Hanna Öfverström
Research Specialist
E-mail: hanna.ofverstrom@ki.se
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 MMC Öfverström, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a research specialist and research group leader for the Intervention processes and outcomes (PROCOME) research group at Medical Management Centre (MMC).
I have a PhD in Medical sciences with a previous background as a
physiotherapist and with a Master of Science in Public Health.
2017 PhD, Medical sciences, Karolinska Institutet
2009 Master of science in Public Health, Uppsala University
2006 Licensed Physiotherapist, Uppsala University
Research
- My research focuses on implementation of different types of improvement interventions in health care organizations and how the context and implementation process is related to the outcomes of these interventions. My research also focuses on how implementation capacity can be built within organizations. Another research interest is the de-implementation of low-value care.
Teaching
- I teach in the course Implementation Science – Implementation Leadership in Healthcare and Social Services at KI and about implementation and de-implementation at other universities.
Articles
- Article: BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY. 2025;34(9):570-579Roczniewska M; Augustsson H; Ingvarsson S; Rundgren EH; Szymanski K; Schwarz UVT; Nilsen P; Hasson H
- Article: HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS. 2024;22(1):159Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; Schwarz UVT; Nilsen P; Roczniewska M; Augustsson H
- Journal article: GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS. 2024;4(3):309-323Nordmark S; Augustsson H; Davidsson M; Andersson-Gidlund T; Holmberg K; Mohseni ZA; Rack J; Masiello I
- Article: JOURNAL OF MIGRATION AND HEALTH. 2024;10:100243Hagstrom A; Hasson H; Hollander A-C; Vahtra C; Delilovic S; Augustsson H
- Journal article: EDUCATION SCIENCES. 2024;14(1):82Masiello I; Mohseni ZA; Palma F; Nordmark S; Augustsson H; Rundquist R
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(12):e0296000Masiello I; Fixsen DL; Nordmark S; Mohseni ZA; Holmberg K; Rack J; Davidsson M; Andersson-Gidlund T; Augustsson H
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;4(1):151Reszel J; Daub O; Leese J; Augustsson H; Bellows DM; Cassidy CE; Crowner BE; Dunn SI; Goodwin LB; Hoens AM; Hunter SC; Lynch EA; Moore JL; Rafferty MR; Romney W; Stacey D; Graham ID
- Article: ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2023;18(1):65Petersen E; Augustsson H; Berman AH
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2023;22(1):130Morici BC; Augustsson H; Hasson H; Ebbevi D
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES. 2023;3:1099538Ingvarsson S; Sandaker I; Nilsen P; Hasson H; Augustsson H; Schwarz UVT
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. 2022;40(4):426-437Lang G; Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; Nilsen P; Augustsson H
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;10:973890Cedstrand E; Augustsson H; Alderling M; Sanchez Martinez N; Bodin T; Nyberg A; Johansson G
- Article: HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS. 2022;20(1):92Augustsson H; Morici BC; Hasson H; Schwarz UVT; Schalling SK; Ingvarsson S; Wijk H; Roczniewska M; Nilsen P
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;3(1):69Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; Augustsson H; Nilsen P; Schwarz UVT; Sandaker I
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(24):12872Cedstrand E; Molsted Alvesson H; Augustsson H; Bodin T; Bodin E; Nyberg A; Johansson G
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;2(1):129Augustsson H; Costea V-A; Eriksson L; Hasson H; Baeck A; Ahstroem M; Bergstroem A
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2021;21(1):1024Ebbevi D; Hasson H; Lonnroth K; Augustsson H
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(7):e052820Place V; Assel K; Hagstrom A; Gubi E; Augustsson H; Dalman C; Hollander A-C
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;2(1):50Roczniewska M; von Thiele Schwarz U; Augustsson H; Nilsen P; Ingvarsson S; Hasson H
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(7):3546Cedstrand E; Nyberg A; Sanchez-Bengtsson S; Alderling M; Augustsson H; Bodin T; Molsted Alvesson H; Johansson G
- Article: BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS. 2021;14(1):63Long JC; Gul H; McPherson E; Best S; Augustsson H; Churruca K; Ellis LA; Braithwaite J
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;2(1):13Augustsson H; Ingvarsson S; Nilsen P; von Thiele Schwarz U; Muli I; Dervish J; Hasson H
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2020;15(1):93Ingvarsson S; Augustsson H; Hasson H; Nilsen P; Schwarz UVT; von Knorring M
- Journal article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(6):e036453Braithwaite J; Ludlow K; Testa L; Herkes J; Augustsson H; Lamprell G; McPherson E; Zurynski Y
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. 2020;1:2633489520953762Nilsen P; Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; von Thiele Schwarz U; Augustsson H
- Journal article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2019;19(1):666Augustsson H; Churruca K; Braithwaite J
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2019;14(1):70Hasson H; Nilsen P; Augustsson H; Ingvarsson S; Korlen S; Schwarz UVT
- Journal article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(6):e030988Hibbert PD; Wiles LK; Cameron ID; Kitson A; Reed RL; Georgiou A; Gray L; Westbrook J; Augustsson H; Molloy CJ; Arnolda G; Ting HP; Mitchell R; Rapport F; Gordon SJ; Runciman WB; Braithwaite J
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2019;19(1):287Mosson R; Augustsson H; Back A; Ahstrom M; Schwarz UVT; Richter A; Gunnarsson M; Hasson H
- Journal article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(4):e026028Augustsson H; Churruca K; Braithwaite J
- Journal article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(1):e025892Braithwaite J; Zurynski Y; Ludlow K; Holt J; Augustsson H; Campbell M
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2018;13(1):67Hasson H; Nilsen P; Augustsson H; Schwarz UVT
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE. 2017;53(3):349-368Augustsson H; Richter A; Hasson H; Schwarz UVT
- Article: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL. 2016;31(3):495-504Astnell S; Schwarz UVT; Hasson H; Augustsson H; Stenfors-Hayes T
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 2015;22(3):345-355Augustsson H; Schwarz UVT; Stenfors-Hayes T; Hasson H
- Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2015;57(2):217-225Schwarz UVT; Augustsson H; Hasson H; Stenfors-Hayes T
- Article: JOURNAL OF HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT. 2013;27(3):390-408Augustsson H; Törnquist A; Hasson H
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All other publications
- Study protocol: TRIALS. 2024;25(1):672Ballin M; Enelius MB; Dini S; Galanti MR; Hagstromer M; Heintz E; Lager A; de Leon AP; Lundh L; Nystrand C; Walldin C; Augustsson H
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2024Ballin M; Enelius MB; Dini S; Galanti MR; Hagströmer M; Heintz E; Lager A; de Leon AP; Lundh L; Nystrand C; Walldin C; Augustsson H
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2024Roczniewska M; Augustsson H; Ingvarsson S; Rundgren EH; Szymański K; Schwarz UVT; Nilsen P; Hasson H
- Book chapter: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2024;p. 99-113Nilsen P; Augustsson H
- Review: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2023;18(1):62Zurynski Y; Ludlow K; Testa L; Augustsson H; Herkes-Deane J; Hutchinson K; Lamprell G; McPherson E; Carrigan A; Ellis LA; Dharmayani PNA; Smith CL; Richardson L; Dammery G; Singh N; Braithwaite J
- Review: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2022;17(1):73Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; von Thiele Schwarz U; Nilsen P; Powell BJ; Lindberg C; Augustsson H
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; Schwarz UVT; Nilsen P; Powell B; Lindberg C; Augustsson H
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022Ingvarsson S; Hasson H; Augustsson H; Nilsen P; Schwarz UVT; Sandaker I
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021Roczniewska M; Schwarz UVT; Augustsson H; Nilsen P; Ingvarsson S; Hasson H
- Review: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2020;20(1):1063Augustsson H; Churruca K; Braithwaite J
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020Ingvarsson S; Augustsson H; Hasson H; Nilsen P; Schwarz UVT; von Knorring M
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020Ingvarsson S; Augustsson H; Hasson H; Nilsen P; Schwarz UVT; von Knorring M
- Review: JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;48(3):904-920Ellis LA; Augustsson H; Grodahl AI; Pomare C; Churruca K; Long JC; Ludlow K; Zurynski YA; Braithwaite J
- Study protocol: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):424Cedstrand E; Nyberg A; Bodin T; Augustsson H; Johansson G
- Doctoral thesis: 2017Augustsson H
Grants
- Patients' role i de-implementation of low-value careThe Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research, & Charity1 March 2025 - 29 February 2028
- AFA Insurance (Sweden)1 September 2024 - 31 August 2027Syftet med projektet är att generera kunskap om hur den organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljön (OSA) kan förbättras inom byggbranschen. Vi vill bl.a. undersöka varför vissa arbetsplatser lyckas med OSA-arbetet medan andra inte gör det och om det finns en koppling mellan å ena sidan ett gott OSA-arbete och å andra sidan, krav, resurser och stress. Detta är något som inte undersökts tidigare. Vidare trycker en nyligen publicerad utvärdering av föreskriften Organisatorisk och social arbetsmiljö (AFS 2015:4) påbehovet av branschspecifika verktyg för att lyckas skapa en god OSA. Resultatet av vårt projekt avser bidra med sådana branschspefika verktyg och riktlinjer. Projektet är ett samarbete mellan tre stora byggföretag i SverigePeab, Skanska och JM samt flera branschrelevanta organisationer och Arbetsmiljöverket. Syftet med att involvera dessa aktörer är att säkerställa relevans och användbarhet samt på ett effektivt sätt sprida lärdomar från projektet ut i verksamheterna. Vi tror att det finns goda möjligheter att resultaten kan komma till praktisk nytta. Avslutningsvis bidrar även projektet med kunskap om förekomst av och trender för psykisk ohälsa för olika grupper (tjänstemän/yrkesarbetare) inom byggbranschen i Sverige. Kunskap som i hög utsträckning saknas och som kan ligga till grund för riktade insatser. Projektet har en flermetodansats där kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder såsom enkäter, intervjuer och registerdata kommer att användas för att besvara frågeställningarna.
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 October 2023 - 30 September 2029Research problem and specific questions: This program sheds light on the implementation challenges involved in changing health determinants to achieve improvements in public health. The aim of the program is to explore implementation challenges related to decision-making and practical implementation of structural interventions as well as preventive programs and their implication for health equity. The program combines expertise in public health and implementation science with the goal of identifying ways to close the gaps in health among societal groups. Data and method: The program builds on complexity theory to reflect that implementation of public health initiative involves multiple, often interdependent, stakeholders, decisions and activities. The program has three phases. The first is an exploratory qualitative phase including interviews with local politicians and administrators (in municipalities and regions) to understand how they make decisions about public health, including how the needs of different societal groups and conflicting societal goals are prioritized. The second phase involves several naturalistic experiments of local implementation and de-implementation cases investigating barriers and facilitators to these processes, strategies to overcome barriers, management of fidelity and adaptations and implementation outcomes. This entails a participatory approach in which the local actors implement initiatives and participate in collecting data. Analysis includes qualitative and quantitative cross-case comparisons. In the third phase, implementation capacity-building interventions aimed at decision-makers and implementers of public health initiatives are designed and evaluated. Relevance and utilisation: Although Sweden has one of the most developed welfare systems and ambitious public health policy goals, health inequalities are growing and systematic inequalities in health remain in almost all health outcomes and determinants. Implementation of structural interventions and preventive programs are needed, yet implementation research shows that these too often fail to reach, retain and deliver value to those most in need. If implementation between groups diverge, implementation of public health initiatives may increase rather than decrease health inequalities. This program addresses this contradiction by developing new knowledge on how public health initiatives can be implemented for disadvantaged populations. Plan for program realisation: This multidisciplinary program takes a participatory approach involving three research environments at two universities. A total of 63% of the costs cover salaries for the 12 participating junior and senior researchers. Operating costs (15%) include reference group reimbursement, communication activities and data collection.
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
Employments
- Research Specialist, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
- Case manager/project leader, Centre for epidemiology and community medicine, Region Stockholm, 2017-
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Learning, informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2017
- Master of Science in Public Health, Uppsala University, 2009
- Bachelor in Physiotherapy, Uppsala University, 2006
Leadership and responsibility assignments
- Research team leader, Procome research group, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2019-
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Elinor Forsheden Sidoli, Organisational and social work environment within the construction industry: which managing practices work?, 2024-
- Elisabeth Petersén, IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PROBLEMATIC ALCOHOL USE IN THE PSYCHIATRIC CONTEXT: VISIONS AND REALITY, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/Implementing_digital_interventions_for_problematic_alcohol_use_in_the_psychiatric_context_visions_and_reality/26910799?file=48953887, 2024
- Erik Florwald, Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the youth, aspects of local transfer of adolescents with IBD in clinical care and the need for improvement, 2023-
- Sara Ingvarsson, TIPPING THE SCALE OF RESOURCES – DE-IMPLEMENTATION OF LOW-VALUE CARE FROM AN OPERANT PERSPECTIVE, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/Tipping_the_scale_of_resources_de-implementation_of_low-value_care_from_an_operant_perspective/26894986?file=48935989, 2023
- Emma Hedberg Rundgren, Building implementation capacity for sustainable implementation in Swedish health care and welfare - evaluation of three implementation training interventions, 2022-
- Ana Hagström, Evaluation of the implementation of mental health interventions targeting newly arrived migrants, 2021-
Committee work
- Member, Expert group for de-implementation, SBU - Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services, https://www.sbu.se/sv/nyheter/2025/rapporter-om-utmonstring/, 2025-2025
- Member, Nationell arbetsgrupp för uppföljning av riktlinje för handläggning i graviditetsvecka 41, National Program Area Women’s Diseases and Childbirth, 2024-2025
- Member, CES-KI R&D group, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
- Member, Early Career Implementation Professionals working group, European Implementation Collaborative, https://implementation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ECIP-Working-Group_short.pdf, 2022-
- Member, Steering group Doctoral programme in public health sciences, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-
- Member, LIME doctoral student network (LDN), Karolinska Institutet, 2012-2012
Visiting research fellowships
- Postdoc, Macquarie University, 2018-2019
Thesis evaluation
- Jhon Álvarez Ahlgren, Examination board member of halftime evaluation, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025
- Albin Isaksson, Examination board member of halftime evaluation, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024
- Paul Welfordsson, Examination board member of halftime evaluation, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024
- Rödlund Andreas, Examination board member of halftime evaluation, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
- Maria Fagerström, Examination board member of halftime evaluation, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköpings university, 2023
Other expert reviewer/evaluation assignment
- Other evaluation assignments, Abstract Reviewing Committee for the European Health Management Conference 2024, European Health Management Association, 2024-2024
Conference/event participation
- Invited speaker, European Implementation Event 2025, https://implementation.eu/eie2025/, Relative importance and interactions of factors influencing low-value care provision - a factorial survey experiment among Swedish primary care physicians, 2025
- Invited speaker, Svensk förening för allmänmedicinsk förening (SFAM) kongress, https://www.sfamkongress.se/, Deimplementering av lågvärdevård, 2025
- Invited speaker, The Preventing Overdiagnosis International Conference, https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-overdiagnosis, Rethinking Drivers of Low-Value Care: System-Level Factors and their Influence on Overuse and Overdiagnosis, https://ebm.bmj.com/content/30/Suppl_1/A25.1, 2025
- Co-organiser, Knowledge Utilization Colloquium 2024, Member of the scientific organizing committé, https://www.uu.se/en/centre/health-and-sustainability/collaboration/ku24, 2024
- Moderator, Knowledge Utilization Colloquium 2024, https://www.uu.se/en/centre/health-and-sustainability/collaboration/ku24, Sustainmennt, 2024
- Invited speaker, U-CARE Venue 2024, Theme of U-Care Venue 2024: When research meets reality – Optimizing for successful implementation of complex interventions in diverse settings, https://www.uu.se/en/centre/u-care/events/archive/2024-10-24-u-care-venue-2024, Building Implementation Capacity in health and welfare organizations, 2024
- Invited speaker, European implementation Event 2023, https://implementation.eu/european-implementation-event-2023/, Why is it so hard to de-implement low-value care practices in health care?, https://implementation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AbstractBooklet_Symposia.pdf, 2023
- Invited speaker, European Implementation Event 2021, https://implementation.eu/eie2023-program/, Central governance of de-implementation of low-value care in the symposium: Do old habits die hard? The challenge of de-implementation of low-value care, https://implementation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SYMP-5_Abstract.pdf, 2021
- Oral presenter of submitted abstract, 17th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Theme: RESPECTFUL AND EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP Managing people and organizations in turbulent times, https://eawop.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/program2015.pdf, Promoting employee health by integrating health promotion, occupational safety and health and continuous improvement work – how do process factors impact employee outcomes?, https://eawop.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/program2015.pdf, 2015
- Oral presenter of submitted abstract, The 8th NOVO symposium, Sustainable health care production systems, ntegrating health promotion, occupational safety and health and con tinuous improvements to promote employee health- A longitudinal quasi experimental intervention study, https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/102240720/8th_NOVO_symposium_abstracts.pdf, 2014
- Invited speaker, Nordic conference on implementation of evidence-based practice, https://researchingparents.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/the-nordic-conference-on-implementation-of-evidence-based-practice-linkoping-sweden/, Symposium: Making sense of implementation fidelity in complex interventions. Presentation: Understanding differences in implementation fidelity – process analysis of an occupational health intervention, https://researchingparents.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/abstract.pdf, 2013
- Oral presenter of submitted abstract, 6th NOVO symposium, Theme: : Sustainable Health Care: Continuous Improvements of Processes and Systems, https://www.novo-network.dk/-/media/sites/novo-network/past_symposia/symposium_2012/novo-symposium_2012.ashx, The LeanHealth project: Analysis of implementation when merging occupational health, safety and health promotion with Lean, 2012
- Oral presenter of submitted abstract, 8th International Organisation Behaviour in Healthcare Conference, http://shoc.org.uk/previous-conferences/, Understanding the effects of a workplace learning intervention, 2012
