2022

Scientific papers

• Elgersma IH, Telle K, Elstrøm P, Skagseth H, Kacelnik O. Transmission of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) between hospital workers and members of their household: Nationwide, registry-based, cohort study from Norway. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (2022), 1–6. doi:10.1017/ice.2022.108
• Elgersma IH, Fretheim A, Indseth T, Munch AT, Johannessen LB, Hansen CE. Evaluation of a social media campaign to increase COVID-19 testing in migrant groups: A cluster randomized trial. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Feb 24. doi: 10.2196/34544. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35285811.  
• Andrew D. Oxman, Atle Fretheim, Simon Lewin, Signe Flottorp, Claire Glenton, Arnfinn Helleve, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen and Sarah E. Rosenbaum. Health communication in and out of public health emergencies: to persuade or to inform? Health Research Policy and Systems (2022) 20:28
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00828-z
• Rotevatn TA, Elstrøm P, Greve-Isdahl M, Surén P, Johansen TKB, Astrup E. School Closure Versus Targeted Control Measures for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. 2022 Mar 11. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-055071. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35274128.  

• FC Chesire, MA Ochieng, M Mugisha, R Senyonga, M Oxman, A Nsangi, D Semakula, L Nyirazinyoye, S Lewin, NK Sewankambo, M Kaseje, AD Oxman, S Rosenbaum. Contextualizing critical thinking about health using digital technology in secondary schools in Kenya: a qualitative analysis.  Preprint. BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2022.04.07
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1345080/v1

• Glenton C, Carlsen B, Winje BA, Eilers R, Wennekes MD, Hoffmann TC, Lewin S; VITAL Consortium. Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022 Mar 19;20(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00833-2. PMID: 35305651. 
• Atle Fretheim, Lars G. Hemkens, Arnfinn Helleve, Ingeborg Hess Elgersma, Petter Elstrøm, Oliver Kacelnik (2022). The GLasses Against transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the communitY (GLASSY) trial: A pragmatic randomized trial (study protocol). medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.04.22270120

• Ronald Ssenyonga, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Solomon Kevin Mugagga,Esther Nakyejwe, Faith Chesire, Michael Mugisha, Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Matt Oxman, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Simon Lewin, Margaret Kaseje, Andrew D. Oxman, Sarah Rosenbaum (2022). Learning to think critically about health using digital technology in Ugandan lower secondary schools: A contextual analysis. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0260367. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260367

• Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, Elizabeth Paulsen, Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Smisha Agarwal, Heather Ames, Sara Cooper, Karen Daniels, Catherine Houghton, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini, Hlengiwe Moloi, Willem Odendaal, Elham Shakibazadeh, Lavanya Vasudevan, Andreas Xyrichis, and Meghan A. Bohren (2022). Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Qualitative Evidence Syntheses, Differences From Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness and Implications for Guidance. International Journal of Qualitative Methods,Volume 21: 1–14.
  DOI: 10.1177/16094069211061950

Reports

• Bjørn G. Iversen, Jean-Claude Desenclos, Atle Fretheim, Anne-Catherine Viso, Tanja Schmidt, Jussi Sane, Paula Virginia Vasconcelos Lopes, Ihor Perehinets, Trygve Ottersen (2022). What has been the role of national public health institutes in providing knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic, including on the effects of public health and social measures?. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. 

Commentaries

• Fretheim A. Covid-19: Pinlig mangel på kunnskap om effekter av smitteverntiltak. Nytt norsk tidsskrift, s. 78-84. 24 Mars 2022
  https://doi.org/10.18261/nnt.39.1.9

2021

Scientific papers

• Vinjerui, K.H., Elgersma, I.H., Fretheim, A. Increased COVID-19 Testing Rates Following Combined Door-to-Door and Mobile Testing Facility Campaigns in Oslo, Norway, a Difference-in-Difference Analysis. Int. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 11078. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111078

• Enria D, Feng Z, Fretheim A, Ihekweazu C, Ottersen T, Schuchat A, Ungchusak K, Briand S, Haldane V, Lamichhane J, Ludolph R, Mathis M, Nguyen T, Shindo N. Strengthening the evidence base for decisions on public health and social measures. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 Sep 1; 99(9): 610–610A. Published online 2021 Sep 1. doi: 10.2471/BLT.21.287054

• Fretheim A, Helleve A, Løyland B, Sandbekken IH, Flatø M, Telle K, Watle SV, Schjøll A, Helseth S, Jamtvedt G, Hart RK. Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education. Public Health in Practice, Volume 2, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100187.

• Fretheim A, Elgersma IH, Kristiansen FA, Varmbo CR, Olsbø MKS; Glover IHS; Flatø M. The Effectiveness of Free Face Mask Distribution on Use of Face Masks. A Cluster Randomised Trial in Stovner District of Oslo, Norway. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021;18 (17); 8971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178971

• Fretheim, A. COVID-19: Underpowered randomised trials, or no randomised trials? Trials 22, 234 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05209-5
• Oxman A, García LM. Comparison of the Informed Health Choices Key Concepts Framework to other frameworks relevant to teaching and learning how to think critically about health claims and choices: a systematic review [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. F1000Research 2020, 9:164 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21858.1
• Mugisha M, Uwitonze AM, Chesire F, Senyonga R, Oxman M, Nsangi A, Semakula D, Kaseje M, Lewin S, Sewankambo N, Nyirazinyoye L, Oxman A, Rosenbaum S (2021) Teaching critical thinking about health using digital technology in lower secondary schools in Rwanda: A qualitative context analysis. PLOS ONE 16(3): e0248773. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248773
• Jose Francisco Meneses‑Echavez, Sarah Rosenbaum, Gabriel Rada, Signe Flottorp, Jenny Moberg and Pablo Alonso‑Coello. Users’ experiences with an interactive
  Evidence to Decision (iEtD) framework: a qualitative analysis. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2021) 21:169. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01532-8
• Lise M. Helsingen, Magnus Løberg, Erle Refsum, Dagrun Kyte Gjøstein, Paulina Wieszczy, Ørjan Olsvik, Frederik E. Juul, Ishita Barua, Henriette C. Jodal, Magnhild Herfindal, Yuichi Mori, Solveig Jore, Fridtjof Lund-Johansen, Atle Fretheim, Michael Bretthauer1, Mette Kalager. Covid-19 transmission in fitness centers in Norway - a randomized trial. BMC Public Health (2021) 21:2103 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12073-0
• Martínez García L, Samsó Jofra L, Alonso-Coello P, Ansuategi E, Mistral LA, Ballesteros M, Canelo-Aybar C, Casino G, Iborra AG, Quispe E, Requeijo C, Figuls M, Salas K, Ubeda M, Urreta I, Rosenbaum S. Teaching and learning how to make informed health choices: Protocol for a context analysis in Spanish primary schools [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2021, 10:312 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51961.2
• Abdulahi, M., Fretheim, A., Argaw, A., Magnus, J.H. Determinants of Knowledge and Attitude towards Breastfeeding in Rural PregnantWomen Using Validated Instruments in Ethiopia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7930. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157930
• Abdulahi, M., Fretheim, A., Argaw, A., Magnus, J.H. Breastfeeding Education and Support to Improve Early Initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices and Infant Growth: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial from a Rural Ethiopian Setting. Nutrients 2021, 13, 1204. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041204

• Glenton C, Carlsen B, Lewin S, Wennekes MD, Winje BA, Eilers R, on behalf of the VITAL consortium. Healthcare workers’ perceptions and experiences of communicating with people over 50 years of age about vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD013706. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013706.pub2

• Oxman M, Larun L, Pérez Gaxiola G, Alsaid D, Qasim A, Rose C, Bischoff K, Oxman A. Quality of information in news media reports about the effects of health interventions: Systematic review and meta-analyses [version 1; peer review: 3 approved] F1000Research 2021, 10:433 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52894.1

Reports

• Vinjerui KH, Elgersma IH, Fretheim A. Covid-19. Dør-til-dør-aksjoner, mobile teststasjoner og endring i testandel blant norsk- og utenlandsfødte i bydel Stovner, Oslo. FHI-rapport, 2021. Folkehelseinstituttet, Oslo, 2021. https://www.fhi.no/publ/2021/covid-19.-dor-til-dor-aksjoner-mobile-teststasjoner-og-endring-i-testandel-/
• Indseth T, Arnesen T, Bjørbæk M, Brekke JP, Duahle H, Elgersma I, Eide H, Ezzati RT, Julie Fevåg, Flatø M, Fretheim A, Gawad M, Gele A, Godøy A, Grøtting MW, Hernæs K, Hussaini L, Kristoffersen AB, Labberton A, Lindman A, Mohammed NS, Nordstrøm C, Qureshi S, Spilker RS, Strand BH, Telle K, Tsige SA, Vinjerui K. 2021. Covid-19 blant innvandrere i Norge, vurdering av tiltak og erfaringer fra felt, delrapport 1, Rapport Folkehelseinstituttet og erfaringer fra felt, delrapport 1, Rapport Folkehelseinstituttet 2021.
  hdl.handle.net/11250/2764139

2020

Scientific papers

• Andrew D Oxman, Claire Glenton, Signe Flottorp, Simon Lewin, Sarah Rosenbaum, Atle Fretheim. Development of a checklist for people communicating evidence-based information about the effects of healthcare interventions: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open 2020;10:e036348. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-036348

• Fretheim A, Flatø M, Steens A, Flottorp SA, Rose CJ, Telle KE, Kinge JM, Schwarze PE. COVID-19: we need randomised trials of school closures. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Dec;74(12):1078-1079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214262
• Daniel Semakula, Allen Nsangi, Andrew D. Oxman, Matt Oxman, Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren, Sarah Rosenbaum, Angela Morelli, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Margaret Kaseje, Iain Chalmers, Atle Fretheim, Christopher J. Rose and Nelson K. Sewankambo. Effects of the Informed Health Choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess the trustworthiness of claims about treatment effects: one-year follow up of a randomised trial.Trials 21, Article number: 187 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4093-x
• Atle Fretheim, Kjetil G Brurberg, Frode Forland. Rapid reviews for rapid decision-making during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Norway, 2020. Eurosurveillance, vol. 25, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000687
• Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Andrew D. Oxman, Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren, Matt Oxman, Sarah Rosenbaum, Angela Morelli, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Margaret Kaseje, Iain Chalmers, Atle Fretheim, Yunpeng Ding and Nelson K. Sewankambo. Effects of the Informed Health Choices primary school intervention on the ability of children in Uganda to assess the reliability of claims about treatment effects, 1-year follow-up: a cluster-randomised trial. Trials 21, Article number: 27 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3960-9
• Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Sarah E. Rosenbaum, Andrew David Oxman, Matt Oxman, Angela Morelli, Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren, Margaret Kaseje, Michael Mugisha, Anne-Marie Uwitonze, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Atle Fretheim and Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo. Development of the informed health choices resources in four countries to teach primary school children to assess claims about treatment effects: a qualitative study employing a user-centred approach. BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies6, Article number: 18 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00565-6
• Allen Nsangi, Andrew David Oxman, Matt Oxman, Sarah E. Rosenbaum, Daniel Semakula, Ronald Ssenyonga, Michael Mugisha, Faith Chelagat, Margaret Kaseje, Leaticia Nyirazinyoye, Iain Chalmers, Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo. Protocol for assessing stakeholder engagement in the development and evaluation of the Informed Health Choices resources teaching secondary school students to think critically about health claims and choices. PLOS ONE, 15. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239985
• Glenton C, Winje BA, Carlsen B, Eilers R, Wennekes MD, Lewin S. Healthcare workers’ perceptions and experiences of communicating with people over 50 about vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD013706. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013706.

• Houghton C, Meskell P, Delaney H, Smalle M, Glenton C, Booth A, Chan XHS, Devane D, Biesty LM. Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD013582. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013582.

• Biesty, L., Meskell, P., Glenton, C. et al. A QuESt for speed: rapid qualitative evidence syntheses as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Syst Rev 9, 256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01512-5
• Matt Oxman, Laurence Habib, Gro Jamtvedt, Bente Kalsnes, Marianne Molin. Using claims in the media to teach essential concepts for evidence-based healthcare. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111390
• Heather Munthe-Kaas, Heid Nøkleby, Simon Lewin, Claire Glenton. The TRANSFER Approach for assessing the transferability of systematic review findings. BMC Medical Research Methodology, (2020) 20:11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0834-5
• Holger J. Schünemann, Nancy Santesso, Gunn E. Vist, Carlos Cuello, Tamara Lotfi, Signe Flottorp, Marina Davoli, Reem Mustafa, Joerg J. Meerpohl, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Elie A. Akl. Using GRADE in situations of emergencies and urgencies: certainty in evidence and recommendations matters during the COVID-19 pandemic, now more than ever and no matter what. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 127 (2020) 202-207. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.05.030
• Martínez García L, Alonso-Coello P, Asso Ministral L, Rosenbaum S et al. Learning to make informed health choices: Protocol for a pilot study in schools in Barcelona [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2020, 8:2018 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21292.3
• Tricco AC, Garritty CM, Boulos L, Lockwood C, Wilson M, McGowan J, Lewin S et al. Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 126 (2020), 177-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.029

Reports

• Vestrheim DF, Iversen BG, Flottorp S, Denison E, Oxman AD. Covid-19: Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of Covid-19? – Update 1 [Covid-19: Bør personer i samfunnet bruke munnbind for å redusere spredningen av Covid-19? – Første oppdatering. Hurtigoversikt 2020] Oslo: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 2020. hdl.handle.net/11250/2722757
• Brurberg KG, Fretheim A. Aerosol generating procedures in health care, and COVID-19. Rapid review 2020. Oslo: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 2020. hdl.handle.net/11250/2729457
• Brurberg KG, Fretheim A. COVID-19: The relationship between age, comorbidity and disease severity – a rapid review, 1st update. [COVID-19: Sammenheng mellom alder, komorbiditet og sykdomsalvorlighet – en hurtigoversikt, første oppdatering. Hurtigoversikt 2020.] Oslo: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 2020. hdl.handle.net/11250/2726840
• Fretheim A. Barns rolle i spredning av SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) – en hurtigoversikt. Hurtigoversikt, 2020. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, 2020. hdl.handle.net/11250/2717104
• Brurberg KB, Fretheim A. Covid-19: Sammenheng mellom alder, komorbiditet og sykdomsalvorlighet – en hurtigoversikt. Hurtigoversikt 2020. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet, 2020. hdl.handle.net/11250/2717103