Browsing NTNU Open by Author "McNamara, Courtney L."
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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 ... -
Exploring the differences in general practitioner and health care specialist utilization according to education, occupation, income and social networks across Europe: findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health.
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Balaj, Mirza; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Todd, Adam; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Low socioeconomic position (SEP) tends to be linked to higher use of general practitioners (GPs), while the use of health care specialists is more common in higher SEPs. Despite extensive literature in this ... -
Financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression in Europe
Bøe, Tormod; Balaj, Mirza; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; McNamara, Courtney L.; Solheim, Erling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Financial difficulties in childhood may be associated with immediate and long-term consequences for mental health. The aim of the current paper is to investigate the association between childhood financial ... -
Health in crises. Migration, austerity and inequalities in Greece and Europe: introduction to the supplement
Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Avrami, Lydia; Cavounidis, Jennifer; Mouriki, Aliki; Gkiouleka, A.; McNamara, Courtney L.; Stathopoulou, Theoni (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This introduction summarizes and discusses the main findings of the supplement ‘Health in crises. Migration, austerity and inequalities in Greece and Europe’ to the European Journal of Public Health. The supplement applies ... -
Health inequalities among migrant and native-born populations in Greece in times of crisis: the MIGHEAL study
Stathopoulou, Theoni; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Mouriki, Aliki; Kostaki, Anastasia; Cavounidis, Jennifer; Avrami, Lydia; McNamara, Courtney L.; Rapp, Carolin; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article presents the MIGHEAL study, which was developed in parallel with the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 7 (2014). Conducted in Greece in 2016 by the National Centre for Social Research, the study was specifically ... -
Is trade policy a missing piece to a public health puzzle?
McNamara, Courtney L. (Journal article, 2018)Health outcomes vary across different welfare state arrangements (Bergqvist et al., 2013). Strikingly, while overall health is typically better in social democratic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), these ... -
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 ... -
Subjective perceptions of unmet need for health care in Europe among social groups: Findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health.
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Borisova, Liubov; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Unmet need can be defined as the individually perceived subjective differences between services judged necessary to deal with health problems and the services actually received. This study examines what factors ... -
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 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 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 determinants of inequalities in self-reported health in Europe: findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health
Balaj, Mirza; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare; Thomson, Katie H. (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 socioeconomic distribution of 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; Solheim, Erling F.; Bambra, Clare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: A range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been found to follow a social pattern whereby socioeconomic status predicts either a higher or lower risk of disease. Comprehensive evidence on the socioeconomic ... -
Trade Agreements, Human Rights, and Health in the Context of Labour Markets and Environmental Standards
McNamara, Courtney L.; Labonté, Ronald (Chapter, 2019)As the number of free trade agreements (FTAs) continues to rise, so too does public concern over associated labour market and environmental impacts. Many trade unionists, for example, have protested over expected increases ... -
Trade agreements, public policy and social inequalities in health
Huijts, Tim; McNamara, Courtney L. (Journal article, 2018) -
Trade liberalization, social policies and health: an empirical case study
McNamara, Courtney L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: This study investigates the health impacts of a major liberalization episode in the textile and clothing (T&C) sector. This episode triggered substantial shifts in employment across a wide range of countries. ... -
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Europe
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Landet, Erling Ravnanger; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background While the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular in western societies, we do not understand why CAM use is more frequent in some countries than in others. The aim of ... -
USMCA (NAFTA 2.0): tightening the constraints on the right to regulate for public health
Labonté, Ronald; Crosbie, Eric; Gleeson, Deborah; McNamara, Courtney L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background In late 2018 the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed a new trade agreement (most commonly referred to by its US-centric acronym, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA) to replace the 1994 ...