Heather Melanie R Ames
forsker, PhD
Kontakt
Send e-post {model.translations.sendEmailTo} Heather.Ames@fhi.no
Avdeling
Fagområder
Medisinsk antropologi, Samfunns helse, Helse kommunikasjon, kvalitative forskning, Systematisk oversikter
Prosjekter og publikasjoner
- Ambulant psykisk helsehjelp for barn og unge med tiltak fra barnevernet - Prosjektplan for en systematisk kartleggingsoversikt
- Co-terapi i arbeid med par og familier - Prosjektplan for en systematisk oversikt
- Effekten av nasjonale og regionale melde- og varselordninger på alvorlige hendelser i pasientbehandlingen - Prosjektplan for systematisk oversikt
- Et forskningskart over kontrollerte studier og systematiske oversikter av kontrollerte studier for selvhjelpsapper - Prosjektplan for forskningskart
- Hvordan forstå og håndtere barn som avviser en forelder? En systematisk kartleg-gingsoversikt
- Implementing a life course approach in antenatal and postnatal care settings for prevention and reduction of non-communicable disease risks in Nepal (IpreventNCD)
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Martin Smådal Larsen, Lars Jørun Langøien, Hans Bugge Bergsund, Tiril Cecilie Borge, (2025). Can using the Cochrane RCT classifier in EPPI-Reviewer help speed up study selection in qualitative evidence syntheses? A retrospective evaluation. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods s. 1-11. doi: 10.1002/cesm.70012
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Emma F. France, Sara Cooper, Mayara S. Bianchim, Simon Arnold Lewin, Bey-Marrié Schmidt, Isabelle Uny, Jane Noyes, (2024). Assessing qualitative data richness and thickness: Development of an evidence-based tool for use in qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods s. 1-12. doi: 10.1002/cesm.12059
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Hege Kornør, Line Evensen, Ingeborg Beate Lidal, Elisabet Vivianne Hafstad, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Gyri Hval, (2024). Conducting two evidence syntheses in six weeks – experiences with and evaluation of a pilot project. BMC Medical Research Methodology s. 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02334-y
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Andrew M. Briggs, (2024). Acceptability, values, and preferences of older people for chronic low back pain management; a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMC Geriatrics doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04608-4
- Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Christopher James Rose, Heather Melanie R Ames, Jose Francisco Meneses Echavez, Stijn Rita Patrick van de Velde, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, (2022). Automating risk of bias assessment in systematic reviews: a real-time mixed methods comparison of human researchers to a machine learning system. BMC Medical Research Methodology doi: 10.1186/s12874-022-01649-y
- Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, Elizabeth Joan Paulsen, Susan Kyomuhendo Munabi-Babigumira, Smisha Agarwal, Heather Melanie R Ames, Sara Cooper, Karen Daniels, Catherine Houghton, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini, Hlengiwe Moloi, Willem Odendaal, Elham Shakibazadeh, Lavanya Vasudevan, Andreas Xyrichis, 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 (IJQM) s. 1-14. doi: 10.1177/16094069211061950
- Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Heather Melanie R Ames, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Christopher James Rose, (2021). Machine learning in systematic reviews: comparing automated text clustering with Lingo3G and human researcher categorization in a rapid review. Research Synthesis Methods s. 229-241. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1541
- Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, Elizabeth Joan Paulsen, Susan Kyomuhendo Munabi-Babigumira, Marit Johansen, Smisha Agarwal, Heather Ames, Sara Cooper, Karen Daniels, Catherine Houghton, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini, Hlengiwe Moloi, Willem A. Odendaal, Elham Shakibazadeh, Lavanya Vasudevan, Andreas Xyrichis, Meghan A. Bohren, (2021). Qualitative Evidence Syntheses Within Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care: Developing a Template and Guidance. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM) doi: 10.1177/16094069211041959
- Heid Nøkleby, Rigmor Berg, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2021). Barnemishandling under covid-19: en hurtig kartleggingsoversikt. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research s. 56-68. doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2021-01-06
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Annhild Mosdøl, Nora Blaasvær, Heid Nøkleby, Rigmor Berg, Lars Jørun Langøien, (2020). Communication of children's weight status: what is effective and what are the children's and parents' experiences and preferences? A mixed methods systematic review. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08682-w
- 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
- Sonja Lynn Myhre, Katrine Bjørnebek Frønsdal, Heather Melanie R Ames, Eleni Papadopoulou, (2024). Building and strengthening climate resilient health systems in low- and middle-income country contexts .
- Lars Jørun Langøien, Trine Bjerke Johansen, Tonje Lehne Refsdal, Ingvild Kirkehei, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2024). Ambulant psykisk helsehjelp for barn og unge i barnevernet: en kartleggingsoversikt.
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Tiril Cecilie Borge, Hans Bugge Bergsund, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, (2024). Implementing machine learning in an evidence synthesis group: Recommendations based on a three-year implementation process.
- Tiril Cecilie Borge, Heather Melanie R Ames, Patricia Jacobsen Jardim, Hans Bugge Bergsund, Martin Smådal Larsen, Christopher Rose, (2024). Implementation of Machine Learning in Cluster for Reviews and Health Technology Assessments: Results for ML 3.0 .
- Tiril Cecilie Borge, Heather Melanie R Ames, Patricia Jacobsen Jardim, Hans Bugge Bergsund, Martin Smådal Larsen, Christopher Rose, (2024). Implementation of Machine Learning in Division for Health Services: Strategy Proposal from 2024 .
- Tiril Cecilie Borge, Heather Melanie R Ames, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Jose Francisco Meneses Echavez, Jan Peter William Himmels, Christopher James Rose, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Ashley Muller, (2023). Implementering av maskinlæring i kunnskapsoppsummeringer i klynge for vurdering av tiltak: Sluttrapport 2021-2022.
- Tiril Cecilie Borge, Heather Melanie R Ames, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, José Francisco Meneses-Echávez, Jan Peter William Himmels, Christopher James Rose, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Ashley Muller, (2023). Implementation of machine learning in evidence syntheses in the Cluster for Reviews and HTAs: Final report 2021-2022.
- Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Heather Melanie R Ames, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Ingvild Kirkehei, (2023). Tvang i psykisk helsevern og vold: systematisk litteratursøk med sortering.
- Line Holtet Evensen, Ingeborg Beate Lidal, Elisabet Vivianne Hafstad, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2022). Nasjonale og regionale melde- og varselordninger for uønskede hendelser i pasientbehandlingen: systematisk oversikt.
- Line Holtet Evensen, Ingeborg Beate Lidal, Elisabet Vivianne Hafstad, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2022). Utvalgt forskning om melde- og varselordninger i helse- og omsorgstje-nesten: forenklet metodevurdering – kartlegging.
- Elisabet Vivianne Hafstad, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2022). Internasjonale anbefalinger om nasjonale melde- og varselordninger for uønskede hendelser i helsetjenesten: et systematisk litteratursøk med sortering.
- Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Rigmor Berg, Jose Francisco Meneses-Eschavez, Heather Melanie R Ames, Tiril Cecilie Borge, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, C Cooper, Christopher James Rose, (2022). The effect of machine learning tools for evidence synthesis on resource use and time-to-completion: protocol for a retrospective pilot study.
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Henriette Tyse Nygård, Maria Bjerk, (2022). Et forskningskart over randomiserte studier og systematiske oversikter for selvhjelpsapper .
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Louise Forsetlund, Lillebeth Larun, Gyri Hval, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, (2022). Betydningen av lang reisevei til fødeinstitusjon og følgetjeneste for gravide/fødende: Systematisk oversikt– revidert utgave .
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Lars Jørun Langøien, (2021). Effectiveness of and experiences with school focused interventions outside of school settings for children and youth living in child welfare institutions: A mixed methods systematic review.
- Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Heather Melanie R Ames, Jan Peter William Himmels, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Hong Lien Nguyen, Christopher James Rose, Stijn Rita Patrick van de Velde, (2021). Aims and strategy for the implementation of machine learning in evidence synthesis in the Cluster for Reviews and Health Technology Assessments for 2021-2022.
- Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Heather Melanie R Ames, Jan Peter William Himmels, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Hong Lien Nguyen, Christopher James Rose, Stijn Rita Patrick van de Velde, (2021). Implementation of machine learning in evidence syntheses in the Cluster for Reviews and Health Technology Assessments: Final report 2020-2021.
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Lars Jørun Langøien, Tor Atle Rosness, (2021). Hvordan forstå og håndtere barn som avviser en forelder: En systematisk kartleggingsoversikt.
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Louise Forsetlund, Lillebeth Larun, Gyri Hval, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, (2021). Betydningen av lang reisevei til fødeinstitusjon og følgetjeneste for gravide/fødende: Systematisk oversikt.
- Heid Nøkleby, Rigmor Berg, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2021). Konsekvenser av covid-19 på barn og unges liv og helse: en hurtigoversikt.
- Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Trine Bjerke Johansen, Nora Blaasvær, Heather Melanie R Ames, Rigmor Berg, (2020). Emergency placement in residential childcare institutions: a systematic scoping review.
- Trine Bjerke Johansen, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Nora Blaasvær, Heather Melanie R Ames, Heather Eileen Menzies Munthe-Kaas, Alexander Tingulstad, Rigmor Berg, (2020). Gode barnevernsinstitusjoner: en systematisk kartleggingsoversikt.
- Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Trine Bjerke Johansen, Heather Melanie R Ames, Rigmor Berg, (2020). Bruk av linkarbeidere i barnevernet: en systematisk kartleggingsoversikt.
- Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Heather Melanie R Ames, (2020). Bruk av lukkede institusjoner: omtaler over seks kunnskapsoppsummeringer.
- Rigmor Berg, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Heather Melanie R Ames, Nora Blaasvær, 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.
- Gro Haarklou Mathisen, Angela Bearth, Lowenna B. Jones, Sebastian Hoffmann, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Heather Melanie R Ames, Trine Husøy, Camilla Svendsen, Katya Tsaioun, Takao Ashikaga, Denise Bloch, Aleksandra Cavoski, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Holly G. Davies, Arianna Giusti, Thomas Hartung, Yoko Hirabayashi, Helena T. Hogberg, Rashmi Joglekar, Hajime Kojima, Kannan Krishnan, Seok Kwon, Olivia J. Osborne, Erwin Roggen, Andrew A. Rooney, Christophe Rousselle, Jennifer B. Sass, Ovnair Sepai, Ulla Simanainen, Kristina A. Thayer, Weida Tong, Daniele Wikoff, Fred Wright, Paul Whaley, (2024). Time for CHANGE: system-level interventions for bringing forward the date of effective use of NAMs in regulatory toxicology. Archives of Toxicology s. 2299-2308. doi: 10.1007/s00204-024-03802-6
- Ashley Muller, Rigmor Berg, Jose Francisco Meneses Echavez, Heather Melanie R Ames, Tiril Cecilie Borge, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Chris Cooper, Christopher James Rose, (2023). The effect of machine learning tools for evidence synthesis on resource use and time-to-completion: protocol for a retrospective pilot study. Systematic Reviews doi: 10.1186/s13643-023-02171-y
- Heather Melanie R Ames, Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Stijn Rita Patrick van de Velde, Tiril Cecilie Borge, Jan Peter William Himmels, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Christopher James Rose, Lien Nguyen, Jose Meneses-Eschavez, (2022). Implementation and evaluation activities to build support for machine learning .