About
Anne Grete Tøge is Senior Researcher at the Work Research Institute, at Oslo Metropolitan University. She holds a PhD in Social Work and Social Policy. She has conducted a number of studies on the health effects of the 2008 economic recession and individual unemployment experience in Europe. She is also engaged in several cluster-randomised trials (C-RCT) in Norway, investigating the effects of interventions aimed at improving follow up of low-income families, reducing school drop-outs and improving interprofessional collaboration.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Social sciences Social work Sociology
Subject areas
Welfare Quantitative methods Causal Analysis Social Politics Experimental design RCT Research in healthcare Institutions Health and welfare politics Unemployment Self-rated health Complex interventions Health inequalities
Regions
Research groups
Research projects
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Family Partner – Co-development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Child Maltreatment Prevention Intervention
The Family Partner project seeks to improve the services directed at the most vulnerable group in society; children growing up at risk of maltreatment.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Tøge, Anne Grete; Akhtar, Sehrish (2023). Improving interprofessional collaboration in schools: A cluster-randomized study evaluating the effectiveness of the LOG model on collaboration practices. Journal of Interprofessional Care .
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Tøge, Anne Grete (2022). Behandlingskontrast i eksperimenter innen velferd og utdanning. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning . Vol. 63.
Sletten, Mira Aaboen; Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira (2022). Effects of an early warning system on student absence and completion in Norwegian upper secondary schools: a cluster-randomised study. 15 p. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research .
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Tøge, Anne Grete (2022). Family Intervention Projects as Poverty-Alleviating Measures: Results from a Norwegian Cluster-Randomised Study. 16 p. Social Policy and Society .
Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Søholt, Susanne; Vilhjalmsdottir, Sigridur (2022). Protocol: Feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a multilingual support intervention to improve Norwegian language skills for adult refugees. 8 p. International Journal of Educational Research . Vol. 112.
Gyüre, Krisztina; Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira (2021). The Effects of Service Coordination on Disadvantaged Parents’ Participation in Activation Programs and Employment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Research on social work practice .
Saltkjel, Therese; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Tøge, Anne Grete (2021). Betydningen av tverrprofesjonelt samarbeid for lærernes vurderinger av egen kompetanse til å tilpasse opplæring i skolen. Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis . Vol. 15.
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Tøge, Anne Grete; Rugkåsa, Marianne; Bergheim, Berit (2021). The child perspective within family intervention projects: a cluster-randomised study with a mixed methods design. 13 p. European Journal of Social Work .
Høydal, Øyunn Syrstad; Tøge, Anne Grete (2021). Evaluating social policies: Do methodological approaches determine the policy impact?. Social Policy & Administration .
Gyüre, Krisztina; Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira (2020). Strengthening the working alliance between social workers and parents living in households with low income. European Journal of Social Work .
