Janet Diffin
Research Associate
Nursing, Midwifery, & Social Work
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Biography
I previously studied at Queen's University Belfast where I completed a BSc Psychology degree in 2012 and my PhD with the School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2012. My thesis was entitled 'The emotional and social burdens of caring for a young child with complex health needs'. This was a mixed methods project which focused on the experiences of parents of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit for surgical correction of a congenital condition. This inlcuded examing the distress they experienced and an exploration of their support needs and coping mechanisms. After working as a research assistant within the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology at the University of Manchester for one year, I moved on to a research associate position within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work where I worked on a Dimbleby Cancer Care funded national project. This mixed methods project identified factors associated with the successful implementation of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool intervention across a variety of palliative/ end-of-life care settings.
Research Interest
Nursing, Midwifery, & Social Work
Publications
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Diffin, J., Spence, K., Naranian, T., Barawi, N., & Johnson, L. (2016). Stress and distress in parents of neonates admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for cardiac surgery. Early Human Development, 103.
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Cook, M., Diffin, J., . Scirè, C. A., Lunt, M., MacGregor, A. J., Symmons, D., & Verstappen, S. (2016). Predictors and outcomes of sustained, intermittent or never achieving remission in patients with recent onset inflammatory polyarthritis: results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register. Rheumatology, 55(9), 1601-1619.
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Diffin, J., Spence, M., Spencer, R., Mellor, P., & Grande, G. (2017). Involving healthcare professionals and family carers in setting research priorities for end-of-life care. International journal of palliative nursing, 23(2).
