 2014. Suicide prevention via the internet. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 35(4), pp. 261-267. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000254)
- Scourfield, J. B., Jacob, N. K., Smalley, N., Prior, L. and Greenland, K. 2007. Young people's gendered interpretations of suicide and attempted suicide. Child & Family Social Work 12(3), pp. 248-257. (10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00498.x)
Gosodiad
- Jacob, N. 2008. Understanding suicide: Conversations with the bereaved. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Monograffau
- Evans, R. et al. 2016. GW4 Children and young people's self-harm and suicide research collaboration. Report.. Project Report. [Online]. GW4. Available at: http://decipher.uk.net/report-launch-gw4-children-young-peoples-self-harm-suicide-research-collaboration/
Ymchwil
My research interests include;
* The health and wellbeing of children and young people
* Self-harm and suicidal behaviours
*Qualitative methodological innovation and online research methods
I am currently working as a qualitative researcher on the PUMA project. This project employs ethnographic methods to explore the way in which deterioration is detected, escalated and responded to across paediatric wards in the U.K
Research funding
‘Self-harm and Suicide in Children and Young People Research Collaboration’, GW4 (£56,720.94), 2016 (Co-investigator)
ESRC Impact Acceleration Fund, ESRC (£3k), 2015, (Principle investigator)
‘Self-harm and suicide in children and young people research collaboration’ for GW4 (£4k), 2014 (Co-investigator)
Cardiff incoming visiting award, for Cardiff University (£5k), 2014 (Principle investigator)
‘Understanding the role of social media in the aftermath of youth suicides’ for Department of Health (£188,147) 2013 (Co-investigator)
‘The efficacy of the virtual support world for young people who self-harm and its use in ‘real’ world care: views of young self-harmers’ Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship for NISCHR (£160,185), 2012-2015 (Principle investigator)
‘Understanding suicide: conversations with the bereaved’ PhD for ESRC (£50k), 2004-2008 (Principle investigator)
Bywgraffiad
Education and qualifications
PhD Social Science (Category 1), Cardiff University 2005 – 2008
MSc Social Science Research Methods, Cardiff University, 2004 – 2005
BSc Sociology (2:1), Cardiff University, 2000 – 2003
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Cymdeithas Gymdeithasegol Prydain (BSA)
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (2012- 2015)
Research Assistant (ESRC post-doctoral training fellowship in qualitative health research), DECIPHer, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol (2009 -2012)