Jessica Jackson

Contact

• workQueen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• Jessica.Jackson1@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Jessica is an Associate Professor for the Centre for Children and Young People's Health Research (CYPHR).

She is a registered Nurse Prescriber, Specialist Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) and Mental Health Nurse. She has over 18 years of experience working within a variety of acute and community settings for the public, private and voluntary sector, caring for vulnerable children and families.

Her research adopts innovative and mixed methodologies to foster community collaboration and address systemic predictors of inequalities in health. Some of her previous research includes exploring the complexities around key public health priorities such as infant feeding, childhood obesity, and children's mental health.

Expertise Summary

Jessica has teaches nurses at Undergraduate, Post-graduate, and Doctorate levels in the School of Health Sciences. As a mental health nurse, she has worked in child and adolescent inpatient and community services (CAMHS), as well as addiction, domestic abuse, youth offending, and probationary services. As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor), she has delivered the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme and implemented several health promotion interventions for vulnerable families.

Jessica has previous experience working as an Academic Research Nurse where she was successfully awarded funding to deliver multiple mixed-method service evaluations for the NHS, local authorities, and the Office of Health Disparities and Improvements.

Research Summary

Jessica's research focus is Family, Infant, Children and Young People's Health.

INFANT FEEDING Jessica's specialist body of work explores the biopsychosocial complexities of breastfeeding. This includes understanding global predictors of breastfeeding to the WHO recommendations, examining partners' experiences of continued breastfeeding, understanding the stigma of tandem breastfeeding and understanding attitudes towards breastfeeding in UK higher institutional settings. She has also worked with the LGBTQIA+ community to explore the healthcare experiences of infant feeding for trans and non-binary parents. Her work has been used by the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers to inform guidance for GPs, Paediatricians and Lactation Consultants. Jessica continues to build on this area of work through engagement with local services and infant feeding initiatives.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES Jessica has been commissioned to conduct several studies for the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, such as an evaluation of Child & Family Public Health Services, developing guidance for commissioners of physical activity interventions to address inequalities, and leading on the implementation of a cluster randomised controlled trial which used a behavioural insight intervention to encourage healthy packed lunches in Derby City Schools. Derbyshire County Council also commissioned Jessica to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on inequalities in local Public Health Services. Jessica has also conducted studies which explore parent choices for children's school pack lunches, and evaluate an intervention where families created online Vlogs and used peer influence techniques to encourage healthy eating. Jessica continues to engage with local Public Health Commissioners to explore innovative ways to improve children and young people's public health.

MENTAL HEALTH Jessica is currently working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to develop innovative digital inventions to improve assessments of social anxiety. She has also recently contributed to a book chapter exploring self-compassion and mental well-being among youth in Mindfulness for Child and Adolescent Well-Being: International Perspectives. She has contributed to the construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS), examined Urban Forest Bathing to improve adolescent nature connection and well-being, and explored online representations of anxiety among adolescent users on Reddit

Jessica is currently working with a team of academics which explores climate change well-being and understanding how children are coping with climate change anxiety. She has recently explored parent relationships between talking to children about climate change, family eco-behaviours and climate change anxiety.

NURSING PRACTICE AND EDUCATION Jessica received funding to work with Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust to understand how nurse researchers can use social media to increase engagement in Clinical Research Trials. She has also worked with the Open University examining public decision-making on the acceptability of nurses' online behaviours and e-professionalism and patient-targeted googling. She has also conducted a variety of primary studies examining the management of clinical pathways and advanced nursing care practice.

RESEARCH NETWORKS Jessica is also engaged with global research networks such as the Research Ensemble for Advancement in Cross-cultural Healthcare (Global-REACH) and the East Midlands Interdisciplinary Partnership on Health Inequalities and Race (IPHIR).

Recent Publications

• CREER, SARAH, KUFORIJI, OLUWATOYOSI, TURVEY, ANDREW and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2024. How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect wellbeing of staff working in child and family teams?: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 12(3), 108-114
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, EDWARDS, ANN-MARIE, WILKES, JULIET, TAYLOR, ELAINA, COLMAN, RORY, JACKSON, JESSICA, ALEDEH, MUHAMMAD, BARNES, KRISTIAN and RUSHFORTH, ANNABEL, 2024. Self-compassion and mental well-being among youth. In: Mindfulness for Child and Adolescent Well-Being Routledge. 143-165
• SHIELLS, KATE, WILLIAMS, SOPHIE, HALLAM, JENNY and JACKSON, JESSICA, 2024. ‘You have to be guided by yourself, your feelings and your child’: Women's experiences of weaning after breastfeeding beyond infancy: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 12(1), 30-37
• ALLEN, STEPHANIE, WILLIAMS, SOPHIE, HALLAM, JENNY and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2023. Breastfeeding Experiences of Women Who have Survived Intimate Partner Violence: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 11(5), 204-214

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• CREER, SARAH, KUFORIJI, OLUWATOYOSI, TURVEY, ANDREW and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2024. How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect wellbeing of staff working in child and family teams?: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 12(3), 108-114
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, EDWARDS, ANN-MARIE, WILKES, JULIET, TAYLOR, ELAINA, COLMAN, RORY, JACKSON, JESSICA, ALEDEH, MUHAMMAD, BARNES, KRISTIAN and RUSHFORTH, ANNABEL, 2024. Self-compassion and mental well-being among youth. In: Mindfulness for Child and Adolescent Well-Being Routledge. 143-165
• SHIELLS, KATE, WILLIAMS, SOPHIE, HALLAM, JENNY and JACKSON, JESSICA, 2024. ‘You have to be guided by yourself, your feelings and your child’: Women's experiences of weaning after breastfeeding beyond infancy: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 12(1), 30-37
• ALLEN, STEPHANIE, WILLIAMS, SOPHIE, HALLAM, JENNY and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2023. Breastfeeding Experiences of Women Who have Survived Intimate Partner Violence: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 11(5), 204-214
• ALLEN, STEPHANIE, WILLIAMS, SOPHIE, HALLAM, JENNY and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2023. Breastfeeding Experiences of Women Who have Survived Intimate Partner Violence: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 11(5), 204-214
• BERTENSHAW, CATHERINE, JACKSON, JESSICA EVE and PEMBERTON, DENISE, 2023. The management of ankyloglossia and implications for breastfeeding: A review of the literature: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 11(8), 334-345
• CAREW TOFANI, AIESHA, TAYLOR, ELAINA, PRITCHARD, INGRID, JACKSON, JESSICA, XU, ALISON and KOTERA, YASUHIRO, 2023. Ethnic minorities’ experiences of cardiac rehabilitation: a scoping review
• COLMAN, RORY, KIRKMAN, ANN, JACKSON, JESSICA, GOLDBURN, L, OZAKI, AKIHIKO and KOTERA, YASUHIRO, 2023. Breast cancer understanding among university students: A rapid review of cross-country comparisons: Archives of Breast Cancer Archives of Breast Cancer. 10(2), 1-11
• JACKSON, J, RAWSON, REBECCA, COLMAN, RORY, BROOKS-UCHEAGA, MICHELLE and KOTERA, YASUHIRO, 2023. Understanding how children are coping with climate change anxiety by exploring coping strategies and supportive interventions: International Journal of Population Studies International Journal of Population Studies. 2
• JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, HALLAM, JENNY, GRIFFITHS, ANNABELLE, LEVERTON, JAYNE and SAFARI, REZA, 2023. Understanding the attitudes towards breastfeeding amongst staff and students in a UK higher institutional setting–a mixed-method cross-sectional study: International Journal of Health Promotion and Education International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. 1-12
• JACKSON, JESSICA EVE and JACKSON, SOPHIE, 2023. Healthy eating: Evaluating the peer influence of vlogs produced by 6–16-year-olds and their families: British Journal of Child Health British Journal of Child Health. 4(1), 29-34
• JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, WILD, RAY, HALLAM, JENNY, GRAVES, RUDY, WOODSTEIN, BJ and STOTHARD, PENNY, 2023. Exploring the healthcare experiences and support needs of chestfeeding or breastfeeding for trans and non-binary parents based in the United Kingdom: International Journal of Transgender Health International Journal of Transgender Health. 1-13
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, ADAM, HABIB, KIRKMAN, ANN, ALEDEH, MUHAMMAD, BROOKS-UCHEAGA, MICHELLE, TODOWEDE, OLAMIDE, RENNICK-EGGLESTONE, STEFAN and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2023. Positive Mental Health of Migrants in the UK during COVID-19: A Review: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(22), 7046
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, JACKSON, JESSICA, ALEDEH, MUHAMMAD, EDWARDS, A, VEASEY, CHRISTIAN, BARNES, KRISTIAN, KOMOROWSKA, MAGDALENA A, ADAM, HABIB and KIRKMAN, ANN, 2023. Cross-cultural perspectives on mental health shame among male workers: Journal of Men's Health Journal of Men's Health. 19(3), 65-71
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, JACKSON, JESSICA E, KIRKMAN, ANN, EDWARDS, ANN-MARIE, COLMAN, RORY, UNDERHILL, ANN, JACKSON, JESSICA G, BAKER, DENISE and OZAKI, AKIHIKO, 2023. Comparing the mental health of healthcare students: mental health shame and self-compassion in counselling, occupational therapy, nursing and social work students: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 1-18
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, TAYLOR, ELAINA, WILKES, JULIET, VEASEY, CHRISTIAN, MAYBURY, SARAH, JACKSON, JESSICA, LIEU, JENAI and ASANO, KENICHI, 2023. Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS): Mental Health, Religion & Culture Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 1-10
• ROBINSON, STEPHANIE, WILLIAMS, SOPHIE, HALLAM, JENNY and JACKSON, JESSICA EVE, 2023. Exploring the lived experiences of mothers of extremely preterm infants in the UK: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 11(2), 72-81
• SAFARI, REZA, JACKSON, JESSICA and BOOLE, LOUISE, 2023. Comprehensive geriatric assessment delivered by advanced nursing practitioners within primary care setting: a mixed-methods pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial: BMC geriatrics BMC geriatrics. 23(1), 513
• KOTERA, Y., TAYLOR, E., WILKES, J., VEASEY, C., MAYBURY, S., JACKSON, J., LIEU, J. and ASANO, K., 2022. Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS): Mental Health, Religion & Culture Mental Health, Religion & Culture.
• JACKSON, JESSICA, RHODES, CHRISTINE and KOTERA, YASUHIRO, 2022. Parents’ attitudes towards conversations with their young children about sex: A cross-sectional study: British Journal of Child Health British Journal of Child Health. 3(4), 183-190
• JACKSON, JESSICA and HALLAM, JENNY, 2022. An exploration of partners' experiences of breastfeeding beyond 1 year: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 10(4), 161-170
• JACKSON, JESSICA, RHODES, CHRISTINE and KOTERA, YASUHIRO, 2022. Parents’ attitudes towards conversations with their young children about sex: A cross-sectional study: British Journal of Child Health British Journal of Child Health. 3(4), 183-190
• JACKSON, JESSICA, SAFARI, R and HALLAM, J, 2022. A narrative synthesis using the ecological systems theory for understanding a woman’s ability to continue breastfeeding: International Journal of Health Promotion and Education International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. 1-18
• KALUŽEVIČIŪTĖ, GRETA, JACKSON, JESSICA and MORETON, JOSHUA PAUL IRVIN, 2022. Online representations of anxiety amongst adolescent users on Reddit: a qualitative Internet-mediated study protocol: Journal of concurrent disorders Journal of concurrent disorders. 1-11
• KOTERA, YASUHIRO, LIEU, JENAI, KIRKMAN, ANN, BARNES, KRISTIAN, LIU, GILLIAN HT, JACKSON, JESSICA, WILKES, JULIET and RISWANI, RISWANI, 2022. Mental wellbeing of Indonesian students: Mean comparison with UK students and relationships with self-compassion and academic engagement
• MCEWAN, KIRSTEN, COLLETT, HARRIET, NAIRN, JEAN, BIRD, JAMIE, FAGHY, MARK A, PFEIFER, ERIC, JACKSON, JESSICA E, COOK, CAROLINE and BOND, AMANDA, 2022. The feasibility and impact of practising online forest bathing to improve anxiety, rumination, social connection and long-COVID symptoms: a Pilot study: International journal of environmental research and public health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(22), 14905
• MCEWAN, KIRSTEN, POTTER, VANESSA, KOTERA, YASUHIRO, JACKSON, JESSICA EVE and GREAVES, SARAH, 2022. ‘This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!’: Urban Forest Bathing Improved Adolescent Nature Connection and Wellbeing: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23), 15594
• BUNTEN, AMANDA, PORTER, LUCY, BURGESS-ALLEN, JILLA, HOWELL-JONES, REBECCA, JACKSON, JESSICA, WARD, DEREK, STAPLES, VICKI, STAPLES, PAUL, ROWTHORN, HARRIET and SAEI, AYOUB, 2021. Using behavioural insights to reduce sugar in primary school children's packed lunches in derby; A cluster randomised controlled trial: Appetite Appetite. 157, 104987
• JACKSON, JESSICA EVE and HALLAM, JENNY, 2021. Against all odds—Why UK mothers’ breastfeeding beyond infancy are turning to their international peers for emotional and informative support: Health care for women international Health care for women international. 42(4-6), 739-755
• JACKSON, JESSICA EVE and HALLAM, JENNY LOUISE, 2021. ‘It’s quite a taboo subject’: an investigation of mother’s experiences of breastfeeding beyond infancy and the challenges they face: Women & Health Women & Health. 61(6), 572-580
• JACKSON, JESSICA EVE and HALLAM, JENNY, 2019. ‘I felt like I was doing something wrong’: A qualitative exploration of mothers' experiences of breastfeeding: Journal of Health Visiting Journal of Health Visiting. 7(4), 166-172