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Social Sciences and Humanities
South Africa
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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85
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68406
World Ranking
263
National Ranking
4

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85
Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Simon Lewin is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council in South Africa. Their research portfolio emphasizes health professions and medicine, focusing particularly on general health professions and public health, environmental, and occupational health. Their work also intersects with economics, econometrics, education, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Lewin's research topics span a range of areas including:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines Implementation
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Frequent publication venues associated with Lewin include:

  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Health Research Policy and Systems
  • Trials
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lewin feature contributions to systematic reviews and health policy discussions. These include:

  • "Primary-level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low- and middle-income countries," 2021, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care," 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 11. CHWs leading the way to "Health for All"," 2021, Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps," 2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • "Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes," 2021, Health Research Policy and Systems

Lewin has collaborated frequently with a consistent group of co-authors. These include Claire Glenton, Andrew D Oxman, Sarah Rosenbaum, Allen Nsangi, and Nelson K. Sewankambo, each with numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation

    Andrea C Tricco;Erin Lillie;Wasifa Zarin;Kelly K O'Brien

  • 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

  • Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases.

    Simon Lewin;Susan Munabi-Babigumira;Claire Glenton;Karen Daniels

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

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

  • Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series

    Simon Arnold Lewin;Simon Arnold Lewin;Andrew Booth;Claire Glenton;Heather Menzies Munthe-Kaas

  • Interventions for providers to promote a patient‐centred approach in clinical consultations

    Francesca Dwamena;Margaret Holmes‐Rovner;Carolyn M Gaulden;Sarah Jorgenson

  • Using qualitative evidence in decision making for health and social interventions: an approach to assess confidence in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

    Simon Lewin;Claire Glenton;Heather Munthe-Kaas;Benedicte Carlsen

  • Use of qualitative methods alongside randomised controlled trials of complex healthcare interventions: methodological study

    Simon Lewin;Claire Glenton;Andrew David Oxman

  • A review of health behaviour theories: how useful are these for developing interventions to promote long-term medication adherence for TB and HIV/AIDS?

    Salla A. Munro;Simon A. Lewin;Tanya Swart;Jimmy Volmink

  • Lay health workers in primary and community health care.

    S A Lewin;J Dick;P Pond;M Zwarenstein

  • Interprofessional Teamwork for Health and Social Care: Reeves/Interprofessional Teamwork for Health and Social Care

    Scott Reeves;Simon Lewin;Sherry Espin;Merrick Zwarenstein

  • Non-specialist health worker interventions for the care of mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders in low- and middle-income countries.

    Nadja van Ginneken;Prathap Tharyan;Simon Lewin;Girish N Rao

  • Purposive sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: A worked example from a synthesis on parental perceptions of vaccination communication

    Heather Melanie R Ames;Heather Melanie R Ames;Claire Glenton;Simon Arnold Lewin;Simon Arnold Lewin

  • Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis

    Claire Glenton;Christopher J Colvin;Benedicte Carlsen;Alison Swartz

  • Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance

    Maggie Cunningham;Nicola Ring;Isabelle Uny

  • 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

  • Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations: A systematic review

    Simon Lewin;Zoe Christina Skea;Vikki Ann Entwistle;Merrick Zwarenstein

  • Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table

    Simon Arnold Lewin;Simon Arnold Lewin;Meghan Bohren;Arash Rashidian;Arash Rashidian;Heather Menzies Munthe-Kaas

  • 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

  • Maximising the impact of qualitative research in feasibility studies for randomised controlled trials: guidance for researchers.

    Alicia O'Cathain;Pat Hoddinott;Simon Lewin;Kate Thomas

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

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

  • Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions

    Sasha Shepperd;Simon Lewin;Sharon Straus;Mike Clarke;Mike Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Atle Fretheim
Atle Fretheim Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Merrick Zwarenstein
Merrick Zwarenstein University of Western Ontario
Andrew D Oxman
Andrew D Oxman Norwegian Institute of Public Health
John N. Lavis
John N. Lavis McMaster University
Scott Reeves
Scott Reeves St George's, University of London
Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth University of Sheffield
Arash Rashidian
Arash Rashidian World Health Organization
Catherine Mathews
Catherine Mathews South African Medical Research Council
Nelson K. Sewankambo
Nelson K. Sewankambo Rakai Health Sciences Program
Iain Chalmers
Iain Chalmers University of Oxford

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