Maike Winters
E-mail: maike.winters@ki.se
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset Tomtebodavägen 18 A, plan 3, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Ekström Nordenstedt, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- In my research, I combine my background in journalism and communication with
global health and epidemiology. My research focusses on the role of risk
communication and misinformation in infectious disease outbreaks - for
instance the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apart from my work at KI, I am Chief Ignorance Hunter at the Gapminder
Foundation. I help to develop and test new fact questions around global
trends, hunting topics where chimpanzees outsmart humans.
Research
- *Publications *
Debunking highly prevalent health misinformation using audio dramas delivered
by WhatsApp: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Sierra Leone [1]
*Winters M*, Oppenheim B, Sengeh P, Jalloh MB, Webber N, Pratt SA, Leigh B,
Mölsted-Alvesson H, Zeebari Z, Sundberg CJ, Jalloh MF, Nordenstedt H.
/BMJ Global Health, 2021 - 6:e006954/
Behaviour adoption approaches during public health emergencies: implications
for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond [2]
Jalloh MF, Nur AA, Nur SA, *Winters M*, Bedson J, Pedi D, Prybylski D,
Namageyo-Funa A, Hageman KM, Baker BJ, Jalloh MB, Eng E, Nordenstedt H, Hakim
AJ.
/BMJ Global Health, 2021 - 6:e004450 /
Engaging religious leaders to promote safe burial practices during the
2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak, Sierra Leone [3]
Lyons P, *Winters M*, Zeebari Z, Schmidt-Hellerau K, Sengeh P, Jalloh MB,
Jalloh MF, Nordenstedt H.
/Bulletin of the WHO, 2021 - 99(4):271-279/
Risk perception during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone [4]
*Winters M*, Jalloh MF, Sengeh P, Jalloh MB, Zeebari Z, Nordenstedt H.
/BMC Public Health, 2020 - 20:1539/
Community knowledge, perceptions and practices around COVID-19 in Sierra
Leone: a nationwide, cross-sectional survey [5]
Sengeh P, Jalloh MB, Webber N, Ngobeh I, Samba T, Thomas H, Nordenstedt H,
*Winters M*.
/BMJ Open, 2020 - 10:e040328/
Homecare for sick family members while waiting for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ help during the
2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: a mixed methods study [6]
Schmidt-Hellerau K, *Winters M*, Lyons P, Leigh B, Jalloh MB, Sengeh P,
Sawaneh AB, Zeebari Z, Salazar M, Jalloh MF, Nordenstedt H.
/BMJ Global Health, 2020 - 5:e002732/
Creating misinformation: how a headline in BMJ about covid-19 spread virally
[7]
*Winters M*, Oppenheim B, Pick J, Nordenstedt H.
/BMJ, 2020 - 369:m2384/
Reporting in a health emergency: The roles of Sierra Leonean journalists
during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak [8]
*Winters M*, Nordenstedt H, Mölsted Alvesson H
/PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020: 14(5): e0008256/
Ebola: global commitment for local engagement needed [9]
*Winters M*, Nordenstedt H
/European Journal of Public Health, 2019 - 5:807/
The association between quality measures of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ university press releases
and their corresponding news stories—Important information missing [10]
*Winters M*, Larsson A, Kowalski J, Sundberg CJ
/PLOS ONE 2019 - 14(6):e0217295/
Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behaviour during
2014-2015 Outbreak, Sierra Leone [11]
*Winters M*, Jalloh MF, Sengeh P, Jalloh MB, Conteh L, Bunnell R, Li W,
Zeebari Z, Nordenstedt H.
/Emerging Infectious Diseases 2018 - 24(2):336-344/
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Articles
- Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;6(11):e006954
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2021;99(4):271-279
- Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;6(1):e004450
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):1539
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(9):e040328
- Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;5(7):e002732
- Article: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 2020;14(5):e0008256
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(6):e0217295
- Article: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;24(2):336-344
All other publications
- Thesis / dissertation: 2020
- Letter: THE BMJ. 2020;369:m2384
- Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29(5):807
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2022-2024
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2021
- Degree Of Master Of Medical Science 120 Credits, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2016