Hanna Öfverström

Hanna Öfverström

Research Specialist
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

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Grants

  • Patients' role i de-implementation of low-value care
    The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research, & Charity
    1 March 2025 - 29 February 2028
  • AFA Insurance (Sweden)
    1 September 2024 - 31 August 2027
    Syftet 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 Sverige
    Peab, 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 Welfare
    1 October 2023 - 30 September 2029
    Research 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 Welfare
    1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 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

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, CES-KI R&D group, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
  • Member, Steering group Doctoral programme in public health sciences, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-

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

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