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Abdulahi, Misra; Fretheim, Atle; Argaw, Alemayehu; Magnus, Jeanette H (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Validated instruments to assess breastfeeding knowledge and attitude are non-existent in Africa including Ethiopia. We aimed to adapt and validate the Breastfeeding Knowledge Questionnaire (BFKQ) ...
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Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Matthew; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Kaseje, Margaret; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Fretheim, Atle; Chalmers, Iain; Oxman, Andrew David; Sewankambo, Nelson K. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Claims made about the effects of treatments are very common in the media and in the population more generally. The ability of individuals to understand and assess such claims can affect their decisions and ...
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Foss, Hakan S; Oldervoll, Ann; Fretheim, Atle; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes cervical cancer. More than 80% of those diagnosed with cervical cancer live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization ...
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Helsingen, Lise M.; Løberg, Magnus; Refsum, Erle; Gjøstein, Dagrun K.; Wieszczy, Paulina; Olsvik, Ørjan; Juul, Frederik E.; Barua, Ishita; Jodal, Henriette C.; Herfindal, Magnhild; Mori, Yuichi; Jore, Solveig; Lund-Johansen, Fridtjof; Fretheim, Atle; Bretthauer, Michael; Kalager, Mette (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Closed fitness centers during the Covid-19 pandemic may negatively impact health and wellbeing. We assessed whether training at fitness centers increases the risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection. ...
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Ahmed, Misra Abdulahi; Fretheim, Atle; Argaw, Alemayehu; Magnus, Jeanette H. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Understanding the underlying determinants of maternal knowledge and attitude towards breastfeeding guides the development of context-specific interventions to improve breastfeeding practices. This study aimed to assess the ...
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Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Matt; Rosenbaum, Sarah E; Oxman, Andrew D; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Kaseje, Margaret; Morelli, Angela; Fretheim, Atle; Sewankambo, Nelson K (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Claims about what we need to do to improve our health are everywhere. Most interventions simply tell people what to do, and do not empower them to critically assess health information. Our ...
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Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Rosenbaum, Sarah E; Oxman, Andrew D; Oxman, Matt; Morelli, Angela; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Kaseje, Margaret; Mugisha, Michael; Uwitonze, Anne-Marie; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle; Sewankambo, Nelson K (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background People of all ages are flooded with health claims about treatment effects (benefits and harms of treatments). Many of these are not reliable, and many people lack skills to assess their reliability. Primary ...
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Abdulahi, Misra; Fretheim, Atle; Magnus, Jeanette H (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Infant mortality rates are still high in Ethiopia. Breastfeeding is regarded as the simplest and least expensive strategy for reduction of infant mortality rates. Community-based educational and ...
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Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matthew Prescott; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Kaseje, Margaret; Chalmers, Iain; Fretheim, Atle; Kristoffersen, Doris Tove; Sewankambo, Nelson K. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: As part of the Informed Health Choices project, we developed a podcast called The Health Choices Programme to help improve the ability of people to assess claims about the benefits and harms of treatments. We ...
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Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew D; Oxman, Matt; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Kaseje, Margaret; Chalmers, Iain; Fretheim, Atle; Rose, Christopher J; Sewankambo, Nelson K (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Earlier, we designed and evaluated an educational mass media intervention for improving people’s ability to think more critically and to assess the trustworthiness of claims (assertions) about ...
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Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Oxman, Andrew D; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Oxman, Matt; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Kaseje, Margaret; Chalmers, Iain; Fretheim, Atle; Ding, Yunpeng; Sewankambo, Nelson K (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction We evaluated an intervention designed to teach 10- to 12-year-old primary school children to assess claims about the effects of treatments (any action intended to maintain or improve health). We report outcomes ...
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Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Oxman, Andrew David; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Oxman, Matthew Prescott; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Kaseje, Margaret; Chalmers, Iain; Fretheim, Atle; Ding, Yunpeng; Sewankambo, Nelson K. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Claims about what improves or harms our health are ubiquitous. People need to be able to assess the reliability of these claims. We aimed to evaluate an intervention designed to teach primary school children ...
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Oku, Afiong; Oyo-Ita, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Eteng, Glory; Ames, Heather; Muloliwa, Artur; Kaufman, Jessica; Hill, Sophie; Cliff, Julie; Cartier, Yuri; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Rada, Gabriel; Lewin, Simon (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: The role of health communication in vaccination programmes cannot be overemphasized: it has contributed significantly to creating and sustaining demand for vaccination services and improving vaccination coverage. ...
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Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle; Nabudere, Harriet (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: In many low- and middle-income countries women are encouraged to give birth in clinics and hospitals so that they can receive care from skilled birth attendants. A skilled birth attendant (SBA) is a health ...
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Steinsbekk, Aslak; Rygg, Lisbeth Østgaard; Lisulo, Monde; Rise, Marit By; Fretheim, Atle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Diabetes self-management education (DSME) can be delivered in many forms. Group based DSME is widespread due to being a cheaper method and the added advantages of having patient meet and discuss with each other. ...
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Oxman, Andrew D.; Fretheim, Atle; Lewin, Simon; Flottorp, Signe; Glenton, Claire; Helleve, Arnfinn; Vestrheim, Didrik F.; Iversen, Bjørn G.; Rosenbaum, Sarah E. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2022)Much health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic has been designed to persuade people more than to inform them. For example, messages like “masks save lives” are intended to compel people to wear face masks, not to ...
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Munabi-Babigumira, Susan; Nabudere, Harriet; Asiimwe, Delius; Fretheim, Atle; Sandberg, Kristin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Uganda, a low resource country, implemented the skilled attendance at birth strategy, to meet a key target of the 5th Millenium Development Goal (MDG), 75% reduction in maternal mortality ratio. ...
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Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matt; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Dahlgren, Astrid; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Kaseje, Margaret; Rose, Christopher James; Fretheim, Atle; Sewankambo, Nelson K. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)We developed the informed health choices (IHC) primary school resources to teach children how to assess the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments. We evaluated these resources in a randomised trial in ...
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Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew David; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Oxman, Matt; Kaseje, Margaret; Dahlgren, Astrid; Rose, Christopher James; Fretheim, Atle; Sewankambo, Nelson (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)We developed the Informed Health Choices podcast to improve people’s ability to assess claims about the effects of treatments. We evaluated the effects of the podcast in a randomised trial.We conducted this process evaluation ...
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Ames, Heather; Njang, Diangha Mabel; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Kaufman, Jessica; Hill, Sophie; Oku, Afiong; Cliff, Julie; Cartier, Yuri; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Rada, Gabriel; Muloliwa, Artur Manuel; Oyo-Ita, Angela; Lewin, Simon (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: The ‘ Communicate to vaccinate ’ (COMMVAC) project builds research evidence for improving communication with parents and communities about childhood vaccinations in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding ...