Bilde av Halvorsen, Peder Andreas
Bilde av Halvorsen, Peder Andreas
Professor General Practice Research Unit in Tromsø peder.halvorsen@uit.no +4777623350 +4797511941 You can find me here

Peder Andreas Halvorsen


Job description

Part time professor at the Research Group for General Practice, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences. Involved in research, supervision and teaching. 


  • Ingeborg Forthun, Guri Rørtveit, Guro Haugen Fossum, Pål Jørgensen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Stein Nilsen et al.:
    Søvnforstyrrelser og forskrivning av hypnotika i allmennpraksis – en PraksisNett-studie
    SØVN 2023 ARKIV
  • Anne Herefoss Davidsen, Stian Andersen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Henrik Schirmer, Eirik Reierth, Hasse Melbye :
    Diagnostic accuracy of heart auscultation for detecting valve disease: a systematic review
    BMJ Open 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ingrid Kjetså, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Ane Sofie Kokkvoll :
    Age, income and sleep duration were associated with outcomes in children participating in weight management
    Acta Paediatrica 23. March 2022 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Sigurd Klemetsen Beldo, Nils Abel Aars, Tore Christoffersen, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Bjørge Hermann Hansen et al.:
    Criterion validity of the Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale in adolescents : the Fit Futures Study
    PLOS ONE 2022 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Stein Nilsen, Guro Haugen Fossum, Egil Andreas Fors et al.:
    The Norwegian PraksisNett: a nationwide practice-based research network with a novel IT infrastructure
    Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Resha Al-Azzawi, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Torsten Risør :
    Context and general practitioner decision-making - a scoping review of contextual influence on antibiotic prescribing
    BMC Family Practice 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    GP decisions to participate in emergencies: a randomised vignette study
    British Journal of General Practice Open 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Andrius Budrionis, Luis Marco Ruiz, Torje Dahle Henriksen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Johan Gustav Bellika :
    Privacy-preserving architecture for providing feedback to clinicians on their clinical performance
    BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sigurd Beldo, Bente Morseth, Tore Christoffersen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Bjørge Hermann Hansen, Anne-Sofie Furberg et al.:
    Prevalence of accelerometer-measured physical activity in adolescents in Fit Futures - part of the Tromsø Study
    BMC Public Health 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Erik Zakariassen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Self reported involvement in emergency medicine among GPs in Norway
    Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Juan Carlos Aviles Solis, Sophie Vanbelle, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Nick Francis, Jochem W L Cals, Elena A Andreeva et al.:
    International perception of lung sounds: a comparison of classification across some European borders
    BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Andreas Pahle, Daniel Sørli, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Trygve Sigvart Deraas, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Practice variation in surgical procedures and IUD-insertions among general practitioners in Norway – a longitudinal study
    BMC Family Practice 2017 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Margrete Gaski, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Ivar Johannes Aaraas, Olaf Gjerløw Aasland :
    Utdanner Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges arktiske universitet leger til å arbeide i distrikter?
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2017 DOI
  • Helen Brandstorp, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Birgitte Sterud, Bjørgun Haugland, Anna Luise Kirkengen :
    Primary care emergency team training in situ means learning in real context
    Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 21. July 2016 DATA / ARKIV / DOI
  • Johanna Laue, Hasse Melbye, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Elena Andreeva, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Anja Wollny et al.:
    How do general practitioners implement decision-making regarding COPD patients with exacerbations? An international focus group study
    The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2016 ARKIV / DOI
  • BL Barfoed, MS Paulsen, Palle Mark Christensen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Dorte E Jarbøl, ML Larsen et al.:
    Associations between patients’ adherence and GPs’ attitudes towards risk, statin therapy and management of non-adherence — a survey and register-based study
    Family Practice 2016 DOI
  • BL Barfoed, MS Paulsen, Palle Mark Christensen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Trine Kjær, ML Larsen et al.:
    Associations between patients’ risk attitude and their adherence to statin treatment – a population based questionnaire and register study
    BMC Family Practice 09. March 2016 ARKIV / DOI
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Mette Bech Risør :
    Rural GPs’ attitudes toward participating in emergency medicine: a qualitative study
    Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2016 ARKIV / DOI
  • BL Barfoed, DE Jarbøl, MS Paulsen, Palle Mark Christensen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, JB Nielsen et al.:
    GPs' Perceptions of Cardiovascular Risk and Views on Patient Compliance: A Qualitative Interview Study.
    International Journal of Family Medicine 08. October 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Helen Brandstorp, Anna Luise Kirkengen, Birgitte Sterud, Bjørgun Haugland, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Leadership practice as interaction in primary care emergency team training
    Action research 10. March 2015 ARKIV / DATA / DOI
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Olaf Gjerløw Aasland, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen :
    Decisions on statin therapy by patients’ opinions about survival gains: cross sectional survey of general practitioners
    BMC Family Practice 03. July 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jon Helgheim Holte, Birgit Abelsen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Jan Abel Olsen :
    General practitioners’ altered preferences for private practice vs. salaried positions: a consequence of proposed policy regulations?
    BMC Health Services Research 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ivar Johannes Aaraas, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Olaf Gjerløw Aasland :
    Supply of doctors to a rural region: Occupations of Tromsø medical graduates 1979–2012
    Medical Teacher 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anne Helen Hansen, Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen, Olaug S Lian, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Continuity of GP care is associated with lower use of complementary and alternative medical providers: a population-based cross-sectional survey
    BMC Health Services Research 2014 ARKIV / DOI
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Katrine Wennevold, Hasse Melbye :
    Would GPs advise patients with respiratory tract infections to refrain from exercise, stay indoors or stay in bed? Survey of GPs in Poland and Norway∗
    European Journal of General Practice 2014 DOI
  • Steinar Hunskaar, Anja Maria Brænd, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Håvard Kjesbu Skjellegrind :
    Allmennmedisin
    Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S 2023
  • Guro Haugen Fossum, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Using information technology to facilitate research in a practice-based research network - the story of PraksisNett
    2023
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Anders Forsdahls pris 2023
    2023
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Erfaringer med desentralisert medisinutdanning i nord sett fra primærhesletjenesten: Finnmarksmodellen
    2023
  • Thomas Mildestvedt, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Halfdan Petursson :
    Retningslinjer for forebyggende behandling i primærhelsetjenesten - tid for å prioritere måtehold
    Dagens medisin 06. October 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Guro Haugen Fossum, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    PraksisNett - et forskningsnettverk i primærhelsetjenesten
    2023
  • Halfdan Petursson, Minna Johansson, Thomas Mildestvedt, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Preventing overdiagnosis meeting abstracts: 83 Guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention: what’s time got to do with it?
    BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2023 DOI
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    «Det regner ikke mere i Bergen.»
    2023
  • Anette Fosse, Birgit Abelsen, Anders Svensson, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Sammen om helse i nord
    Nordnorsk Debatt 11. October 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Olga Kostopoulou, Alastair D. Hay, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Martine Nurek :
    PoCTs in primary care: a vignette-based experiment comparing two countries’ use of CRP
    2023
  • Johan Gustav Bellika, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Lisbeth Nilsen :
    Slik kan du sammenligne praksisen din med fastlegekolleger – uten å bli identifisert
    24. May 2021
  • Johan Gustav Bellika, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Oddny Johnsen :
    New tool makes it possible to do research on patient records without seeing sensitive information
    24. January 2021 FULLTEKST
  • Johan Gustav Bellika, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Oddny Johnsen :
    Nå kan forskere analysere pasientjournaler uten å se sensitiv informasjon
    04. September 2020 FULLTEKST
  • Bjørn Bjorvatn, Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Egil Andreas Fors, Stein Nilsen, Guri Rørtveit :
    Ny infrastruktur for allmennmedisinsk forskning
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2019 DOI
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Mette Bech Risør, Hasse Melbye :
    The Stethoscope 2030: Towards Personalized Diagnostics With Digital Auscultation
    2019
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Guri Rørtveit, Frank Sullivan, Tuomas H. Koskela, Johan Gustav Bellika, Stein Nilsen :
    Practice based Research Networks: A giant leap for primary care Research (workshop)
    2019
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Decision making in primary care emergencies: When would general practitioners attendto call outs?
    2018
  • Bjørn Bjorvatn, Jørund Straand, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Johan Gustav Bellika, Egil Andreas Fors et al.:
    PraksisNett - et nettverk av fastlegepraksiser. En storsatsing på forskning i allmennpraksis.
    Utposten 2018 FULLTEKST
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Decision Making in Primary Care Emergencies: When Would General Practitioners Attend to Call Outs?
    2018
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Torben Wisborg, Helen Brandstorp :
    Tverrfaglig simuleringstrening: Ingen skal jobbe alene på legevakt
    Dagens medisin 14. March 2018
  • Magnus Hjortdahl, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Helen Brandstorp :
    Kneler fastlegeordningen vil blålysmedisinen lammes
    VG : Verdens gang 18. January 2018
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Trygve Sigvart Deraas, IS Kristiansen, AS Pahle, Unni Ringberg, A Schwartz :
    How should we approach practice variation? Standardization versus contextualization
    2017
  • Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Helen Brandstorp, M Hjortdahl, D Hogg, Ø Holte-Ambjørnsen, S Rørtveit :
    When should GPs participate in emergencyteams, and what is their contribution?
    2017
  • Martin Hotvedt, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Kontrollert risikotaker
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2016 DOI
  • Anne Helen Hansen, Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen, Olaug S Lian, Peder Andreas Halvorsen :
    Continuity of the doctor-patient relationship may influence decisions to see a complementary and alternative medical care provider
    2014

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    Research interests

    Medical decision making, Decision psychology, Shared decision making, Risk perception, Risk communication, Public Health, Rural medicine


    Member of research group