Browsing by Author "Fretheim, Atle"
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Can an educational podcast improve the ability of parents of primary school children to assess the reliability of claims made about the benefits and harms of treatments : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Matt; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Sarah Rosenbaum, Sarah; Margaret Kaseje, Margaret; Nyirazinyoye, Laeticia; Fretheim, Atle; Chalmers, Iain; Oxman, Andrew; Sewankambo, Nelson K. (BioMed Central, 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 ... -
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
Semakula, Daniel; Nsangi, Allen; Oxman, Andrew D.; Oxman, Matt; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Kaseje, Margaret; Chalmers, Iain; Fretheim, Atle; Doris Tove Kristoffersen, Doris Tove; Sewankambo, Nelson K (The Lancent, 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. ... -
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
Nsangi, Allen; Semakula, Daniel; Oxman, Andrew D.; Oxman, Matt; Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Glenton, Claire; Lewin, Simon; Kaseje, Margaret; Chalmers, Iain; Fretheim, Atle; Kristoffersen, Doris Tove; Sewankambo, Nelson K (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 ...