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Dr Nina Jacob
(she/her)
Research Associate - Qualitative
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a qualitative researcher at Cardiff University's Centre for Trials Research. My background is in medical sociology and I have used and developed a wide range of qualitative methods to advance the science of improvement and implementation in health and social care.
My research comes together around distinct three themes.
- Combining insights from sociology and ethnography to study the implementation and use of technologies to support healthcare work and their effects on patient safety and quality of care
- Developing participatory community based approaches to studying the experiences of health and illness in minority ethnic communities in order to shape interventions to reduce inequalities in health
- Promoting diversity and inclusion in research and public involvement including innovation in more collaborative forms of patient and public involvement in which people are seen as partners in research and intervention development
Publication
2023
- Allen, D., Jacob, N., Strange, H., Jones, A., Burton, C. and Rafferty, A. M. 2023. “It's not just about the numbers”: Inside the black box of nurses' professional judgement in nurse staffing Systems in England and Wales: Insights from a qualitative cross-case comparative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies 147, article number: 104586. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104586)
- Jacob, N. et al. 2023. Co-production of guidance and resources to implement principled participant information leaflets (PrinciPILs) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]. NIHR Open Research 3 (10.3310/nihropenres.13423.1)
- Roland, D. et al. 2023. Paediatric early warning systems: not a simple answer to a complex question. Archives of Disease in Childhood 108(5), pp. 338-343. (10.1136/archdischild-2022-323951)
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)
- 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)
Articles
- Allen, D., Jacob, N., Strange, H., Jones, A., Burton, C. and Rafferty, A. M. 2023. “It's not just about the numbers”: Inside the black box of nurses' professional judgement in nurse staffing Systems in England and Wales: Insights from a qualitative cross-case comparative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies 147, article number: 104586. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104586)
- Jacob, N. et al. 2023. Co-production of guidance and resources to implement principled participant information leaflets (PrinciPILs) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]. NIHR Open Research 3 (10.3310/nihropenres.13423.1)
- Roland, D. et al. 2023. Paediatric early warning systems: not a simple answer to a complex question. Archives of Disease in Childhood 108(5), pp. 338-343. (10.1136/archdischild-2022-323951)
- 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)
- 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)
Conferences
- 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.
Monographs
- 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/
Thesis
- Jacob, N. 2008. Understanding suicide: Conversations with the bereaved. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
Current / recent projects
Principal investigator for Talking Trials: participatory approaches to creating community dialogue
Qualitative researcher for:
The RCN-funded ProJudge study (examining the use of professional judgement in nurse staffing decisions)
The NIHR-funded PUMA study (Paediatric early warning system - Utilisation and Mortality Avoidance): prospective mixed-methods before and after study of the development, implementation and evaluation of a programme to improve paediatric early warning systems:
DOMINO-HD (Multi-Domain Lifestyle Targets for Improving ProgNOsis in Huntington's Disease): This JPND funded consortium is investigating how lifestyle and genetic factors may be influencing the progression of Huntington's disease (HD). As part of this we are also looking at how digital technologies (such as activity trackers) can be used to support people with HD and HD research.
The MRC funded PrinciPILs study looking at developing and testing participant information leaflets that inform and do not cause harm.
TRAK-MSK: A randomised controlled feasibility study of TRAK musculoskeletal digital self-management physiotherapy intervention for individuals with musculoskeletal pain. CI - Dr Kate Button (Cardiff and Vale University Health Board/Cardiff University)
NIHR PHR funded study PHaCT; Preventing Homelessness, improving health for people leaving prison: a pilot randomised controlled trial of a Critical Time intervention
3P: Optimisation and feasibility of Triple P parenting programme for remote delivery study to assess the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial of remote Group Triple P, an intervention designed to help parents develop strategies to build relationships and confidently manage their children’s behaviour.
Research funding
'Talking Trials': participatory approaches to creating community dialogue (Principal investigator, £59,880 Rethinking public dialogue: a UKRI experimentation fund)
‘Self-harm and Suicide in Children and Young People Research Collaboration’, GW4 (£56,720.94), (Co-applicant)
ESRC Impact Acceleration Fund, ESRC 'Exploring the potential for technological support for self-harm' (£3k), (Principal investigator)
‘Self-harm and suicide in children and young people research collaboration’ for GW4 (£4k), (Co-applicant)
Cardiff incoming visiting award, for Cardiff University (£5k), (Principal investigator)
‘Understanding the role of social media in the aftermath of youth suicides’ for Department of Health (£188,147) (Co-applicant)
‘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), (Principal investigator)
‘Understanding suicide: conversations with the bereaved’ PhD for ESRC (£50k), (Principal investigator)
Biography
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
Professional memberships
The British Sociological Association (BSA)
Academic positions
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)