Background
Medical anthropology, public health, international community health, health communication
Projects and publications
Projects
- Correlations between different parenting practices and well-being in children: a systematic mapping review’
- Health personnel's communication of children’s weight status: What is effective and what are the childrens and parents’ experiences and preferences? A mixed methods systematic review
- Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) for opioid dependence. Effects and experiences.
Scientific articles and book chapters
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Claire Glenton, Simon Arnold Lewin, Tigest Tamrat, Eliud Akama, Natalie Leon, (2019). Clients' perceptions and experiences of targeted digital communication accessible via mobile devices for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews s. 1-115. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013447
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Claire Glenton, Simon Arnold Lewin, (2019). Purposive sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: a worked example from a synthesis on parental perceptions of vaccination communication. BMC Medical Research Methodology doi: 10.1186/s12874-019-0665-4
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Meike Zuske, Jonathan D King, Peter Steinmann, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, (2018). Community and Drug Distributor Perceptions and Experiences of Mass Drug Administration for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis: A Rapid Review of Qualitative Research. Advances in Parasitology doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2018.09.003
- Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Simon Arnold Lewin, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Claire Glenton, Julie Cliff, Afiong Oku, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Angela Oyo-Ita, Heather Ames, Gabriel Rada, Yuri Cartier, Sophie Hill, (2018). Identification of preliminary core outcome domains for communication about childhood vaccination: An online Delphi survey. Vaccine s. 6520-6528. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.027
- Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Eme Owoaje, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin, (2017). Perceptions and experiences of childhood vaccination communication strategies among caregivers and health workers in Nigeria: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186733
- Heather Ames, Diangha Mabel Njang, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Afiong Oku, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Angela Oyo-Ita, Awar Paschal Kum, Simon Arnold Lewin, (2017). Stakeholder perceptions of communication about vaccination in two regions of Cameroon: A qualitative case study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183721
- Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Angela Oyo-Ita, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Gabriel Rada, Sophie Hill, (2017). Childhood vaccination communication outcomes unpacked and organized in a taxonomy to facilitate core outcome establishment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology s. 173-184. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.02.007
- Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Julie Cliff, Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Claire Glenton, Heather Ames, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin, (2017). Using the COMMVAC taxonomy to map vaccination communication interventions in Mozambique. Global health action doi: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1321313
- Jessica Kaufman, Heather Ames, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Gabriel Rada, Sophie Hill, (2017). The comprehensive ‘Communicate to Vaccinate’ taxonomy of communication interventions for childhood vaccination in routine and campaign contexts. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4320-x
- Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Glory Eteng, Heather Ames, Artur Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin, (2017). Factors affecting the implementation of childhood vaccination communication strategies in Nigeria: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4020-6
- Heather Ames, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, (2017). Parents' and informal caregivers' views and experiences of communication about routine childhood vaccination: A synthesis of qualitative evidence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011787.pub2
- Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin, (2016). Communication strategies to promote the uptake of childhood vaccination in Nigeria: A systematic map. Global health action doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.30337
- Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Gabriel Rada, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo-Ita, Sophie Hill, (2016). Outcomes mapping study for childhood vaccination communication: too few concepts were measured in too many ways. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology s. 33-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.10.003
- Heather Ames, Diangha Mabel Njang, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Afiong Oku, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Angela Oyo-Ita, Simon Lewin, (2015). Mapping how information about childhood vaccination is communicated in two regions of Cameroon: What is done and where are the gaps?. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2557-9
- Heather Ames, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, (2015). Parents' and informal caregivers' views and experiences of routine early childhood vaccination communication: qualitative evidence synthesis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011787
Reports and books
- Rigmor Berg, Patricia Jardim, Heather Melanie R Ames, Trine Bjerke Johansen, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, (2019). Oppfølging og rekruttering av fosterfamilier: et systematisk litteratursøk med sortering
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Annhild Mosdøl, Lars Jørun Langøien, Nora Blaasvær, Heid Nøkleby, (2019). Communication of children’s weight status to parents and children: What is effective and what are the children’s and parents’ experiences and preferences? A mixed methods systematic review
- Nora Blaasvær, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2019). Sammenhenger mellom foreldrepraksiser og barns trivsel: en systematisk kartleggingsoversikt
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Lars Jørun Langøien, Rigmor Berg, (2019). Hvor effektive er primærforebyggende tiltak mot bruk av tobakk hos barn og unge? En oversikt over systematiske oversikter
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Hilde H Holte, Nora Blaasvær, Johanne Longva, Rigmor Berg, (2018). Støtteordninger til boligtilpasninger for eldre og voksne med nedsatt funksjonsevne: En systematisk kartleggingsoversikt
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Hilde H Holte, Maryan Ahmad Said, Marita Heintz, Rigmor Berg, (2018). Tiltak mot trygde- og forsikringssvindel: En systematisk kartleggingsoversikt
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Claire Glenton, Simon Arnold Lewin, Atle Fretheim, (2017). Mapping, exploring and understanding communication interventions for childhood vaccination