Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Bambra, Clare"
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A balancing act? Work-life balance, health and well-being in European welfare states
Lunau, Thorsten; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; van Der Wel, Kjetil A.; Dragano, Nico (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Recent analyses have shown that adverse psychosocial working conditions, such as job strain and effort–reward imbalance, vary by country and welfare state regimes. Another work-related factor with potential ... -
All Part of the Job? The contribution of the Psychosocial and Physical Work Environment to Health Inequalities in Europe and the European Health Divide
Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; Bambra, Clare; Lunau, Thorsten; van Der Wel, Kjetil A.; Witvliet, Margot I.; Dragano, Nico; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This study is the first to examine the contribution of both psychosocial and physical risk factors to occupational inequalities in self-assessed health in Europe. Data from 27 countries were obtained from the 2010 European ... -
Better air but not for all? Changes in second-hand smoke exposure at workplaces in 29 European countries over 10 years
Schneider, Sven; Lunau, Thorsten; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Kotz, Daniel; Bambra, Clare; Kuntz, Benjamin; Dragano, Nico (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background As the largest study of its kind to date, this article aims to describe the scope, trends over time, socio-demographic risk groups and the association with different progressive regulations relating to workplace ... -
The contribution of employment and working conditions to occupational inequalities in non-communicable diseases in Europe
McNamara, Courtney L.; Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; Albani, Viviana; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Social inequalities in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are evident across all European regions. Employment and working conditions are important determinants of NCDs, however, few comparative studies have ... -
COVID-19 and the Nordic Paradox: a call to measure the inequality reducing benefits of welfare systems in the wake of the pandemic
Friedman, Joseph; Calderon-Villarreal, Alhelí; Heggebø, Kristian; Balaj, Mirza; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The Nordic Paradox of inequality describes how the Nordic countries have puzzlingly high levels of relative health inequalities compared to other nations, despite extensive universal welfare systems and progressive tax ... -
COVID-19 and the Nordic Paradox: a call to measure the inequality reducing benefits of welfare systems in the wake of the pandemic
Friedman, Joseph; Calderon-Villarreal, Alhelí; Heggebø, Kristian; Balaj, Mirza; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The Nordic Paradox of inequality describes how the Nordic countries have puzzlingly high levels of relative health inequalities compared to other nations, despite extensive universal welfare systems and progressive tax ... -
Educational inequalities in risky health behaviours in 21 European countries: findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health
Huijts, Tim; Gkiouleka, Anna; Reibling, Nadine; Thomson, Katie H.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: It has been suggested that cross-national variation in educational inequalities in health outcomes (e.g. NCDs) is due to cross-national variation in risky health behaviour. In this paper we aim to use highly ... -
The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews
Hillier-Brown, Frances; Thomson, Katie; Mcgowan, Victoria; Cairns, Joanne; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Gil-Gonzále, Diana; Bambra, Clare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: The welfare state distributes financial resources to its citizens – protecting them in times of adversity. Variations in how such social protection policies are administered have been attributed to important ... -
The Gender Pain Gap: gender inequalities in pain across 19 European countries
Bimpong, Kweku; Thomson, Katie; McNamara, Courtney L.; Balaj, Mirza; Akhter, Nasima; Bambra, Clare; Todd, Adam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: Chronic pain is increasingly considered to be an international public health issue, yet gender differences in chronic pain in Europe are under-examined. This work aimed to examine gender inequalities in pain across ... -
Glossary: Self-Reported Health
Witvliet, Margot I.; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article, 2022)The inclusion of self-reported health into cross-country population surveys has contributed to substantial progress in the social science, public health and epidemiology fields. Measuring self-reported health in cross-country ... -
Investigating the impact on mental wellbeing of an increase in pensions: A longitudinal analysis by area-level deprivation in England, 1998–2002
Albani, Viviana; Brown, Heather; Vera-Toscano, Eperanza; Kingston, Andrew; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In 1997 approximately two million people aged 60 years or over were living poverty in the UK. In 1999 the UK Government raised real pension incomes of low-income pensioners by around a third through the introduction of the ... -
Microsimulation as a flexible tool to evaluate policies and their impact on socioeconomic inequalities in health
Kopasker, Daniel; Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal; Vasco Santos, João; Richiardi, Matteo; Bronka, Patryk; Rostila, Mikael; Cecchini, Michele; Ali, Shehzad; Emmert-Fees, Karl M. F.; Bambra, Clare; Hoven, Hanno; Backhaus, Insa; Balaj, Mirza; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023) -
Non-communicable diseases and the social determinants of health in the Nordic countries: Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health
Balaj, Mirza; Huijts, Tim; McNamara, Courtney L.; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Comparative studies examining non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and determinants of health in the Nordic countries are scarce, outdated and focus only on a limited range of NCDs and health determinants. This study is the ... -
Occupational inequalities in self-rated health and non-communicable diseases in different regions of Europe: findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health.
McNamara, Courtney L.; Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; Balaj, Mirza; Reibling, Nadine; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare (Journal article, 2017)Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are evident across European populations. Several previous studies have addressed the question of whether occupational inequalities ... -
Prevalence of physical and mental non-communicable diseases in Europe: findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health
Huijts, Tim; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Previous studies examining physical and mental non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Europe have so far largely either focused on limited numbers of countries or on fairly limited ranges of NCDs, with mental ... -
The role of Social Protection Policies in reducing health inequalities
Aronsson, Amanda; Tugrul, Hande; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Chapter, 2023)Social policies can influence and redistribute the social determinants of health and may therefore be effective in contributing to reducing health inequalities. This chapter focuses on the role of Social Protection (SP) ... -
Social Inequalities in Health and their Determinants: Topline Findings from Round 7 of the European Social Survey
Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Huijts, Timothy Hubertus Maria; Bambra, Clare; McNamara, Courtney L.; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Balaj, Mirza (Research report, 2016) -
The contribution of housing and neighbourhood conditions to educational inequalities in non-communicable diseases in Europe: findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health
McNamara, Courtney L.; Balaj, Mirza; Thomson, Katie H.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Social gradients have been found across European populations, where less affluent groups are more often affected by poor housing and neighbourhood conditions. While poor housing and neighbourhood quality have ... -
The effects of community pharmacy public health interventions on population health and health inequalities: A systematic review of reviews protocol
Hillier-Brown, Frances; Bambra, Clare; Thomson, Katie; Balaj, Mirza; Walton, Nick; Todd, Adam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Community pharmacies have great potential to deliver services aimed at promoting health and preventing disease, and are embedded within communities. In the light of a rapid increase in community pharmacy-delivered ... -
The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review
Thomson, Katie; Hillier-Brown, Frances; Todd, Adam; McNamara, Courtney L.; Huijts, Tim; Bambra, Clare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Socio-economic inequalities are associated with unequal exposure to social, economic and environmental risk factors, which in turn contribute to health inequalities. Understanding the impact of specific public ...