Areas of Expertise
- Implementation science, implementation leadership and climate
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, evidence-based practices
- Mental health services
Egeland has a PhD from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo (2018).
Egeland’s research focuses on improving the quality and equity of care provided to patients in mental health care and public sector practice settings. It does so by identifying and improving factors that impact successful implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices and quality. Egeland’s PhD thesis was about the implementation of Illness Management and Recovery, a treatment for people with severe mental illnesses, in community and specialized mental health services. Her current work focuses on the implementation of evidence-based treatment for PTSD in adult specialized mental health services. By using an implementation strategy called Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI), Egeland and her team train managers and leaders to become effective leaders, to create a positive implementation climate and succeed with implementing and sustaining PTSD treatment methods in their organizations.
Egeland is the leader of the nationwide implementation of evidence-based practices for PTSD, initiated by the National Directorate for Health. The team collaborates with several national and international partners within trauma treatment and implementation research.
Egeland is also the leader of the Norwegian Network for Implementation Research (NIMP), which organizes seminars and an annual national implementation research conference. NIMP collaborates with the European Implementation Collaborative (EIC).
Egeland is widely consulted by government agencies, health services, municipalities on topics related to implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices.
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Projects
Academic Articles
Egeland, K. M., Borge, R. H., Peters, N., Bækkelund, H., Braathu, N., Sklar, M., Aarons, G. A., Skar, A. S., (2023). Individual‑level associations between implementation leadership, climate, and anticipated outcomes: a time‑lagged mediation analysisBioMed Central (BMC). doi:10.1186/s43058-023-00459-7
Egeland, K. M., Engell, T., Halvorsen, J., & Varsi, C. (2022). Proceedings from the Second Annual Conference of the Norwegian Network for Implementation Research. Global Implementation Research and Applications(2), 332-339. doi:10.1007/s43477-022-00069-w
Bækkelund, H., Endsjø, M., Peters, N., Babaii, A., & Egeland, K. M. (2022). Implementation of evidence-based treatment for PTSD in Norway: clinical outcomes and impact of probable complex PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2). doi:10.1080/20008066.2022.2116827
Borge, R. H., Egeland, K. M., Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., & Skar, A. M. S. (2022). “Change Doesn’t Happen by Itself”: A Thematic Analysis of First-Level Leaders’ Experiences Participating in the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) Strategy. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. doi:10.1007/s10488-022-01199-x
Skar, A. M. S., Braathu, N., Peters, N., Bækkelund, H., Endsjø, M., Babaii, A., Borge, R. H., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., Brown, C. H., Aarons, G. A., & Egeland, K. M. (2022). A stepped-wedge randomized trial investigating the effect of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention on implementation and transformational leadership, and implementation climate. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-022-07539-9
Braathu, N., Laukvik, E. H., Egeland, K. M., & Skar, A. M. S. (2022). Validation of the Norwegian versions of the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) in a mental health care setting. BMC Psychology. doi:10.1186/s40359-022-00725-8
Peters, N., Borge, R. H., Skar, A. M. S., & Egeland, K. M. (2022). Measuring implementation climate: Psychometric properties of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) in Norwegian mental health care services. BMC Health Services Research. doi:10.1186/s12913-021-07441-w
Engell, T., Varsi, C., Graverholt, B., & Egeland, K. M. (2021). Launch of the Norwegian Network for Implementation Research (NIMP): Proceedings from the First Annual Conference. Global Implementation Research and Applications. doi:10.1007/s43477-021-00027-y
Borge, R. H., Skar, A. M. S., Endsjø, M., & Egeland, K. M. (2021). Good soldiers in implementation: validation of the Implementation Citizenship Behavior Scale and its relation to implementation leadership and intentions to use evidence-based practices. Implementation Science Communications, 2. doi:10.1186/s43058-021-00240-8
Egeland, K. M., Heiervang, K. S., & Saltyte Benth, J. (2021). Recovery-oriented care: mental health workers’ attitudes towards recovery from mental illness. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 35(3), 998. doi:10.1111/scs.12958
Heiervang, K. S., Egeland, K. M., Landers, M., Ruud, T., Joa, I., Drake, R. E., & Bond, G. R. (2020). Psychometric Properties of the General Organizational Index (GOI): A Measure of Individualization and Quality Improvement to Complement Program Fidelity. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 47, 920-926. doi:10.1007/s10488-020-01025-2
Egeland, K. M., Heiervang, K. S., Landers, M., Ruud, T., Drake, R. E., & Bond, G. R. (2019). Psychometric Properties of a Fidelity Scale for Illness Management and Recovery. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. doi:10.1007/s10488-019-00992-5
Egeland, K. M., Hauge, M. I., Ruud, T., Ogden, T., & Heiervang, K. S. (2019). Significance of Leaders for Sustained Use of Evidence-Based Practices: A Qualitative Focus-Group Study with Mental Health Practitioners. Community mental health journal, 55. doi:10.1007/s10597-019-00430-8
Egeland, K. M., Skar, A. M. S., Endsjø, M., Laukvik, E. H., Bækkelund, H., Babaii, A., Granly, L. B., Granly, L., Husebø, G. K., Borge, R. H., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., Brown, C. H., & Aarons, G. A. (2019). Testing the leadership and organizational change for implementaion (LOCI) intervention in Norwegian mental health clinics: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized design study protocol. Implementation Science, 14(28). doi:10.1186/s13012-019-0873-7
Egeland, K. M., Ruud, T., Ogden, T., Färdig, O. R., Lindstrøm, J. C., & Heiervang, K. S. (2017). How to implement Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in mental health service settings: Evaluation of the implementation strategy. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11:13, 1-10. doi:10.1186/s13033-017-0120-z
Egeland, K. M., Ruud, T., Ogden, T., Lindstrøm, J. C., & Heiervang, K. S. (2016). Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS): To measure implementation readiness. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14(1). doi:10.1186/s12961-016-0114-3
Ormhaug, S. M., Jensen, T. K., Hukkelberg, S. S., & Egeland, K. (2012). Traumer hos barn - blir de gjemt eller glemt? Kartlegging av traumatiske erfaringer hos barn og unge henvist til BUP [Screening for traumatic experiences among children and adolescents referred to outpatient clinics] Norwegian only. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 49, 234-239. Summary
Books and dissertations
Egeland, K. M. (2018). The role of practitioners in the implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health services: Attitudes, participation, and experiences. (Doktorgradsavhandling).
Reports
Egeland, K. M., Skar, A. M. S., Babaii, A., Borge, R. H., Braathu, N., Bækkelund, H., Endsjø, M., Granly, L., Hansen, K. S., Husebø, G. K., & Peters, N. (2022). Implementering av traumebehandling i spesialisthelsetjenesten: En nasjonal implementering av behandling av posttraumatisk stresslidelse (PTSD) for barn og voksne Norwegian only. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress. (Rapport Nr 1 2022). Summary
Other publications
Egeland, K. M., Engell, T., Ertesvåg, S. K., Thøgersen, D. M., Bæver, M., & Varsi, C. (2021). Effektive tiltak mot psykiske lidelser, mobbing og kriminalitet blir ikke tatt i bruk. Forskning.no.
Egeland, K. M., Endsjø, M., Laukvik, E. H., Peters, N., Babaii, A., & Bækkelund, H. (2019). Nytt kartleggingsverktøy for traumer. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 139(7), 598-599. doi:10.4045/tidsskr.19.0161
Egeland, K. M. (2017). Psykisk syke får ikke den beste behandlingen. Dagens medisin.
Akre, A. G. D., Egeland, K. M., Garpe, K. D., Jørgensen, A. W., & Vaskinn, H. (2015). Å ville hverandre vel: Forpliktende samhandling om psykisk helse på Romerike - Romeriksprosjektet (2010 - 2015). Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid.
Akre, A. G. D., Egeland, K. M., Garpe, K. D., Jørgensen, A. W., & Vaskinn, H. (2015). Å ville hverandre vel: Forpliktende samhandling om psykisk helse på Romerike - Romeriksprosjektet (2010-2015). Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 12(3), 261-264.