Simon Arnold Lewin

About

Having trained in South Africa and the UK, I have worked for over 25 years in the field of health policy and systems research. I have a keen interest in how research evidence can be used to strengthen health systems and services, through informing decisions at national and global levels. My research and policy work have focused particularly on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and the global level, including working with multilateral organisations such as the WHO on guideline development methods and health systems guidance.

My methodological interests include approaches for undertaking systematic reviews of complex health system interventions, and methods for synthesizing the findings of multiple qualitative studies and assessing confidence in such findings. Together with colleagues at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, I coordinated a landmark series of papers on the GRADE-CERQual approach for assessing confidence in findings from systematic reviews of qualitative studies. I am currently exploring how qualitative evidence can contribute to humanizing health decision making through highlighting the perspectives of key stakeholders, including marginalized groups – this work was highlighted in the recent Global Symposium on using qualitative evidence to inform decisions in the SDG era which we organized together with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brasilia.

As Joint Co-ordinating Editor of Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) and lead for the Norwegian EPOC satellite, I have played a key role in strengthening Cochrane’s work in the field of health systems and in developing Cochrane methods for qualitative evidence synthesis. I have been Principal Investigator for a number of Research Council of Norway funded projects and Co-Investigator for projects funded by NIHR (UK), the EU and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, among others. In these projects, I work closely with partners in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda and with the wide EPOC LMIC network. I hold part-time positions as a Senior Researcher in the Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR), Norwegian Institute of Public Health and as a Chief Specialist Scientist in the Health Systems Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council, and sit on a number of WHO Advisory Committees.

Publications

2008

Lewin, Simon ; Lavis, John N; Oxman, Andrew David; Bastias, Gabriel; Chopra, Mickey; Ciapponi, A. (2008) Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. The Lancet
Academic article
Oxman, Andrew David; Bjørndal, Arild; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Lewin, Simon ; Lindahl, Anne Karin. (2008) Integrated health care for people with chronic conditions. A policy brief. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten
Report
Atkins, Salla; Lewin, Simon ; Smith, Helen J; Engel, Mark E; Fretheim, Atle; Volmink, Jimmy. (2008) Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article

2007

Munro, Salla A; Lewin, Simon ; Smith, Helen J; Engel, Mark E; Fretheim, Atle; Volmink, Jimmy. (2007) Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research. PLoS Medicine
Academic literature review

2005

Aaserud, Morten; Lewin, Simon; Innvær, Simon; Paulsen, Elizabeth J.; Dahlgren, Astrid; Trommald, Mari. (2005) Translating research into policy and practice in developing countries: a case study of magnesium suphate for pre-eclampsia. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article

Journal publications

Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Andrew David; Nakyejwe, Esther; Chesire, Faith; Mugisha, Michael; Nsangi, Allen. (2025) One-year follow-up effects of the informed health choices secondary school intervention on students’ ability to think critically about health in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial. Trials
Academic article
Agarwal, Smisha; Chin, Weng Yee; Vasudevan, Lavanya; Henschke, Nicholas; Tamrat, Tigest; Foss, Hakan. (2025) Digital tracking, provider decision support systems, and targeted client communication via mobile devices to improve primary health care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Kaseje, Margaret; Gisore, Violet; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matthew Prescott. (2025) Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention on the ability of lower secondary students in Kenya to think critically about health choices: 1-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized trial. Trials
Academic article
Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Moberg, Jenny Olivia Jenkins; Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Ochieng, Marlyn A. (2024) Teaching critical thinking about health information and choices in secondary schools: human-centred design of digital resources. F1000 Research
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Paulsen, Elizabeth; Agarwal, Smisha; Gopinathan, Unni; Johansen, Marit; Kyaddondo, David. (2024) Healthcare workers’ informal uses of mobile phones and other mobile devices to support their work: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Fadlallah, Racha; El-Jardali, Fadi; Karroum, Lama Bou; Kalach, Nour; Hoteit, Reem; Aoun, Andrew. (2024) The effects of public health and social measures (PHSM) implemented during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
Academic literature review
Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Oxman, Andrew David; Kaseje, Margaret; Gisore, Violet; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald. (2024) Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study. Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Academic article
Kredo, Tamara; Durão, Solange; Effa, Emmanuel; Naude, Celeste; McCaul, Michael; Brand, Amanda. (2024) Building sustainable capacity to adopt, adapt or develop child health guidelines, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Academic article
Lewin, Simon Arnold; Langlois, Etienne V.; Tunçalp, Özge; Portela, Anayda. (2024) Assessing unConventional Evidence (ACE) tool: development and content of a tool to assess the strengths and limitations of ‘unconventional’ source materials. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Mthethwa, Mashudu; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe Masingi; Effa, Emmanuel; Arikpo, Dachi; Blose, Ntombifuthi; Brand, Amanda. (2024) Newborn and child health national and provincial clinical practice guidelines in South Africa, Nigeria and Malawi: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Rose, Christopher James; Nsangi, Allen; Kaseje, Margaret. (2024) Effects of the informed health choices secondary school intervention after 1 year: a prospective meta-analysis using individual participant data. Trials
Academic literature review
Gopinathan, Unni; Peacocke, Elizabeth ; Abankwah, Daniel Nana Yaw; Aryeetey, Genevieve C; Glenton, Claire; Khisa, Peninah N. (2024) Using evidence from civil society in national and subnational health policy processes: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Gilworth, Gill; Harris, Katherine; Morgan, Toby L.; Ayis, Salma; Fox-Rushby, Julia; Godfrey, Emma. (2024) The IMPROVE trial: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of using lay health workers to improve uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Trials
Academic article
Kredo, Tamara; Effa, Emmanuel; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe; Mabetha, Denny; Schmidt, Bey-Marrié; Rohwer, Anke. (2024) Evaluating the impact of the global evidence, local adaptation (GELA) project for enhancing evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three African countries: a mixed-methods protocol. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Durão, Solange; Effa, Emmanuel; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe; Mthethwa, Mashudu; McCaul, Michael; Naude, Celeste. (2024) Using a priority setting exercise to identify priorities for guidelines on newborn and child health in South Africa, Malawi, and Nigeria. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Mugisha, Michael; Oxman, Andrew David; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Uwitonze, Anne Marie; Claudine Simbi, Clarisse Marie; Chesire, Faith Chelagat. (2024) Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study. Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Academic article
Ssenyonga, Ronald; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Nakyejwe, Esther; Chelagat, Faith Chesire; Mugisha, Michael; Oxman, Matthew Prescott. (2024) Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study. Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Academic article
Ames, Heather Melanie R; France, Emma F.; Cooper, Sara; Bianchim, Mayara S.; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Schmidt, Bey-Marrié. (2024) Assessing qualitative data richness and thickness: Development of an evidence-based tool for use in qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
Academic article
Søiland, Elisabeth; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan; Glenton, Claire; Nordheim, Lena Victoria; Lakudzala, Suzgika; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe Masinigi. (2023) Factors that influence the provision of early enteral feeding for critically ill children in paediatric intensive care: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis. PROSPERO International prospectie register of systematic reviews
Academic article
Vidler, Marianne; Kinshella, Mai-Lei Woo; Sevene, Esperanca; Lewis, Gwyneth; von Dadelszen, Peter; Bhutta, Zulfiqar. (2023) Transitioning from the “Three Delays” to a focus on continuity of care: a qualitative analysis of maternal deaths in rural Pakistan and Mozambique. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Academic article
Papadopoulou, Eleni Zoumpoulia; Lim, Yen Chian; Chin, Weng Yee; Dwan, Kerry; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2023) Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and treatment of wasting in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Rose, Christopher James; Nsangi, Allen; Kaseje, Margaret. (2023) Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention: A prospective meta-analysis. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (JEBM)
Academic article
Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Kaseje, Margaret; Ochieng, Marlyn; Ngatia, Benson; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald. (2023) Effects of the informed health choices secondary school intervention on the ability of students in Kenya to think critically about health choices: A cluster-randomized trial. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (JEBM)
Academic article
Mugisha, Michael; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Simbi, Clarisse Marie Claudine; Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matt. (2023) Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention on the ability of students in Rwanda to think critically about health choices: A cluster-randomized trial. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (JEBM)
Academic article
Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Andrew David; Nakyejwe, Esther; Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Mugisha, Michael; Nsangi, Allen. (2023) Use of the informed health choices educational intervention to improve secondary students’ ability to think critically about health interventions in Uganda: A cluster-randomized trial. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (JEBM)
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Paulsen, Elizabeth; Agarwal, Smisha; Gopinathan, Unni; Johansen, Marit; Kyaddondo, David. (2023) Healthcare workers’ informal uses of mobile devices to support their work: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Theilmann, Michaela; Ginindza, Ntombifuthi; Myeni, John; Dlamini, Sijabulile; Cindzi, Bongekile Thobekile; Dlamini, Dumezweni. (2023) Strengthening primary care for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini: study protocol for a nationwide cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials
Academic article
Wainwright, Megan; Zahroh, Rana Islamiah; Tunçalp, Özge; Booth, Andrew; Bohren, Meghan A.; Noyes, Jane. (2023) The use of GRADE-CERQual in qualitative evidence synthesis: an evaluation of fidelity and reporting. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Moberg, Jenny Olivia Jenkins; Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Ochieng, Marlyn A.. (2023) Teaching critical thinking about health information and choices in secondary schools: human-centred design of digital resources. F1000 Research
Academic article
J Maria, Ana Rita; Cooper, Sara; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Meskell, Pauline; Suleman, Mehrunisha. (2022) Adults' views and experiences of vaccines developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andrew David; Fretheim, Atle; Lewin, Simon; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Glenton, Claire; Helleve, Arnfinn. (2022) Health communication in and out of public health emergencies: to persuade or to inform?. Health Research Policy and Systems
Letter to the editor
Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Ochieng, Marlyn; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matt; Nsangi, Allen. (2022) Contextualizing critical thinking about health using digital technology in secondary schools in Kenya: a qualitative analysis. Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Academic article
Barry, Aisling; Lewin, Simon; Cadogan, Cathal A.. (2022) Applying the intervention Complexity Assessment Tool to brief interventions targeting long-term benzodiazepine receptor agonist use in primary care: Lessons learned. BMC Primary Care
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Downe, Soo; Paulsen, Elizabeth Joan; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Agarwal, Smisha. (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)
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Carlsen, Benedicte; Askeland Winje, Brita; Eilers, Renske; Wennekes, Manuela Dominique; Hoffmann, Tammy C. (2022) Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Ssenyonga, Ronald; Sewankambo, Nelson K.; Mugagga, Solomon Kevin; Nakyejwe, Esther; Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Mugisha, Michael. (2022) Learning to think critically about health using digital technology in Ugandan lower secondary schools: A contextual analysis. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Merner, Bronwen; Lowe, Dianne; Walsh, Louisa; Synnot, Anneliese; Stratil, Jan; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2021) Stakeholder Involvement in Systematic Reviews: Lessons from Cochrane's Public Health and Health Systems Network. American Journal of Public Health
Editorial
Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; Velez, Marcela; Gonçalves-Bradley, Daniela C; Bohren, Meghan A.. (2021) Factors that influence the provision of postnatal care by health workers: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Mugisha, Michael; Uwitonze, Anne-Marie; Chesire, Faith Chelagat; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matt; Nsangi, Allen. (2021) Teaching critical thinking about health using digital technology in lower secondary schools in Rwanda: A qualitative context analysis. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Lewin, Simon; Lehmann, Uta; Perry, Henry B.. (2021) Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 3. Programme governance. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Glenton, Claire; Carlsen, Benedicte; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Wennekes, Manuela Dominique; Askeland Winje, Brita; Eilers, Renske. (2021) 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
Academic literature review
Perry, Henry B.; Chowdhury, Mushtaque; Were, Miriam; LeBan, Karen; Crigler, Lauren; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2021) Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 11. CHWs leading the way to "Health for All". Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Toews, Ingrid; Nyirenda, John L. Z.; Stadelmaier, Julia; Schwarzer, Guido; Noyes, Jane; Booth, Andrew. (2021) Subsequent full publication of qualitative studies presented at United Kingdom Royal College of Nursing Research Conference 2015 and 2016: A follow-up study. Research Synthesis Methods
Academic article
Hodgins, Stephen; Kok, Maryse; Musoke, David; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Crigler, Lauren; LeBan, Karen. (2021) Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
van Ginneken, Nadja; Chin, Weng Yee; Lim, Yen Chian; Ussif, Amin; Singh, Rakesh; Shahmalak, Ujala. (2021) Primary-level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Downe, Soo; Paulsen, Elizabeth Joan; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Johansen, Marit. (2021) Qualitative Evidence Syntheses Within Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care: Developing a Template and Guidance. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM)
Academic article
Cadogan, Cathal A.; Rankin, Audrey; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Hughes, Carmel M.. (2020) Application of the intervention Complexity Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews within a Cochrane review: an illustrative case study. HRB open research
Academic article
Odendaal, Willem; Lewin, Simon Arnold; McKinstry, Brian; Tomlinson, Mark; Jordaan, Esme; Mazinu, Mikateko. (2020) Using a mHealth system to recall and refer existing clients and refer community members with health concerns to primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a feasibility study. Global health action
Academic article
Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matt; Morelli, Angela. (2020) 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. Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Academic article
Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matt; Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen. (2020) 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
Academic article
Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Nøkleby, Heid; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire. (2020) The TRANSFER Approach for assessing the transferability of systematic review findings. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
Oxman, Andrew David; Glenton, Claire; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Fretheim, Atle. (2020) Development of a checklist for people communicating evidence-based information about the effects of healthcare interventions: A mixed methods study. BMJ Open
Academic article
Tricco, Andrea C.; Garritty, Chantelle M.; Boulos, Leah; Lockwood, Craig; Wilson, Michael; McGowan, Jessie. (2020) Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Palmer, Melissa J.; Henschke, Nicholas; Villanueva, Gemma; Maayan, Nicola; Bergman, Hanna; Glenton, Claire. (2020) Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Agarwal, Smisha; Glenton, Claire; Henschke, Nicholas; Tamrat, Tigest; Bergman, Hanna; Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl. (2020) Tracking health commodity inventory and notifying stock levels via mobile devices: a mixed methods systematic review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Gonçalves‐Bradley, Daniela C.; Maria, Ana Rita J.; Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio; Villanueva, Gemma; Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl; Glenton, Claire. (2020) Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Palmer, Melissa J.; Henschke, Nicholas; Bergman, Hanna; Villanueva, Gemma; Maayan, Nicola; Tamrat, Tigest. (2020) Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving maternal, neonatal, and child health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Glenton, Claire; Askeland Winje, Brita; Carlsen, Benedicte; Eilers, Renske; Wennekes, Manuela; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2020) Healthcare workers’ perceptions and experiences of communicating with people over 50 about vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
White, Patrick; Gilworth, Gill; McMillan, Viktoria; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Taylor, Stephanie J.C.; Wright, Alison J.. (2020) A Lay Health Worker Intervention to Increase Uptake and Completion of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Assessing Fidelity of Intervention Delivery. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Academic article
Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Oxman, Andrew David; Dahlgren, Astrid; Oxman, Matt; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen. (2020) 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
Academic article
France, Emma F.; Cunningham, Maggie; Ring, Nicola; Uny, Isabelle; Duncan, Edward A. S.; Jepson, Ruth G.. (2019) Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance. Journal of Advanced Nursing
Academic article
France, Emma F.; Cunningham, Maggie; Ring, Nicola; Uny, Isabelle; Duncan, Edward A. S.; Jepson, Ruth G.. (2019) Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: the eMERGe reporting guidance. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
France, Emma F.; Cunningham, Maggie; Ring, Nicola; Uny, Isabelle; Duncan, Edward A. S.; Jepson, Ruth G.. (2019) Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance. Psycho-Oncology
Academic literature review
France, Emma F; Cunningham, Maggie; Ring, Nicola; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Noyes, Jane. (2019) Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance. Review of Education
Academic article
Ames, Heather Melanie R; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2019) Purposive sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: a worked example from a synthesis on parental perceptions of vaccination communication. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
Karimi-Shahanjarini, Akram; Shakibazadeh, Elham; Rashidian, Arash; Hajimiri, Khadijeh; Glenton, Claire; Noyes, Jane. (2019) Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of doctor-nurse substitution strategies in primary care: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
White, Patrick; Gilworth, Gill; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Hogg, Lauren; Tuffnell, Rachel; Taylor, Stephanie J.C.. (2019) Improving uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD with lay health workers: feasibility of a clinical trial. The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Academic article
Downe, Soo; Finlayson, Kenneth W.; Lawrie, Theresa A.; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen. (2019) Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) for Guidelines: Paper 1 – Using qualitative evidence synthesis to inform guideline scope and develop qualitative findings statements. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Lawrie, Theresa A.; Barreix, María; Downe, Soo; Finlayson, Kenneth W.. (2019) Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) for Guidelines: Paper 3 – Using qualitative evidence syntheses to develop implementation considerations and inform implementation processes. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire; Lawrie, Theresa A.; Downe, Soo; Finlayson, Kenneth W.; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen. (2019) Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) for Guidelines: Paper 2 – Using qualitative evidence synthesis findings to inform evidence-to-decision frameworks and recommendations. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Foss, Hakan Safaralilo; Oldervoll, Ann Louise; Fretheim, Atle; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2019) Communication around HPV vaccination for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping overview of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Vogel, Joshua P.; Dowswell, Therese; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Bonet, Mercedes; Hampson, Lynn; Kellie, Frances. (2019) Developing and applying a 'living guidelines' approach to WHO recommendations on maternal and perinatal health. BMJ Global Health
Academic article
Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Glenton, Claire; Booth, Andrew; Noyes, Jane; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2019) Systematic mapping of existing tools to appraise methodological strengths and limitations of qualitative research: first stage in the development of the CAMELOT tool. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
Ames, Heather Melanie R; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Tamrat, Tigest; Akama, Eliud; Leon, Natalie. (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
Academic literature review
Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matt. (2019) Informed health choices intervention to teach primary school children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: process evaluation. BMJ Open
Academic article
Gilworth, Gill; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Wright, Alison J.; Taylor, Stephanie J.C.; Tuffnell, Rachel; Hogg, Lauren. (2019) The lay health worker–patient relationship in promoting pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in COPD: What makes it work?. Chronic Respiratory Disease
Academic article
Barreto, Jorge; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2019) Uso da evidência qualitativa para informar decisões no Brasil e na região da América Latina. Boletim do Instituto de Saúde – BIS
Academic article
Mathews, Catherine; Goga, A.; Loveday, M.; Zembe, W.; Daviaud, E.; Siegfried, N.. (2019) Moving towards universal health coverage: Strengthening the evidence ecosystem for the South African health system. South African Medical Journal
Academic article
Daniels, Karen; Odendaal, Willem A.; Nkonki, Lungiswa; Hongoro, Charles; Colvin, Christopher J.; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2019) Incentives for lay health workers to improve recruitment, retention in service and performance. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Matt; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Oxman, Andrew David; Dahlgren, Astrid. (2019) Development of mass media resources to improve the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments: a human-centred design approach. Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Academic article
Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew David; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen. (2019) Informed Health Choices media intervention for improving people's ability to critically appraise the trustworthiness of claims about treatment effects: A mixed-methods process evaluation of a randomised trial in Uganda. BMJ Open
Academic article
Booth, Andrew; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Toews, Ingrid; Noyes, Jane. (2018) Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings-paper 7: Understanding the potential impacts of dissemination bias. Implementation Science
Academic article
Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire. (2018) Are we entering a new era for qualitative research? Using qualitative evidence to support guidance and guideline development by the World Health Organization. International Journal for Equity in Health
Feature article
Agarwal, Smisha; Tamrat, Tigest; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Henschke, Nicholas; Maayan, Nicola. (2018) Decision-support tools via mobile devices to improve quality of care in primary healthcare settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Agarwal, Smisha; Vasudevan, Lavanya; Tamrat, Tigest; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Bergman, Hanna. (2018) Digital tracking, provider decision support systems, and targeted client communication via mobile devices to improve primary health care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Vasudevan, Lavanya; Henschke, Nicholas; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Maayan, Nicola; Eyers, John. (2018) Birth and death notification via mobile devices: a mixed methods systematic review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Kaufman, Jessica; Ryan, Rebecca; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Glenton, Claire; Cliff, Julie. (2018) Identification of preliminary core outcome domains for communication about childhood vaccination: An online Delphi survey. Vaccine
Academic article
Noyes, Jane; Booth, Andrew; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Carlsen, Benedicte; Glenton, Claire; Colvin, Christopher J.. (2018) Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings–paper 6: how to assess relevance of the data. Implementation Science
Academic article
Colvin, Christopher J.; Garside, Ruth; Wainwright, Megan; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Glenton, Claire; Bohren, Meghan. (2018) Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 4: how to assess coherence. Implementation Science
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Carlsen, Benedicte; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Colvin, Christopher J.; Tunçalp, Özge. (2018) Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 5: how to assess adequacy of data. Implementation Science
Academic article
Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Moberg, Jenny; Glenton, Claire; Schünemann, Holger J; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Akl, Elie A. (2018) Developing Evidence to Decision Frameworks and an Interactive Evidence to Decision Tool for Making and Using Decisions and Recommendations in Health Care. Global Challenges
Academic article
Moberg, Jenny; Oxman, Andrew David; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Schünemann, Holger J.; Guyatt, Gordon; Flottorp, Signe. (2018) The GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework for health system and public health decisions. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lewin, Simon Arnold; Booth, Andrew; Glenton, Claire; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Rashidian, Arash; Wainwright, Megan. (2018) Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series. Implementation Science
Academic article
Lewin, Simon Arnold; Bohren, Meghan; Rashidian, Arash; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Glenton, Claire; Colvin, Christopher J.. (2018) 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. Implementation Science
Academic article
Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Bohren, Meghan; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Noyes, Jane; Tunçalp, Özge. (2018) Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 3: how to assess methodological limitations. Implementation Science
Academic article
Agarwal, Smisha; Tamrat, Tigest; Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl; Henschke, Nicholas; Bergman, Hanna; Mehl, Garrett L.. (2018) Tracking health commodity inventory and notifying stock levels via mobile devices. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Gonçalves‐Bradley, Daniela C.; Buckley, Brian S.; Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl; Glenton, Claire; Henschke, Nicholas; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2018) Mobile-based technologies to support client to healthcare provider communication and management of care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Tricco, Andrea C.; Lillie, Erin; Zarin, Wasifa; O'Brien, Kelly K.; Colquhoun, Heather; Levac, Danielle. (2018) PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine
Academic literature review
Herrera, Cristian A.; Lewin, Simon; Paulsen, Elizabeth J.; Ciapponi, Agustín; Opiyo, Newton; Pantoja, Tomas. (2017) Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Wiysonge, Charles Shey; Paulsen, Elizabeth J.; Lewin, Simon; Ciapponi, Agustin; Herrera, Cristian A.; Opiyo, Newton. (2017) Financial arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Ciapponi, Agustin; Lewin, Simon; Herrera, Cristian A; Opiyo, Newton; Pantoja, Tomas; Paulsen, Elizabeth J.. (2017) Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Glenton, Claire; Sorhaindo, Annik M; Ganatra, Bela; Lewin, Simon. (2017) Implementation considerations when expanding health worker roles to include safe abortion care: a five-country case study synthesis. BMC Public Health
Academic article
Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matthew Prescott; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah. (2017) Effects of the Informed Health Choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet
Academic article
Toews, Ingrid; Booth, Andrew; Berg, Rigmor; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies. (2017) Further exploration of dissemination bias in qualitative research required to facilitate assessment within qualitative evidence syntheses. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Kaufman, Jessica; Ames, Heather; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Cartier, Yuri; Cliff, Julie; Glenton, Claire. (2017) The comprehensive ‘Communicate to Vaccinate’ taxonomy of communication interventions for childhood vaccination in routine and campaign contexts. BMC Public Health
Academic article
Lewin, Simon; Hendry, Maggie; Chandler, Jackie; Oxman, Andrew David; Michie, Susan; Shepperd, Sasha. (2017) Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR). BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
Muloliwa, Artur Manuel; Cliff, Julie; Oku, Afiong; Oyo-Ita, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Ames, Heather. (2017) Using the COMMVAC taxonomy to map vaccination communication interventions in Mozambique. Global health action
Academic article
Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Oxman, Andrew David; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Oxman, Matthew Prescott; Rosenbaum, Sarah. (2017) 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: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet
Academic article
Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle; Nabudere, Harriet. (2017) Factors that influence the provision of intrapartum and postnatal care by skilled birth attendants in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Ames, Heather; Njang, Diangha Mabel; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Kaufman, Jessica; Hill, Sophie. (2017) Stakeholder perceptions of communication about vaccination in two regions of Cameroon: A qualitative case study. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Oku, Afiong; Oyo-Ita, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Ames, Heather; Muloliwa, Artur Manuel. (2017) Perceptions and experiences of childhood vaccination communication strategies among caregivers and health workers in Nigeria: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Kaufman, Jessica; Ryan, Rebecca; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Cartier, Yuri. (2017) Childhood vaccination communication outcomes unpacked and organized in a taxonomy to facilitate core outcome establishment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Ames, Heather; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon. (2017) Parents' and informal caregivers' views and experiences of communication about routine childhood vaccination: A synthesis of qualitative evidence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Oku, Afiong; Oyo-Ita, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Eteng, Glory; Ames, Heather. (2017) Factors affecting the implementation of childhood vaccination communication strategies in Nigeria: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health
Academic article
Perry, Henry; Crigler, Lauren; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; LeBan, Karen; Hodgins, Steve. (2017) A new resource for developing and strengthening large-scale community health worker programs. Human Resources for Health
Short communication
Pantoja, Tomás; Opiyo, Newton; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Paulsen, Elizabeth Joan; Ciapponi, Agustin; Wiysonge, Charles Shey. (2017) Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: An overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Toews, Ingrid; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Berg, Rigmor; Noyes, Jane; Booth, Andrew. (2016) Extent, awareness and perception of dissemination bias in qualitative research: An explorative survey. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Odendaal, Willem; Atkins, Salla; Lewin, Simon. (2016) Multiple and mixed methods in formative evaluation: Is more better? Reflections from a South African study. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Gülmezoglu, Ahmet Metin. (2016) Expanding the evidence base for global recommendations on health systems: Strengths and challenges of the OptimizeMNH guidance process. Implementation Science
Academic article
Noyes, Jane; Hendry, Margaret; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; Chandler, Jackie; Rashidian, Arash. (2016) Qualitative ‘‘trial-sibling’’ studies and ‘‘unrelated’’ qualitative studies contributed to complex intervention reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Noyes, Jane; Hendry, Maggie; Booth, Andrew; Chandler, Jackie; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire. (2016) Current use was established and Cochrane guidance on selection of social theories for systematic reviews of complex interventions was developed. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Kaufman, Jessica; Ryan, Rebecca; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Cartier, Yuri; Cliff, Julie; Glenton, Claire. (2016) Outcomes mapping study for childhood vaccination communication: too few concepts were measured in too many ways. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic literature review
Oku, Afiong; Oyo-Ita, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Ames, Heather; Muloliwa, Artur Manuel. (2016) Communication strategies to promote the uptake of childhood vaccination in Nigeria: A systematic map. Global health action
Academic article
O'Cathain, Alicia; Hoddinott, Pat; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Thomas, Kate J.; Young, Bridget; Adamson, Joy. (2015) Maximising the impact of qualitative research in feasibility studies for randomised controlled trials: Guidance for researchers. Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Academic literature review
Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Menzies; Carlsen, Benedicte; Colvin, Christopher J.; Gulmezoglu, Metin. (2015) Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual). PLoS Medicine
Academic article
Ames, Heather; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon. (2015) Parents' and informal caregivers' views and experiences of routine early childhood vaccination communication: qualitative evidence synthesis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Oxman, Andrew David; Chalmers, Iain; Nsangi, Allen; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon. (2015) Key concepts that people need to understand to assess claims about treatment effects. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (JEBM)
Academic article
Ames, Heather; Njang, Diangha Mabel; Glenton, Claire; Fretheim, Atle; Kaufman, Jessica; Hill, Sophie. (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
Academic article
Langlois, Etienne; Ranson, Michael; Bärnighausen, Till; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Daniels, Karen; El-Jardali, Fadi. (2015) Advancing the field of health systems research synthesis . Systematic Reviews
Feature article
Polus, Stephanie; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; Lerberg, Priya Miriam; Rehfuess, Eva; Gülmezoglu, A. Metin. (2015) Optimizing the delivery of contraceptives in low- and middle-income countries through task shifting: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety. Reproductive Health
Academic literature review
Church, Kathryn; Wringe, Alison; Lewin, Simon; Ploubidis, George B.; Fakudze, Phelele; Initiative, Integra. (2015) Exploring the feasibility of service integration in a low-income setting: A mixed methods investigation into different models of reproductive health and HIV care in Swaziland. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Gopinathan, Unni; Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire. (2014) Implementing large-scale programmes to optimise the health workforce in low- and middle-income settings: a multicountry case study synthesis. Tropical medicine & international health
Academic article
Sæterdal, Ingvil von Mehren; Lewin, Simon; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Glenton, Claire; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo. (2014) Interventions aimed at communities to inform and/or educate about early childhood vaccination. The Cochrane library
Academic literature review
Noyes, Jane; Carlsen, Benedicte; Chandler, Jackie; Colvin, Christopher J.; Glenton, Claire; Gülmezoglu, A. Metin. (2014) Optimizing the world's nursing and midwifery roles to meet the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health more effectively. Journal of Advanced Nursing
Editorial
Odendaal, Willem A.; Lewin, Simon. (2014) The provision of TB and HIV/AIDS treatment support by lay health workers in South Africa: A time-and-motion study. Human Resources for Health
Academic article
Owolabi, Onikepe Oluwadamilola; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Pakenham-Walsh, Neil. (2014) Stakeholder views on the incorporation of traditional birth attendants into the formal health systems of low-and middle-income countries: A qualitative analysis of the HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 email discussion forums. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Academic article
Wiysonge, Charles Shey; Herrera, CA; Ciapponi, Agustin; Lewin, Simon; Garcia Marti, Sebastian; Opiyo, Newton. (2014) Financial arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Herrera, CA; Ciapponi, Agustin; Bastias, Gabriel; Lewin, Simon; Garcia Marti, Sebastian; Okwundu, CI. (2014) Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Ciapponi, Agustin; Lewin, Simon; Bastias, Gabriel; Dudley, Lilian; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Gagnon, M. (2014) Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Pantoja, Tomas; Ciapponi, Agustin; Dudley, Lilian; Gagnon, M; Herrera, CA; Lewin, Simon. (2014) Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Rashidian, Arash; Shakibazadeh, Elham; Karimi- Shahanjarini, Akram; Glenton, Claire; Noyes, Jane; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2013) Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of doctor-nurse substitution strategies in primary care: Qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Colvin, Christopher J.; Carlsen, Benedicte; Swartz, Alison; Lewin, Simon; Noyes, Jane. (2013) Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Noyes, Jane; Gough, David; Lewin, Simon; Mayhew, Alain; Michie, Susan; Pantoja, Tomas. (2013) A research and development agenda for systematic reviews that ask complex questions about complex interventions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Colvin, Christopher J.; de Heer, Jodie; Winterton, Laura; Mellenkamp, Milagros; Glenton, Claire; Noyes, Jane. (2013) A systematic review of qualitative evidence on barriers and facilitators to the implementation of task-shifting in midwifery services. Midwifery
Academic literature review
Leon, Natalie; Lewin, Simon; Mathews, Catherine. (2013) Implementing a provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) intervention in Cape town, South Africa: a process evaluation using the normalisation process model. Implementation Science
Academic article
Vogel, Joshua; Oxman, Andrew David; Glenton, Claire; Rosenbaum, Sarah Ellen; Lewin, Simon; Gulmezoglu, A Metin. (2013) Policymakers' and other stakeholders' perceptions of key considerations for health system decisions and the presentation of evidence to inform those considerations: an international survey. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Colvin, Christopher J.; Carlsen, Benedicte; Swartz, Alison; Lewin, Simon; Noyes, Jane. (2013) Intervention protocol: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Lutge, Elizabeth; Lewin, Simon; Volmink, Jimmy; Friedman, Irwin; Lombard, Carl. (2013) Economic support to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in South Africa: a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials
Academic article
Willis, Natalie; Hill, Sophie; Kaufman, Jessica; Lewin, Simon; Kis-Rigo, John; Freire, Sara Bensaude De Castro. (2013) "Communicate to vaccinate": the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination. BMC International Health and Human Rights
Academic article
van Ginneken, Nadja; Tharyan, Prathap; Lewin, Simon; Rao, Girish N.; Meera, Suthar M.; Pian, Jessica. (2013) Non-specialist health worker interventions for the care of mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Burford, Belinda; Lewin, Simon; Welch, Vivian; Rehfuess, Eva; Waters, Elizabeth. (2013) Assessing the applicability of findings in systematic reviews of complex interventions can enhance the utility of reviews for decision making. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic literature review
Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Mayhew, Alain; Scheel, Inger B.; Odgaard-Jensen, Jan. (2013) Nonrandomized studies are not always found even when selection criteria for health systems intervention reviews include them: a methodological study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Uebel, Kerry; Guise, Andy; Georgeu, Daniella; Colvin, Christopher; Lewin, Simon. (2013) Integrating HIV care into nurse-led primary health care services in South Africa: a synthesis of three linked qualitative studies. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Lavis, John N.; Lewin, Simon; Atun, Rifat; Røttingen, John-Arne; Dröschel, Daniel. (2012) Guidance for Evidence-Informed Policies about Health Systems: Rationale for and Challenges of Guidance Development. PLoS Medicine
Editorial
Lewin, Simon; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Oliver, Sandy; Akl, Elie A.; Vist, Gunn Elisabeth; Lavis, John N.. (2012) Guidance for Evidence-Informed Policies about Health Systems: Assessing How Much Confidence to Place in the Research Evidence. PLoS Medicine
Editorial
Lavis, John N.; Røttingen, John-Arne; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Atun, Rifat; El-Jardali, Fadi; Gilson, Lucy. (2012) Guidance for Evidence-Informed Policies about Health Systems: Linking Guidance Development to Policy Development. PLoS Medicine
Editorial
Sæterdal, Ingvil von Mehren; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Lewin, Simon; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Glenton, Claire. (2012) Community‐directed interventions for informing and/or educating about early childhood vaccination. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic article
Dwamena, Francesca; Holmes-Rovner, Margaret; Gaulden, Carolyn M.; Jorgenson, Sarah; Sadigh, Gelareh; Sikorskii, Alla. (2012) Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Atkins, Salla; Lewin, Simon; Ringsberg, Karin C.; Thorson, Anna. (2012) Towards an empowerment approach in tuberculosis treatment in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative analysis of programmatic change. Global health action
Academic article
Georgeu, Daniella; Colvin, Christopher J.; Lewin, Simon; Fairall, Lara; Bachmann, Max O.; Uebel, Kerry. (2012) Implementing nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral treatment (NIMART) in South Africa: a qualitative process evaluation of the STRETCH trial. Implementation Science
Academic article
Fairall, Lara; Bachmann, Max O.; Lombard, Carl; Timmerman, Vanessa; Uebel, Kerry; Zwarenstein, Merrick. (2012) Task shifting of antiretroviral treatment from doctors to primary-care nurses in South Africa (STRETCH): a pragmatic, parallel, cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet
Academic article
Christopher, Jason B; Le May, Alex; Lewin, Simon; Ross, David A. (2011) Thirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic review of the impact of community health workers delivering curative interventions against malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Human Resources for Health
Academic literature review
Lewin, Simon; Hill, Sophie; Abdullahi, Leyla H.; Freire, Sara B. de Castro; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Glenton, Claire. (2011) 'Communicate to vaccinate' (COMMVAC). building evidence for improving communication about childhood vaccinations in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a programme of research. Implementation Science
Academic article
Atkins, Salla; Lewin, Simon; Ringsberg, Karin C.; Thorson, Anna. (2011) Provider experiences of the implementation of a new tuberculosis treatment programme: A qualitative study using the normalisation process model. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Lewin, Simon; Reeves, Scott. (2011) Enacting 'team' and 'teamwork': Using Goffman's theory of impression management to illuminate interprofessional practice on hospital wards. Social Science and Medicine
Academic article
Atkins, Salla; Lewin, Simon; Jordaan, Esme; Thorson, Anna. (2011) Lay health worker-supported tuberculosis treatment adherence in South Africa: an interrupted time-series study. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Scheel, Inger. (2011) Still too little qualitative research to shed light on results from reviews of effectiveness trials: A case study of a Cochrane review on the use of lay health workers. Implementation Science
Academic literature review
Glenton, Claire; Scheel, Inger; Lewin, Simon; Swingler, George. (2011) Can lay health workers increase the uptake of childhood immunisation? Systematic review and typology. Tropical medicine & international health
Academic literature review
Zwarenstein, Merrick; Fairall, Lara R.; Lombard, Carl; Mayers, Pat; Bheekie, Angeni; English, René G.. (2011) Outreach education for integration of HIV/AIDS care, antiretroviral treatment, and tuberculosis care in primary care clinics in South Africa: PALSA PLUS pragmatic cluster randomised trial. BMJ. British Medical Journal
Academic article
Uebel, Kerry E.; Fairall, Lara R.; van Rensburg, Dingie H.C.J.; Mollentze, Willie F.; Bachmann, Max O.; Lewin, Simon. (2011) Task shifting and integration of HIV care into primary care in South Africa: The development and content of the streamlining tasks and roles to expand treatment and care for HIV (STRETCH) intervention. Implementation Science
Academic article
Glasziou, Paul; Chalmers, Iain; Altman, Douglas G.; Bastian, Hilda; Boutron, Isabelle; Brice, Anne. (2010) Taking healthcare interventions from trial to practice. BMJ. British Medical Journal
Academic article
Leon, Natalie; Colvin, CJ; Lewin, Simon ; Mathews, Catherine; Jennings, K. (2010) Provider-initiated testing and counselling for HIV - from debate to implementation. South African Medical Journal
Editorial
Church, Kathryn; Lewin, Simon . (2010) Delivering integrated HIV services: time for a client-centred approach to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV?. AIDS (London)
Editorial
Atkins, Salla; Biles, David; Lewin, Simon ; Ringsberg, Karin; Thorson, Anna. (2010) Patients' experiences of an intervention to support tuberculosis treatment adherence in South Africa. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
Academic article
van Ginneken, Nadja; Lewin, Simon ; Berridge, Virginia. (2010) The emergence of community health worker programmes in the late apartheid era in South Africa: An historical analysis. Social Science and Medicine
Academic article
Cliff, Julie; Lewin, Simon ; Woelk, Godfrey; Fernandes, Benedite; Mariano, Alda; Sevene, Esperanca. (2010) Policy development in malaria vector management in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article
Lewin, Simon ; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan; Glenton, Claire; Daniels, Karen; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier ; van Wyk, Brian E. (2010) Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Academic literature review
Leon, Natalie; Naidoo, Pren; Mathews, Catherine; Lewin, Simon ; Lombard, Carl. (2010) The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial. Implementation Science
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Scheel, Inger; Pradhan, Sabina; Lewin, Simon; Hodgins, Stephen. (2010) Should we care what policy makers think? A response to Maes, Kohrt and Closser. Social Science and Medicine
Academic article
Glenton, Claire; Scheel, Inger; Pradhan, Sabina; Lewin, Simon; Hodgins, Stephen; Shrestha, Vijaya. (2010) The female community health volunteer programme in Nepal: Decision makers' perceptions of volunteerism, payment and other incentives. Social Science and Medicine
Academic article
Corluka, Adrijana ; Walker, Damian G; Lewin, Simon ; Glenton, Claire; Scheel, Inger B. (2009) Are vaccination programmes delivered by lay health workers cost-effective? A systematic review. Human Resources for Health
Academic literature review
Fretheim, Atle; Oxman, Andrew David; Lavis, John; Lewin, Simon . (2009) SUPPORT Tools for Evidence-informed policymaking in health 18: Planning monitoring and evaluation of policies. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Fretheim, Atle; Lewin, Simon. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 17: Dealing with insufficient research evidence. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lewin, Simon; Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 8: Deciding how much confidence to place in a systematic review. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Wilson, Michael G; Oxman, Andy; Grimshaw, Jeremy; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 5: Using research evidence to frame options to address a problem. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Shepperd, Sasha; Lewin, Simon ; Straus, Sharon; Clarke, Mike J; Eccles, Martin; Fitzpatrick, Ray. (2009) Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions?. PLoS Medicine
Editorial
Oxman, Andy; Fretheim, Atle; Lavis, John; Lewin, Simon. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 12: Finding and using research evidence about resource use and costs. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Fretheim, Atle; Lewin, Simon. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 16: Using research evidence in balancing the pros and cons of policies. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Permanand, Govin; Oxman, Andy; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 10: Taking equity into consideration when assessing the findings of a systematic review. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andy; Lewin, Simon; Lavis, John; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 15: Engaging the public in evidence-informed policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Oxman, Andy; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Fretheim, Atle; Munabi-babigumira, Susan; Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Lewin, Simon . (2009) SUPPORT Tools for Evidence-informed policymaking in health 6: Using research evidence to address how an option will be implemented. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Wilson, Michael G; Oxman, Andy; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 4: Using research evidence to clarify a problem. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andy; Vandvik, Per Olav; Lavis, John; Fretheim, Atle; Lewin, Simon. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 2: Improving how your organisation supports the use of research evidence to inform policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Oxman, Andy; Souza, Nathan M; Lewin, Simon; Gruen, Russell L; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 9: Assessing the applicability of the findings of a systematic review. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Oxman, Andy; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 3: Setting priorities for supporting evidence-informed policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Oxman, Andy; Grimshaw, Jeremy; Johansen, Marit; Boyko, Jennifer A; Lewin, Simon. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 7: Finding systematic reviews. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lewin, Simon; Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Fretheim, Atle; Marti, Sebastian Garcia; Munabi-babigumira, Susan. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed Policymaking in health 11: Finding and using evidence about local conditions. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lavis, John; Boyko, Jennifer A; Oxman, Andy; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 14: Organising and using policy dialogues to support evidence-informed policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Oxman, Andy; Lavis, John; Lewin, Simon; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 1: What is evidence-informed policymaking?. Health Research Policy and Systems
Academic literature review
Lewin, Simon ; Glenton, Claire; Oxman, Andrew David. (2009) Use of qualitative methods alongside randomised controlled trials of complex healthcare interventions: methodological study. BMJ. British Medical Journal
Academic article
Lewin, Simon ; Lavis, John N; Oxman, Andrew David; Bastias, Gabriel; Chopra, Mickey; Ciapponi, A. (2008) Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. The Lancet
Academic article
Atkins, Salla; Lewin, Simon ; Smith, Helen J; Engel, Mark E; Fretheim, Atle; Volmink, Jimmy. (2008) Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt. BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
Munro, Salla A; Lewin, Simon ; Smith, Helen J; Engel, Mark E; Fretheim, Atle; Volmink, Jimmy. (2007) Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research. PLoS Medicine
Academic literature review
Aaserud, Morten; Lewin, Simon; Innvær, Simon; Paulsen, Elizabeth J.; Dahlgren, Astrid; Trommald, Mari. (2005) Translating research into policy and practice in developing countries: a case study of magnesium suphate for pre-eclampsia. BMC Health Services Research
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Bjørbæk, Mona; Elgersma, Ingeborg Hess; Julin, Cathinka Halle; Elstrøm, Petter; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Fretheim, Atle. (2024) Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR) Annual Report 2023. Folkehelseinstituttet. Senter for forskning på epidemitiltak
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Ssenyonga, Ronald; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Nakyejwe, Esther; Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Chesire, Faith. (2022) Informed heath choices intervention to teach secondary school adolescents in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: a process evaluation protocol. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Oxman, Andrew David; Mugisha, Michael; Chesire, Faith; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Rose, Christopher James; Nsangi, Allen. (2022) Effects of using the Informed Health Choices secondary school resources: protocol for a prospective meta-analysis. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Mugisha, Michael; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Simbi, Clarisse Marie Claudine; Chesire, Faith; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matt. (2022) Effects of Informed Health Choices secondary school resources on the ability of Rwandan students to think critically about health: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Chesire, Faith; Kaseje, Margaret; Ochieng, Marlyn; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matt. (2022) Effect of the Informed Health Choices digital secondary school resources on the ability of lower secondary students in Kenya to critically appraise health claims: protocol for a process evaluation. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Andrew David; Nakyejwe, Esther; Mugagga, Solomon Kevin; Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel. (2022) Does the use of the Informed Health Choices secondary school resources improve critical thinking about the effects of health among secondary school students in Uganda? A cluster-randomised trial protocol. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Mugisha, Michael; Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia; Oxman, Andrew David; Simbi, Clarisse Marie Claudine; Chesire, Faith; Ssenyonga, Ronald. (2022) Use of the Informed Health Choices digital resources for teaching lower secondary school students in Rwanda to think critically about health: protocol for a process evaluation. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Chesire, Faith; Kaseje, Margaret; Ochieng, Marlyn; Mugisha, Michael; Ssenyonga, Ronald; Oxman, Matt. (2022) Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention on the ability of lower secondary students in Kenya to think critically about health information and choices: Protocol for a cluster-randomized trial. Folkehelseinstituttet Folkehelseinstituttet
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Ames, Heather Melanie R; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Fretheim, Atle. (2017) Mapping, exploring and understanding communication interventions for childhood vaccination. Universitetet i Oslo Universitetet i Oslo
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Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Glenton, Claire; Kaseje, Margaret; Lewin, Simon; Oxman, Andrew David. (2017) An educational podcast to improve the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: Process evaluation protocol. Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Oxman, Andrew David; Oxman, Matt. (2016) Resources to teach primary school children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: Protocol for a process evaluation. Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon. (2012) World Health Organization Recommendations: Optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting. World Health Organization
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Oxman, Andrew David; Lavis, John N; Lewin, Simon ; Fretheim, Atle. (2010) SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). Rapport fra Kunnskapssenteret (4/2010)
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Denison, Eva; Berg, Rigmor C.; Lewin, Simon ; Fretheim, Atle. (2009) Effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting. Rapport fra Kunnskapssenteret (25/2009)
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Oxman, Andrew David; Bjørndal, Arild; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Lewin, Simon ; Lindahl, Anne Karin. (2008) Integrated health care for people with chronic conditions. A policy brief. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten
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2023

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Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Kredo, Tamara; Oliver, Joy; Leong, Trudy; Durão, Solange. (2023) Enhancing evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa. NTNU Health A Healthy future , Trondheim 2023-10-05 - 2023-10-05
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Ryan, R.; Wolfenden, Luke; Shepperd, Sasha; Cumpston, M.; Parkhill, A.; Merner, B. (2023) Why we need a new Cochrane Thematic Group on Person-centred care, Health Systems and Public Health. Cochrane 27th Cochrane Colloquium , London 2023-09-03 - 2023-09-06

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Simon Arnold Lewin