Responsibilities
Skar is responsible for the research activities in the cluster. She conducts her own research within the subject areas of implementation research and mental health. She is currently leading an implementation study in Uganda related to intersectoral mental health promotion. Skar supervises students at master's, specialist and Ph.D. level. She is chair of Global Health Norway and board member of Network for Implementation Research (NIMP), the Norwegian Research School for Global Health, and the International Child Development Program (ICDP), among others. Skar has previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo with part-time position at the University of Bergen, and as a researcher/research leader at the Norwegian Center on Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS), where she now holds a part-time position.
Background
Ph.D. in psychology (2009-2015) from the department of psychology, University of Oslo, Globalization and Development (2006-2007) fro University College Innlandet, Master of Philosophy in Psychology (2005-2006), Bachelor of Arts (2004-2005), both from the department of Psychology, University of Oslo.
Projects and publications
- Samira Aminihajibashi, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Jensen, (2022). Professional wellbeing and turnover intention among child therapists: a comparison between therapists trained and untrained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08670-3
- Idunn Brekke, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Eia Elena Skjønsberg, Tonje Holt, Maren Sand Helland, Leif Edvard Aarø, Espen Røysamb, Gun-Mette Brandsnes Røsand, Leila Torgersen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Heidi Aase, (2022). Effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Child & Family Social Work s. 1-15. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12973
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Nora Braathu, Tine Jensen, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, (2022). Predictors of nonresponse and drop-out among children and adolescents receiving TF-CBT: investigation of client-, therapist-, and implementation factors. BMC Health Services Research s. 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08497-y
- Emil Graff Ramsli, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Vilde Skylstad, Disa Sjöblom, Zenona Gread, Wayomi Chiong, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, (2022). Child and Caregiver Reporting on Child Maltreatment and Mental Health in the Philippines Before and After an International Child Development Program (ICDP) Parenting Intervention. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma doi: 10.1007/s40653-022-00483-0
- Tine Jensen, Nora Braathu, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). Complex PTSD and treatment outcomes in TF-CBT for youth: A naturalistic study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology s. 1-11. doi: 10.1080/20008066.2022.2114630
- Vilde Skylstad, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, S.J. Nalugya, C. Opesen, Grace Ndeezi, E.S. Okello, Karen Marie Ingeborg Moland, James K Tumwine, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). ‘There is nowhere to take the child’: a qualitative study of community members’ views on managing early childhood substance use in Mbale, Uganda. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13548-4
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Mark Shevlin, Maria Louison Vang, (2022). Does Personal Therapy and Supervision Protect Against Burnout and Secondary Traumatization? A Cross-Sectional Study Among Danish Child Protection Workers. Traumatology doi: 10.1037/trm0000372
- Randi Hovden Borge, Karina M. Egeland, Gregory A. Aarons, Mark G. Ehrhart, Marisa Sklar, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). “Change Doesn’t Happen by Itself”: A Thematic Analysis of First-Level Leaders’ Experiences Participating in the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) Strategy. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01199-x
- Vilde Skylstad, Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye, Juliet Kiguli, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Melf-Jakob Kühl, Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, (2022). Are we overlooking alcohol use by younger children?. BMJ Paediatrics Open doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001242
- Vilde Skylstad, J S Nalugya, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, C Opesen, G Ndeezi, E S Okello, Karen Marie Ingeborg Moland, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, JK Tumwine, (2022). ‘As soon as they can hold a glass, they begin taking alcohol’: a qualitative study on early childhood substance use in Mbale District, Uganda. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13140-w
- Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Jensen, (2022). Understanding the relationships between trauma type and individual posttraumatic stress symptoms: A cross-sectional study of a clinical sample of children and adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13602
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Nora Braathu, Nadina Peters, Harald Bækkelund, Mathilde Endsjø, Aida Babaii, Randi Hovden Borge, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Mark G Ehrhart, Marisa Sklar, C. Hendricks Brown, Gregory A. Aarons, Karina M. Egeland, (2022). A stepped-wedge randomized trial investigating the effect of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention on implementation and transformational leadership, and implementation climate. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07539-9
- Nora Braathu, Erlend Høen Laukvik, Karina M. Egeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). Validation of the Norwegian versions of the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) in a mental health care setting. BMC Psychology doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00725-8
- Nadina Peters, Randi Hovden Borge, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Karina M. Egeland, (2022). Measuring implementation climate: Psychometric properties of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) in Norwegian mental health care services. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07441-w
- Randi Hovden Borge, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Mathilde Endsjø, Karina M. Egeland, (2021). Good soldiers in implementation: validation of the Implementation Citizenship Behavior Scale and its relation to implementation leadership and intentions to use evidence-based practices. Implementation Science Communications doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00240-8
- Vilde Skylstad, Harriet Aber, Victoria Bakken, Jutta Dierkes, Silje Martine Akselberg, Esther Kisaakye, Melf-Jakob Kühl, Joyce Nalugya, Divya Rayamajhi, Deogratious Sebuwufu, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Norbert Skokauskas, Neda Valeckaite, Henry Wamani, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye, (2021). Child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda: Screening, diagnostics, risk factors and management of children drinking alcohol in Uganda (TREAT C-AUD): A mixed-methods research protocol. BMJ Paediatrics Open s. 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001214
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, Anna Naterstad Harpviken, (2021). Who Reports What? A Comparison of Child and Caregivers´ Reports of Child Trauma Exposure and Associations to Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Functional Impairment in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinics. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00788-y
- Elin Sofia Andersson, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2021). Unaccompanied refugee minors and resettlement: Turning points towards integration. European Journal of Social Psychology s. 1-30. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2761
- Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Jutta Dierkes, Melf-Jakob Kühl, Vilde Skylstad, Kristine Teigland, Neda Valeckaite, Norbert Skokauskas, Victoria Bakken, Silje Iversen, Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye, Henry Wamani, Deogratious Sebuwufu, Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya, Harriet Aber, (2020). Are pre-adolescent children drinking alcohol? Studies on child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda. World Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- N. A. Stadnick, G. A. Aarons, L. Blake, L. I. Brookman-Frazee, P. Dourgnon, Thomas Engell, F. Jusot, A. S. Lau, C. Prieur, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, M. L. Barnett, (2020). Leveraging implementation science to reduce inequities in children’s mental health care: Highlights from a multidisciplinary international colloquium. BMC Proceedings doi: 10.1186/s12919-020-00184-2
- Karina M. Egeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Mathilde Endsjø, Erlend Høen Laukvik, Harald Bækkelund, Aida Babaii, Lene Granly, Gry Kristina Husebø, Randi Hovden Borge, Mark G. Ehrhart, Marisa Sklar, C. Hendricks Brown, Gregory A. Aarons, (2019). Testing the leadership and organizational change for implementaion (LOCI) intervention in Norwegian mental health clinics: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized design study protocol.. Implementation Science doi: 10.1186/s13012-019-0873-7
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2019). Reported Levels of Upset in Youth After Routine Trauma Screening at Mental Health Clinics. JAMA Network Open doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.4003
- Tine Kristin Jensen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Elin Sofia Andersson, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, (2019). Long-term mental health in unaccompanied refugee minors: Pre- and post-flight predictors. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01340-6
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Rodrigo Marreas De Abreu, Marsha J. Vaughn, (2019). Strengthening a Whole Child Approach within Residential Care Settings Through Psychosocial Support and Nutritional Guidance. Child Care in Practice s. 230-247. doi: 10.1080/13575279.2017.1371670
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Lorraine Sherr, Ana Macedo, Stephen von Tetzchner, Knut Inge Fostervold, (2017). Evaluation of parenting interventions to prevent violence against children in Colombia - a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Interpersonal Violence s. 1098-1126. doi: 10.1177/0886260517736881
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Grete Flakk, Stephen von Tetzchner, (2017). ICDP - International Child Development Programme. s. 148-168. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2013.793597
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Stephen von Tetzchner, Claudine Clucas, Lorraine Sherr, (2014). The impact of a parenting guidance programme for mothers with an ethnic minority background. Nordic Journal of Migration Research s. 108-117. doi: 10.2478/njmr-2014-0020
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Stephen von Tetzchner, Claudine Clucas, Lorraine Sherr, (2014). The long-term effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) implemented as a community-wide parenting programme. European Journal of Developmental Psychology s. 54-68. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2014.950219
- Claudine Clucas, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Lorraine Sherr, Stephen von Tetzchner, (2014). Mothers and Fathers Attending the International Child Development Programme in Norway. The Family Journal s. 409-418. doi: 10.1177/1066480714533640
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Stephen von Tetzchner, Claudine Clucas, Lorraine Sherr, (2014). Paradoxical Correlates of a Facilitative Parenting Programme in Prison – Counterproductive Intervention or First Signs of Responsible Parenthood?. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention s. 35-54. doi: 10.1080/14043858.2014.898981
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Lorraine Sherr, Claudine Clucas, Stephen von Tetzchner, (2014). Evaluation of Follow-Up Effects of the International Child Development Programme on Caregivers in Mozambique. Infants and young children s. 120-135. doi: 10.1097/IYC.0000000000000006
- Lorraine Sherr, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Claudine Clucas, Stephen von Tetzchner, Karsten Hundeide, (2014). Evaluation of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) as a community-wide parenting programme. European Journal of Developmental Psychology s. 1-17. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2013.793597
- Tim Brennen, M Hasanovic, M Zotovic, Ines Blix, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, NK Prelic, I Mehmedovic, I Pajevic, N Popovic, V Gavrilov-Jerkovic, (2010). Trauma Exposure in Childhood Impairs the Ability to Recall Specific Autobiographical Memories in Late Adolescence. Journal of Traumatic Stress s. 240-247. doi: 10.1002/jts.20513
- Karina M. Egeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Aida Babaii, Randi Hovden Borge, Nora Braathu, Harald Bækkelund, Mathilde Endsjø, Lene Granly, Kirsti Sunde Hansen, Gry Kristina Husebø, Nadina Peters, (2022). Implementering av traumebehandling i spesialisthelsetjenesten: En nasjonal implementering av behandling av posttraumatisk stresslidelse (PTSD) for barn og voksne
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Lorraine Sherr, Brigitte Ramirez Ramirez, Nicoletta Armstrong, Camilla Blestad, Fostervold Knut Inge, Elizabeth Bustani Guerra, Stephen von Tetzchner, (2015). The effects of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) on experiences of child violence in Colombia. A randomized controlled trail
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Silje Bjørnstad, Davidsen Hannah, (2014). ICPD-foreldreveiledning i Oslo Voksenopplæring som en del av Introduksjonsprogrammet for innvandrere og flyktninger
- Lorraine Sherr, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Claudine Clucas, Stephen von Tetzchner, Karsten Hundeide, (2011). Evaluation of the Parental guidance programme based on the International Child Development Programme. Report to the Ministry of Children, Equality, and Social Inclusion
- Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Jensen, (2022). Å bli alvorlig mobbet på skolen kan skade like mye som vold i hjemmet. Forskersonen.no
- Karina M. Egeland, Randi Hovden Borge, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI): Past, present, and future.
- E. Crable, R. Brownson, S. Walker, S. Rajabiun, E. E. Ezeanolue, B. Williams, J. Purtle, B. McGinty, G. A. Aarons, G. Cruden, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). An Introduction to Policy-Focused Dissemination and Implementation Science.
- Ragnhild Dybdahl, Lars Lien, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2022). Matsikkerhet og psykisk helse henger sammen. Bistandsaktuelt
- Vilde Skylstad, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Joyce Nalugya, Chris Opesen, Grace Ndeezi, Karen Marie Ingeborg Moland, James K Tumwine, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2021). “There is nowhere to take the child”- Managingchildhood substance use in Mbale District, Uganda: Aqualitative study.
- Nora Braathu, Randi Hovden Borge, Nadina Peters, Mathilde Endsjø, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Erlend Høen Laukvik, Karina M. Egeland, (2021). Validation of Six Instruments Used in Evidence-Based Practice Implementation.
- Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Camilla Blestad, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Siri Thoresen, Tine Jensen, (2021). Brukermedvirkning i utvikling av app til bruk i behandling av PTSD.
- Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Camilla Blestad, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Siri Thoresen, Tine Jensen, (2021). Min hverdag: Utvikling og pilottesting av en app til bruk i behandling av posttraumatisk stresslidelse (PTSD) i BUP.
- Joyce Nalugya, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Grace Ndeezi, Noeline Nakasuja, Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Victoria Bakken, James K Tumwine, Norbert Skokauskas, (2021). Title: Validation of the CRAFFT substance use screening tool for children aged 6 to 13 years in Uganda.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Karina Egeland, Gregory A. Aarons, Mark G Ehrhart, Marisa Sklar, (2021). Implementation leadership across borders: The adaptation of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) model to a Norwegian mental health care setting. .
- Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2021). Do different traumatic events invoke different kinds of post-traumatic stress symptoms?.
- Tine K. Jensen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Elin Sofia Andersson, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, (2020). Correction to: Long-term mental health in unaccompanied refugee minors: pre- and post-flight predictors (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, (2019), 28, 12, (1671-1682), 10.1007/s00787-019-01340-6). European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01369-7
- Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Jutta Dierkes, Melf-Jakob Kühl, Vilde Skylstad, Kristine Keigland, Valeckaite Neda, Norbert Skokauskas, Victoria Bakken, Bakken Iversen, (2020). Are pre-adolescent children drinking alcohol? Studies on child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda. World Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Elin Sofia Andersson, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Jensen, (2020). Mot et bedre liv: vendepunkter blant enslige mindreårige asylsøkere under 16 år.. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2020-04-10
- Elin Sofia Andersson, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2020). Barn på flukt alene – Hvordan går det med dem og hva trenger de av oss?.
- Elin Sofia Andersson, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2020). Mot et bedre liv: Vendepunkter blant enslige mindreårige asylsøkere under 16 år.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2020). Research Group. The youngest children in crises. Impact and potential.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine K. Jensen, (2020). Latest Research in Service Provision for Traumatized Youth. The importance of leaders to support service provision..
- Vilde Skylstad, Joyce Nalugya, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Chris Opesen, Grace Ndeezi, ES Okello, Karen Marie Moland, Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen, James K Tumwine, (2020). Early Childhood Alcohol Use in Mbale District, Uganda: A Qualitative Study.
- Randi Hovden Borge, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine K. Jensen, (2020). Målet er systematisk traumekartlegging. Er holdninger til evidensbasert praksis en del av løsningen? [The goal is systematic trauma screening. Are attitudes to evidence-based practices part of the solution?]. .
- Anna Naterstad Harpviken, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2020). Bakgrunn, traume, symptomer eller omstendigheter? En undersøkelse av årsaker til avbrutt traumefokusert kognitiv atferdsterapi i BUP.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2020). The importance of leaders to support service provision .
- Erlend Høen Laukvik, Karina M. Egeland, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2019). Translation and Adaptation of LOCI for Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD in Norwegian Child and Adult Mental Health Care Services .
- Randi Hovden Borge, Camilla Blestad, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Cecilie Ursin Skagemo, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2019). Treating Young Victims of Domestic Violence: The Usefulness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy .
- Randi Hovden Borge, Anna Naterstad Harpviken, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2019). In the Eyes of the Beholder: Therapist and Leader Perceptions of Leadership and Associations with Professional Quality of Life and Turnover Intentions.
- Anna Naterstad Harpviken, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2019). Who reports what? A comparison of child and caregiver's reports of child trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
- Elin Sofia Andersson, Tine Kristin Jensen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2019). Unaccompanied minor refugees and resettlement: Turning points, Meaning making, and Pathways.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2019). Implementing trauma focused treatments with fidelity into child and adolescent mental health clinics. Anchoring new approaches in the organization to ensure reach over time.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2019). Does routine screening for trauma matter? A quasi-experiment of differences in diagnoses after implementation of trauma screening procedures in Norway.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2018). Veien videre: Hvordan utvikle og vedlikeholde kompetansen etter prosjektslutt?.
- Tine Kristin Jensen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, (2018). Implementing TF-CBT in Norwegian Child Mental Health Clinics: Youth’s reports of distress following routine trauma screening .
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Tine Kristin Jensen, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, (2017). Is trauma screening upsetting for youth?.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Silje Mørup Ormhaug, Lene Granly, Tine Kristin Jensen, (2016). Transferring Knowledge to Practice: Implementing TF-CBT in Norwegian Child Mental Health Clinics.
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Stephen von Tetzchner, (2015). Parenting support as community-oriented early intervention. Journal “Early Intervention: Theory and Practice
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2015). Innsatte i norske fengsler og deres barn. PT (Psykologisk Tidsskrift)
- Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2012). Evaluering av ICDP.
- Ines Blix, Tim Brennen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Mevludin Hasanovic, Nera Kravic, Indira Memehdovic, Izet Pajevic, (2007). The specificity of autobiographical memory in adolescents exposed to war in childhood.