Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Huijts, Tim"
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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 ... -
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studies examining non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and determinants of health in the Nordic countries are scarce, outdated and focus only on a limited range of NCDs and health determinants.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 ... -
Non-communicable diseases in Greece: inequality, gender and migration
Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Gkiouleka, Anna; Rapp, Carolin; Skjønne Utvei, Sigrid; Huijts, Tim; Stathopoulou, Theoni (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: The relationship between gender, migration status and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rarely examined. In this study, we rely on data from the MIGHEAL Survey on health inequalities in Greece collected in ... -
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 ... -
Social integration and self-reported health: differences between immigrants and natives in Greece
Rapp, Carolin; Huijts, Tim; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Stathopoulou, Theoni (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Our paper assesses the relationship between social integration, in terms of social contact and social trust, and one’s individual health. While a large body of research already engaged with clarifying this ... -
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 ... -
The effects of public health policies on population health and health inequalities in European welfare states: protocol for an umbrella review
Thomson, Katie; Bambra, Clare; McNamara, Courtney L.; Huijts, Tim; Todd, Adam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background The welfare state is potentially an important macro-level determinant of health that also moderates the extent, and impact, of socio-economic inequalities in exposure to the social determinants of health. The ... -
The First Pan-European Sociological Health Inequalities Survey of the General Population: The European Social Survey Rotating Module on the Social Determinants of Health
Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare; Huijts, Tim; Fitzgerald, Rory (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The European Social Survey (ESS) is a biennial, academically driven, cross-sectional, pan-European social survey that charts and explains the interactions between Europe’s changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs, ... -
The health of European populations: introduction to the special supplement on the 2014 European Social Survey (ESS) rotating module on the social determinants of health
Beckfield, Jason; Balaj, Mirza; McNamara, Courtney L.; Huijts, Tim; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This introduction summarizes the main findings of the Supplement ‘Social inequalities in health and their determinants’ to the European Journal of Public Health. The 16 articles that constitute this supplement use the new ... -
The social and behavioural determinants of health 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 comparing the social and behavioural determinants of health in Europe have largely focused on individual countries or combined data from various national surveys. In this article, we present ... -
Trade agreements, public policy and social inequalities in health
Huijts, Tim; McNamara, Courtney L. (Journal article, 2018)