Elodie Anne Suzanne Besnier

About

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Health Sciences in Ålesund, NTNU.

My research interests include multi-sectoral interventions to reduce health inequalities and the use of evidence in health decision-making and policy in global health. My role also involves lectures as part of the health management master program and the management of the inter-faculty Global Health Research Group.

I completed my doctoral degree in political science at the Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research, NTNU in September 2022. My PhD research focused on public health interventions, cash transfers and health inequalities in children in low- and middle-income countries.

Prior to joining NTNU, my work has included research and advocacy work on access to medicines and on prevention for public health and health non-profit organizations across Europe.

Publications

2026

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Bungudo, Binyam Bogale; Solberg, Mads; Kirchhoff, Ralf; Oksavik, Jannike Dyb; Marchant-Salgado, Monica Cecilia; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2026) Experiences and Implementation of Patient-initiated follow-up implementation for chronic conditions: A qualitative evidence synthesis protocol. zenodo
Study protocol
Bungudo, Binyam Bogale; Solberg, Mads; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Marchant-Salgado, Monica Cecilia; Juan, Rachadell,; Raquel, Vareda,; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2026) Patient-initiated Follow-up in Diabetes care: a systematic review. zenodo
Study protocol
Besnier, Elodie; Arikpo, Dachi; Ndukwu, Deborah; Effa, Emmanuel; Lewin, Simon. (2026) Healthcare workers’ perceptions of health worker-related interventions to improve compliance with hand hygiene recommendations for infection prevention and control in hospitalised neonates and infants in Sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of two qualitative evidence syntheses. Global health action
Academic article

2025

Besnier, Elodie; Arikpo, Dachi; Effa, Emmanuel; Kallon, Idriss I.; Chibuzor, Moriam; Lewin, Simon; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Cooper, Sara; Glenton, Claire. (2025) User experiences of qualitative evidence in the GRADE evidence-to-decision framework: findings from Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Visser, Marianne E.; Chipojola, Roselyn; Gordon, Sarah; Brand, Amanda; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe; Kunje, Gertrude; Talitha, Mpando; Lakudzala, Suzgika; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Naude, Celeste E.. (2025) Early versus delayed enteral nutrition in critically ill children under 12 years of age: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Clinical Nutrition Open Science
Academic article

2024

Yepes-Nuñez, Juan José; Valli, Claudia; Sierra, Andrés Mauricio García; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Schünemann, Holger. (2024) Enhancing decision-making: GRADE guidance development for mixed- methods systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Conference abstract
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Infanti, Jennifer Jean; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Dvergsdal, Elin Yli. (2024) Global Health Annual Report Jan. 2023- Jun. 2024. NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Other type of report
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Kotzias, Virginia Irene; Hlabana, Thandie; Beck, Kathryn Christine; Sieu, Celine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2024) Exploring health equity in Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article
Kredo, Tamara; Durão, Solange; Effa, Emmanuel; Naude, Celeste; McCaul, Michael; Brand, Amanda; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne. (2024) Building sustainable capacity to adopt, adapt or develop child health guidelines, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Academic article

2023

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Finseraas, Henning; Sieu, Celine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2023) Using cash transfers to promote child health equity: an analysis of Lesotho’s Child Grants Program. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Hlabana, Thandie; Sieu, Celine; Kotzias, Virginia Irene; Beck, Kathryn Christine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2023) Exploring health equity in Lesotho’s child grants program. Population Medicine
Conference abstract
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Hlabana, Thandie; Kotzias, Virginia Irene; Beck, Kathryn Christine; Sieu, Celine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2023) Exploring economic empowerment and gender issues in Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme: a qualitative study. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article

2022

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; de Soysa, Indra; Palermo, Tia. (2022) Equity and Child Health: Addressing Health Inequalities and Improving Child Health Through a Public Health Approach. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis

2021

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne. (2021) Beyond COVID-19, can the world address the challenges of childhood infectious diseases and inequalities?. EuroHealthNet Magazine
Popular science article
Balaj, Mirza; York, Hunter Wade; Sripada, Kam; Besnier, Elodie; Vonen, Hanne Dahl; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Friedman, Joseph; Griswold, Max; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Mohammad, Talal. (2021) Parental education and inequalities in child mortality: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet
Academic literature review
Besnier, Elodie; Thomson, Katie; Stonkute, Donata; Mohammad, Talal; Akhter, Nasima; Todd, Adam; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Kilvik, Astrid; Bambra, Clare. (2021) Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): an umbrella review. PLOS ONE
Academic literature review

2020

Besnier, Elodie. (2020) Women’s political empowerment and child health in the sustainable development era: A global empirical analysis (1990–2016). Global Public Health
Academic article

2019

Besnier, Elodie; Thomson, Katie; Stonkute, Donata; Mohammad, Talal; Akhter, Nasima; Todd, Adam; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Kilvik, Astrid; Bambra, Clare. (2019) Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs): protocol for an umbrella review. BMJ Open
Academic literature review
Besnier, Elodie; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2019) Health and Well-being Worldwide.
Non-fiction chapter

Journal publications

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Bungudo, Binyam Bogale; Solberg, Mads; Kirchhoff, Ralf; Oksavik, Jannike Dyb; Marchant-Salgado, Monica Cecilia; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2026) Experiences and Implementation of Patient-initiated follow-up implementation for chronic conditions: A qualitative evidence synthesis protocol. zenodo
Study protocol
Bungudo, Binyam Bogale; Solberg, Mads; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Marchant-Salgado, Monica Cecilia; Juan, Rachadell,; Raquel, Vareda,; Lewin, Simon Arnold. (2026) Patient-initiated Follow-up in Diabetes care: a systematic review. zenodo
Study protocol
Besnier, Elodie; Arikpo, Dachi; Ndukwu, Deborah; Effa, Emmanuel; Lewin, Simon. (2026) Healthcare workers’ perceptions of health worker-related interventions to improve compliance with hand hygiene recommendations for infection prevention and control in hospitalised neonates and infants in Sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of two qualitative evidence syntheses. Global health action
Academic article
Besnier, Elodie; Arikpo, Dachi; Effa, Emmanuel; Kallon, Idriss I.; Chibuzor, Moriam; Lewin, Simon; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Cooper, Sara; Glenton, Claire. (2025) User experiences of qualitative evidence in the GRADE evidence-to-decision framework: findings from Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Academic article
Yepes-Nuñez, Juan José; Valli, Claudia; Sierra, Andrés Mauricio García; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Schünemann, Holger. (2024) Enhancing decision-making: GRADE guidance development for mixed- methods systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Conference abstract
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne. (2021) Beyond COVID-19, can the world address the challenges of childhood infectious diseases and inequalities?. EuroHealthNet Magazine
Popular science article
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Finseraas, Henning; Sieu, Celine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2023) Using cash transfers to promote child health equity: an analysis of Lesotho’s Child Grants Program. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article
Besnier, Elodie. (2020) Women’s political empowerment and child health in the sustainable development era: A global empirical analysis (1990–2016). Global Public Health
Academic article
Besnier, Elodie; Thomson, Katie; Stonkute, Donata; Mohammad, Talal; Akhter, Nasima; Todd, Adam; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Kilvik, Astrid; Bambra, Clare. (2019) Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs): protocol for an umbrella review. BMJ Open
Academic literature review
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Hlabana, Thandie; Sieu, Celine; Kotzias, Virginia Irene; Beck, Kathryn Christine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2023) Exploring health equity in Lesotho’s child grants program. Population Medicine
Conference abstract
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Kotzias, Virginia Irene; Hlabana, Thandie; Beck, Kathryn Christine; Sieu, Celine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2024) Exploring health equity in Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article
Kredo, Tamara; Durão, Solange; Effa, Emmanuel; Naude, Celeste; McCaul, Michael; Brand, Amanda; Lewin, Simon Arnold; Glenton, Claire; Munabi-Babigumira, Susan Kyomuhendo; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne. (2024) Building sustainable capacity to adopt, adapt or develop child health guidelines, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Academic article
Balaj, Mirza; York, Hunter Wade; Sripada, Kam; Besnier, Elodie; Vonen, Hanne Dahl; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Friedman, Joseph; Griswold, Max; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Mohammad, Talal. (2021) Parental education and inequalities in child mortality: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet
Academic literature review
Visser, Marianne E.; Chipojola, Roselyn; Gordon, Sarah; Brand, Amanda; Mbeye, Nyanyiwe; Kunje, Gertrude; Talitha, Mpando; Lakudzala, Suzgika; Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Naude, Celeste E.. (2025) Early versus delayed enteral nutrition in critically ill children under 12 years of age: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Clinical Nutrition Open Science
Academic article
Besnier, Elodie; Thomson, Katie; Stonkute, Donata; Mohammad, Talal; Akhter, Nasima; Todd, Adam; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Kilvik, Astrid; Bambra, Clare. (2021) Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): an umbrella review. PLOS ONE
Academic literature review
Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Hlabana, Thandie; Kotzias, Virginia Irene; Beck, Kathryn Christine; Sieu, Celine; Muthengi, Kimanzi. (2023) Exploring economic empowerment and gender issues in Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme: a qualitative study. Health Policy and Planning
Academic article

Part of book/report

Besnier, Elodie; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2019) Health and Well-being Worldwide.
Non-fiction chapter

Report

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Infanti, Jennifer Jean; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Dvergsdal, Elin Yli. (2024) Global Health Annual Report Jan. 2023- Jun. 2024. NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Other type of report

Student thesis or dissertation

Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; de Soysa, Indra; Palermo, Tia. (2022) Equity and Child Health: Addressing Health Inequalities and Improving Child Health Through a Public Health Approach. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis

Teaching

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