Courtney L. McNamara

About

Biography and research interests:

Courtney's primary research interests reside at the intersection of labour markets, social policy, and health. She received her PhD at the University of York (UK), and is currently a senior researcher within CHAIN. She is also Chair of the Trade and Health Forum within the American Public Health Association.

Courtney was recently awarded a Young Researcher Talents grant from the Norwegian Research Council for her project “Trade, Labour Markets and Health”. This project will run through 2024 and generate new knowledge about how international trade impacts population health through labour market and social protection pathways.

Publications

2021

Bimpong, Kweku; Thomson, Katie; McNamara, Courtney L.; Balaj, Mirza; Akhter, Nasima; Bambra, Clare; Todd, Adam. (2021) The Gender Pain Gap: gender inequalities in pain across 19 European countries. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. volum 50 (2).
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2021) The threat of a UK-US trade deal to managing non-communicable diseases. The BMJ. volum 374.
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2021) Trade, COVID-19 and health inequalities.
Briefs
McNamara, Courtney L.; Labonté, Ronald; Schram, Ashley; Townsend, Belinda. (2021) Glossary on free trade agreements and health part 1: the shift from multilateralism and the rise of ‘WTO-Plus’ provisions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. volum 75.
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.; Labonté, Ronald; Schram, Ashley; Townsend, Belinda. (2021) Glossary on free trade agreements and health part 2: new trade rules and new urgencies in the context of COVID-19. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. volum 75 (4).
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.; McKee, Martin; Stuckler, David. (2021) Precarious employment and health in the context of COVID-19: a rapid scoping umbrella review. European Journal of Public Health. volum 31 (4).
Scientific translation/review

2020

Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Landet, Erling Ravnanger; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2020) The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Europe. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. volum 20.
Academic article
Labonté, Ronald; Gleeson, Deborah; McNamara, Courtney L.. (2020) USMCA 2.0: A few improvements but far from a 'healthy' trade treaty. Globalization and Health. volum 16 (1).
Scientific translation/review
McNamara, Courtney L.; Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; Albani, Viviana; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare. (2020) The contribution of employment and working conditions to occupational inequalities in non-communicable diseases in Europe. European Journal of Public Health.
Academic article

2019

Todd, Adam; McNamara, Courtney L.; Balaj, Mirza; Huijts, Tim; Akhter, Nasima; Thomson, Katie; Kasim, Adetayo; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare. (2019) The Europain Epidemic: pain prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities in pain across 19 European countries. European Journal of Pain. volum 23 (8).
Academic article
Labonté, Ronald; Crosbie, Eric; Gleeson, Deborah; McNamara, Courtney L.. (2019) USMCA (NAFTA 2.0): tightening the constraints on the right to regulate for public health. Globalization and Health. volum 15:35.
Scientific translation/review
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2019) Relieving the tension between national health equity strategies and global health equity. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. volum 47 (6).
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.; Labonté, Ronald. (2019) Trade Agreements, Human Rights, and Health in the Context of Labour Markets and Environmental Standards. Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights, Vol. II (2016-2018).
Academic chapter/article

2018

Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Avrami, Lydia; Cavounidis, Jennifer; Mouriki, Aliki; Gkiouleka, A.; McNamara, Courtney L.; Stathopoulou, Theoni. (2018) Health in crises. Migration, austerity and inequalities in Greece and Europe: introduction to the supplement. European Journal of Public Health. volum 28.
Editorial
Huijts, Tim; McNamara, Courtney L.. (2018) Trade agreements, public policy and social inequalities in health. Global Social Policy. volum 18 (1).
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2018) Is trade policy a missing piece to a public health puzzle?. Global Social Policy. volum 18.
Academic article
McNamara, Courtney L.; de Soysa, Indra. (2018) Special Issue on trade and health: Introduction. Global Social Policy. volum 18 (1).
Editorial
Stathopoulou, Theoni; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Mouriki, Aliki; Kostaki, Anastasia; Cavounidis, Jennifer; Avrami, Lydia; McNamara, Courtney L.; Rapp, Carolin; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2018) Health inequalities among migrant and native-born populations in Greece in times of crisis: the MIGHEAL study. European Journal of Public Health. volum 28 (5).
Academic article
Thomson, Katie; Hillier-Brown, Frances; Todd, Adam; McNamara, Courtney L.; Huijts, Tim; Bambra, Clare. (2018) The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review. BMC Public Health. volum 18:869.
Academic article

Part of book/report

McNamara, Courtney L.; Labonté, Ronald. (2019) Trade Agreements, Human Rights, and Health in the Context of Labour Markets and Environmental Standards. Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights, Vol. II (2016-2018).
Academic chapter/article

Report

Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Huijts, Tim; Bambra, C; McNamara, Courtney L.; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Balaj, Mirza. (2016) Social Inequalities in Health and their Determinants: Topline Results from Round 7 of the European Social Survey. 2016.
Report

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