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Norway
2026

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D-Index
60
Citations
15352
World Ranking
1450
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Atle Fretheim is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Norway and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields, including General Health Professions, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Modeling and Simulation, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics covered in Fretheim's research include:

  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Fretheim has published extensively in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trials
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • BMJ Open

Several of their recent papers include:

  • "Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries," 2021, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Health communication in and out of public health emergencies: to persuade or to inform?", 2022, Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "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," 2021, Nutrients
  • "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," 2020, Trials
  • "Development of a checklist for people communicating evidence-based information about the effects of healthcare interventions: a mixed methods study," 2020, BMJ Open

Fretheim has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ingeborg Hess Elgersma
  • Petter Elstrøm
  • Arnfinn Helleve
  • Lars G. Hemkens
  • Simon Lewin

Best Publications

  • Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research

    Salla A Munro;Simon A Lewin;Simon A Lewin;Helen J Smith;Mark E Engel;Mark E Engel

  • Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt

    Salla Atkins;Salla Atkins;Salla Atkins;Simon Lewin;Simon Lewin;Helen Smith;Mark E Engel

  • Group based diabetes self-management education compared to routine treatment for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A systematic review with meta-analysis

    Aslak Steinsbekk;Lisbeth Østgaard Rygg;Monde Lisulo;Marit By Rise

  • SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 15: Engaging the public in evidence-informed policymaking.

    Andrew D Oxman;Simon Lewin;John N Lavis;Atle Fretheim

  • SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 14: Organising and using policy dialogues to support evidence-informed policymaking

    John N Lavis;Jennifer A Boyko;Andrew D Oxman;Simon Lewin

  • Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries

    Sophie Witter;Atle Fretheim;Flora L Kessy;Anne Karin Lindahl

  • SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). 1: What is evidence-informed policymaking?

    Andrew D Oxman;John N Lavis;Simon Lewin;Atle Fretheim

  • Effects of female genital cutting on physical health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rigmor C Berg;Vigdis Underland;Jan Odgaard-Jensen;Atle Fretheim

  • Improving the Use of Research Evidence in Guideline Development

    Andrew David Oxman;Holger J Schünemann;Atle Fretheim;Elizabeth A. Boyd

  • SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP)

    John N Lavis;Andrew D Oxman;Simon Lewin;Atle Fretheim

  • Use of evidence in WHO recommendations.

    Andrew D Oxman;John N Lavis;Atle Fretheim

  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy versus faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening in asymptomatic individuals.

    Øyvind Holme;Michael Bretthauer;Atle Fretheim;Jan Odgaard-Jensen

  • SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking.

    John N Lavis;Govin Permanand;Andrew D Oxman;Simon Lewin

  • Factors that influence the provision of intrapartum and postnatal care by skilled birth attendants in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

    Susan Kyomuhendo Munabi-Babigumira;Claire Glenton;Simon Lewin;Atle Fretheim

  • Barriers and facilitators to patients' adherence to antiretroviral treatment in Zambia: a qualitative study

    Nawa Sanjobo;Jan C Frich;Atle Fretheim

  • Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 10. Integrating values and consumer involvement.

    Holger J Schünemann;Atle Fretheim;Andrew David Oxman

  • Psychological, social and sexual consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C): a systematic review of quantitative studies

    Rigmor C. Berg;Eva Marie-Louise Denison;Atle Fretheim

  • Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 3. Group composition and consultation process.

    Atle Fretheim;Holger J Schünemann;Andrew D Oxman

  • Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 1. Guidelines for guidelines

    Holger J Schünemann;Atle Fretheim;Andrew D Oxman

  • Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 9. Grading evidence and recommendations

    Holger J Schünemann;Atle Fretheim;Andrew David Oxman

  • Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 13. Applicability, transferability and adaptation

    Holger J Schünemann;Atle Fretheim;Andrew David Oxman

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Lewin
Simon Lewin South African Medical Research Council
John N. Lavis
John N. Lavis McMaster University
Iain Chalmers
Iain Chalmers University of Oxford
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Ole Frithjof Norheim University of Bergen
Bjørn Hofmann
Bjørn Hofmann University of Oslo
John-Arne Røttingen
John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Sophie Witter
Sophie Witter Queen Margaret University
Simon Øverland
Simon Øverland Norwegian Institute of Public Health

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