Key details

Dr Susan Button
Senior Lecturer
Dr Susan Button is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.
Susan is a registered nurse with a post-registration qualification in cardiothoracic nursing and holds a first class honours degree in Psychology, an MSc and PhD in Health Psychology and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
She has worked on a number of Research Council grants, including an ESRC grant for a study of adherence to anti-hypertensive medication, a RfPB grant evaluating a concordance intervention for patients with uncontrolled diabetes and an RfPB grant evaluating the use of expressive writing to protect women's health after birth.
Susan joined the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé in 2015 collaborating on research both within the university and staff from external organisations. Susan has published a variety of articles relating to physical and mental health, and has reviewed articles submitted to a number of journals, including the British Journal of Health Psychology and BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Susan is the Course Leader for post-registration/undergraduate research project courses in Professional Practice in Health & Social Care, and Sexual Health (OMED 0052 and OMED 1219). She is also course lecturer for students following a programme leading to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and liaises with a number of placement areas to enhance the student experience in practice.
Her main areas of teaching and research include: research methods, cardiovascular care, patient empowerment and concordance, psychological factors affecting health, maternal and child mental health and help-seeking behavior.
Posts held previously:
- Research Fellow, Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, City University, London
- Senior Research Nurse, NIHR Comprehensive Local Research Network
- Researcher/Sessional Teaching, University of Kent
- Nurse/Cardiothoracic Surgery: Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth NHS Foundation Trust and Middlesex Hospital, London
Responsibilities within the university
- Senior lecturer, Department of Adult Nursing & Paramedic Science
- Course leader on research projects, post-registration Level 6/undergraduate
- Course lecturer for pre-registration programme with NMC and HCPC
- Leads on Student Experience
Recognition
- Peer Reviewer for BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Departmental Representative: Faculty Research Seminars Committee
Research / Scholarly interests
Susan's research interests include maternal and child mental and physical health; help-seeking behavior; psychological factors affecting health; and patient empowerment and concordance.
Key funded projects
2014: City University London RSF Spend Down Application: Systematic Review of Factors affecting help-seeking behaviour in women experiencing psychological distress during the perinatal period
Recent publications
Article
Ayers, Susan , Crawley, Rosalind, Webb, Rebecca, Button, Susan , Thornton, Alexandra , HABiT collaborative group (2019), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Birth, 46 (4) . pp. 678-685 ISSN: 0730-7659 (Print), 1523-536X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12455).
Button, Susan , City, University of London, University of Sunderland, Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé (2018), . Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41 (5) . pp. 614-626 ISSN: 0950-0693 (Print), 1464-5289 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-9970-3).
Osborn, Kirsty , Davis, Josh, Button, Susan, Foster, John (2018), . SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (5-6) . pp. NP2675-NP2696 ISSN: 0886-2605 (Print), 1552-6518 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518768566).
Crawley, Rosland , Ayers, Susan, Button, Susan, Thornton, Alexandra , Field, Andy P. , Lee, Suzanne , Eagle, Andrew , Bradley, Robert , Moore, Donna , Gyte, Gill (2018), . BMC. In: , , , . BMC, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18: 75 ISSN: 1471-2393 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1703-7).
Button, Susan , Thornton, Alexandra, Lee, Suzanne, Shakespeare, Judy , Ayers, Susan (2017), . Royal College of General Practitioners. In: , , , . Royal College of General Practitioners, British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 67 (663) . pp. e692-e699 ISSN: 0960-1643 (Print), 1478-5242 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X692549).
Wilkie, Stephanie , Crawley, Rosalind, Button, Susan, Thornton, Alexandra , Ayers, Susan (2017), . Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 39 (1) . pp. 56-63 ISSN: 0167-482X (Print), 1743-8942 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2017.1289167).