Oladayo Bifarin
Nursing and Allied Health
Oladayo is a Clinical academic- Registered Nurse (Mental Health), Quality Improvement Partner within Mersey Care NHS FT, Liverpool, and a Senior lecturer (Mental Health Nursing). He holds an interest in the process of professional socialisation in nursing and nurse education.
He is an applied health (Qualitative) researcher with keen interests in examining Mental Health Care pathways for adult and older adult population, with a specific focus on understanding the influence of culture on caregiving process and reducing health inequalities. He leads on pre-registration nursing modules such as Evidence Based Practice and contributes to teaching on ethics, clinical governance, and social gerontology.
At a doctoral level, he has expertise in qualitative research, with a specific focus on approaches underpinned by realist, contextualist and radical constructionist epistemological frameworks. He is a member of INTEDEM academy, a taskforce examining inequalities in Dementia Care across Europe and Global Mental Health Cultural Psychiatry (Multi-morbidity) group. At the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford, he bagged his doctorate study where he explored intersections between culture, sociodemographic change, and family caregiving, pertaining to care provision for older relatives living with long-term health conditions in mainland China.
Degrees
University of Bradford, United Kingdom, PhD
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom, Msc
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Bsc
Certifications
2020, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, Dementia Care Mapping for Realising Person Centred Care
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer (Mental Health Nursing), Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Journal article
Ogunwale A, Fadipe B, Bifarin O. 2023. Indigenous mental healthcare and human rights abuses in Nigeria: The role of cultural syntonicity and stigmatization Frontiers in Public Health, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Kamil-Thomas Z. 2023. Understanding the influence of culture on caregiving process for people affected by dementia: an urgent call to end exclusion in mental health service delivery in the United Kingdom International Psychogeriatrics, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Quinn C, Breen L, Yu L, Oyebode J. 2023. Exploration of meaning, motivation, and preparedness to care amongst the One‐Child Policy generation in China International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Quinn C, Breen L, Zhang B, Oyebode J. 2022. Intersections between the culture of Xiao (孝) and caring for older relatives in China: perspectives of United Kingdom-based Chinese students on future care for their parents Ageing and Society, :1-21 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Stonehouse D. 2022. Beneficence and non-maleficence: collaborative practice and harm mitigation British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 16 :70-74 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Stonehouse D. 2022. Justice: what is it and how can you ensure your patients receive it? British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 16 :12-16 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Stonehouse D. 2021. Autonomy and capacity: the ethical and legal considerations British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 15 :545-549 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Felton A, Prince Z. 2021. Defensive practices in mental health nursing: Professionalism and poignant tensions International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31 :743-751 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Quinn C, Breen L, Wu C, Ke M, Yu L, Oyebode J. 2021. Stressors and coping mechanisms of family care-givers of older relatives living with long-term conditions in mainland China: a scoping review of the evidence Ageing and Society, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bifarin O, Stonehouse D. 2017. Clinical supervision: an important part of every nurse's practice. British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 26 :331-335 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bifarin O, Stonehouse D. Moral distress: recognition and prevention for the support worker British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 10 :546-549 DOI Publisher Url
Bifarin O. Professional socialisation: The art in mental health nursing practice British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 5 :228-231 DOI Publisher Url
Bifarin OO. Reinforced therapeutic alliance: The way forward in nursing practice British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 6 :95-100 DOI Publisher Url
Bifarin OO, Jones S. Embedding recovery-based approaches into mental health nurse training British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 7 :234-240 DOI Publisher Url
Bifarin O, Oliver E, Oyebode J, Yu L. Supporting family caregivers to care for parents living with dementia: experience shared from United Kingdom on specialized dementia care. Chinese Nursing Management, 20 DOI
Design
Bifarin O. 2022. PhD (Findings) animation video- Supporting family caregivers of older relatives living with long term health conditions in mainland China Author Url
Poster
Bifarin O, Quinn C, Breen L, Yu L, Oyebode J. 2022. Filial discrepancy: an exploration of meaning, motivation, and preparedness to care amongst offspring affected by One-Child Policy (OCP) The 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International Public Url
Other
Bifarin O. 2019. Tripping into China – Visiting the School of Nursing, China Medical University, Shenyang Author Url
Bifarin O. Tripping into China: findings emerging on caring for older relatives Author Url
Research Grants Awarded:
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast, Researching patient safety in a healthcare system: a project to enhance understanding of patient safety processes across a complex system and to develop a mixed methods approach to empirically characterise the complex system., Dr Alexander Challinor (PI); Prof Rajan Nathan; Dr Kathryn Berzins; David Woods; Dr Pooja Saini; Professor Nusrat Husain; Dr Panchu Xavier; Dr Oladayo Bifarin; Dr Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Grant value (£): 14456. 2023
Liverpool John Moores Univeristy - Faculty Research Development fund, Equity in Mental Health care and support for Muslims from minoritised ethnic communities in Liverpool., Zalihe Kamil-Thomas, Grant value (£): 5000, Duration of research project: 3 months. 2023
Conference presentation:
Exploration of meaning, motivation, and preparedness to care amongst the one-child policy generation in China, British Society of Gerontology 52nd Annual Conference 2023, University of East Anglia (UEA), Oral presentation. 2023
Filial discrepancy: the exploration of meaning, motivation, and preparedness to care among the One-Chid Policy, 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International, London, Poster presentation. 2022
Stressors and coping strategy of community family carers of older relatives living with long - term health conditions in mainland China, British Society of Gerontology 2021, Lancaster University, Oral presentation. 2021
Sustaining Transitions into Ageing - Intersections between the Chinese culture and older people caregiving- Perspective of Generation Z & Millennials, British Society of Gerontology conference, 2020., University of West England (UWE), Symposium - cancelled due to COVID-19. Abstract in print. 2020
Supporting Carers in Chinese Workforce, University of Bradford School of Allied Health & Midwifery Virtual Conference-, University of Bradford, Poster presentation. 2020
External collaboration:
https://interdem.org/?page_id=7329, INTERDEM- Inequalities in Dementia Care Taskforce, Dr Clarissa Giebel (University of Liverpool & NIHR ARC NWC, UK). 2022
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/nusrat.husain.html, The University of Manchester and Mersey Care NHS FT, Professor Nusrat Husain. 2022
https://www.bradford.ac.uk/postgraduate/profiles/oladayo-bifarin/, China Medical University, Shenyang, Professor Liu Yu. 2019
Membership of professional bodies:
Registered Nurse (Mental Health), Nursing and Midwifery Council.