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Helge Skirbekk

Helge Skirbekk

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 32, 0166 Oslo
  • Office number: N080.014
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 928 00 261
  • Office: +47 672 36 460
E-mail
  • helge.skirbekk@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Helge Skirbekk is a medical sociologist. He is particularly interested in the development of trust relations in the health care system, suc as the importance of trust for health literacy, communication, learning, management and general social issues. Skirbekk is also concerned with health communication challenges, clinical priorities, welfare technology, user participation and philosophy of science.

Field of study

Clinical communication   Medical Ethics   Qualitative methods   Medical Sociology   Philosophy of science   History of Science   User participation   Theory of social roles   Research on Wittgenstein's philosophy   Habermas   Social science methods   Trust   Health Literacy

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Varga, Andreea Isabela; Spehar, Ivan; Veggeland, Frode; Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Factors influencing trust among colleagues in hospital settings: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12159-6

Conradsen, Stein; Osnes, Ester Alnes; Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Trust in Schoolteachers: A Scoping Review Protocol. Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education (NJSRE). Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.23865/njsre.v2.5699

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Tillit og autonomi - utfordringer i forholdet mellom lege og leder. Kirchhoff, Ralf; Vik, Erlend; Ødegård, Atle (Ed.). Helseledelse : om utfordringer og lederroller i endring. Fagbokforlaget.

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Tillit og helsekompetanse. Helseth, Sølvi; Pettersen, Kjell Sverre; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Ed.). Helsekompetanse Teori, forskning og praksis. p. 264-272. Fagbokforlaget.

Varga, Andreea Isabela; Spehar, Ivan; Veggeland, Frode; Skirbekk, Helge (2023). Factors influencing trust among colleagues in a hospital setting: a systematic review. PROSPERO International prospectie register of systematic reviews.

Conradsen, Stein; Vardinghus-Nielsen, Henrik; Skirbekk, Helge (2023). Patient Knowledge and Trust in Health Care. A Theoretical Discussion on the Relationship Between Patients’ Knowledge and Their Trust in Health Care Personnel in High Modernity. Health Care Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00467-7

Skirbekk, Helge ; Magelssen, Morten; Conradsen, Stein (2023). Trust in healthcare before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15716-6

Varga, Andreea Isabela; Spehar, Ivan; Skirbekk, Helge (2023). Trustworthy management in hospital settings: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09610-5

Sørensen, Kari; Skirbekk, Helge ; Kvarstein, Gunnvald; Wøien, Hilde (2022). Home administration of needle injections for children with rheumatic diseases: A qualitative study on nurses’ perception of their educational role. Journal of Pediatric Nursing : Nursing Care of Children and Families. Vol. 66.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.04.011

Nesvåg, Ragnar; Skirbekk, Helge (2022). Legerollen i psykisk helsevern – en kvalitativ studie. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet). Vol. 142.
https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.21.0766



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Textbooks

Skirbekk, Helge (2012). Tillit i Norge. ISBN: 9788282260367. 338 p. Res Publica.



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Research reports

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Hjernerystelsesguiden. 40 p. Hjernerystelsesforeningen.

Skirbekk, Helge ; Søraas, Lars Haakon (2022). Med rett til å bytte? Ventetider for å bytte fastlege i Norge. 30 p. Legelisten.

Sørensen, Kari; Skirbekk, Helge ; Hilde, Wøien (2022). Just a little needle stick. Pain and fear related to long-term needle injections in children with rheumatic diseases: An exploratory study. 200 p. Universitetet i Oslo.

Conradsen, Stein; Skirbekk, Helge (2021). Patients’ knowledge and their trust in healthcare personnel in elective surgery. A mixed methods study including an extended theoretical discussion. ISBN: 9788279622956. 168 p. Høgskulen i Volda.

Hertzberg, Tuva Kolstad; Skirbekk, Helge (2018). En jobb å leve med? - en kvalitativ og kvantitativ studie blant norske leger om hvordan ønsket om å være en god lege utfordrer balansen mellom jobb og hjem. ISBN: 9788283772456. 200 p. Universitetet i Oslo.

Finset, Arnstein; Skirbekk, Helge (2014). ””Du trenger ikke trekke kølapp!” Rapport fra Likepersonsprosjektet. En kvalitativ undersøkelse av likepersonstjenesten ved Vardesenteret på Radiumhospitalet. 28 p. Kreftforeningen.

Skirbekk, Helge (2013). Likemannsprosjektet Første rapport fra undersøkelse av likemannstjenesten ved Vardesenteret på Radiumhospitalet 2013. 24 p. Kreftforeningen.

Skirbekk, Helge ; Finset, Arnstein; Grimen, Harald; Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin; Hjortdahl, Per (2008). The patient's trust. Theoretical analyses of trust and a qualitative study in general practice consultations. ISBN: 9788280722614. 194 p. Universitetet i Oslo.

Skirbekk, Helge (2005). The third meeting of the Verona Network on Sequence Analysis. Finding common grounds in defining patient cues and concerns and the appropriateness of provider responses. 4 p. Elsevier.



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Dissemination

Conradsen, Stein; Osnes, Ester Alnes; Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Trust in Schoolteachers - a scoping review project. NERA 2025. Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA).

Skirbekk, Helge (2025). Sense & sensibility: Trust and mistrust among parents seeking infant healthcare. OCHER.

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Vekst i lokallagene - intervju med styreleder Helge Skirbekk;.

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Marions hjernerystelse gikk aldri over.

Haaland-Øverby, Mette ; Stenberg, Una; Guttersrud, Øystein; Helseth, Sølvi ; Holmen, Heidi ; Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Health literacy in people with rare diseases. International Conference on Communication in Healthcare 2024. EACH (International Association for Communication in Healthcare).

Haaland-Øverby, Mette ; Helseth, Sølvi ; Skirbekk, Helge ; Finbråten, Hanne Søberg; Le, Christopher; Guttersrud, Øystein (2024). Navigational health literacy and digital health literacy in indivduals with long-term conditions. International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) 2024. EACH (International Association for Communication in Healthcare).

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Tillit og helsekompetanse. Forskergruppen Helsekommunikasjon .

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Hjernerystelsesforeningen og behovet for likepersonsarbeid. Langvarige plager etter 2024 lette traumatiske hjerneskader. Sunnaas.

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Brukermedvirkning i helsetjenesten: Hvordan kan brukermedvirkning være med å sørge for at pasienter blir hørt, og hva kan helsepersonell gjøre for å ivareta pasientenes behov?. Hjerneteltet . Arendalsuka.

Skirbekk, Helge (2024). Tillit i samfunn og helsevesen. Avdelingsseminar SHA.



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