Courtney L. McNamara

Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Sociology and Political Science Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

courtney.mcnamara@ntnu.no +47 73592040

Biography and research interests:

Courtney received her PhD (2015) at the University of York (UK), where she investigated the ways in which trade and social policy interact to influence population health. She is currently a project member in the NORFACE project 'Health inequalities in European welfare states (HiNEWS)'. She is also Secretary of the Trade and Health Forum within the American Public Health Association and an Editorial Committee Member of E uropenow, a publication of the Council for European Studies at Columbia University. Her primary research interests reside at the intersection of trade, social policy and health.

Scientific, academic and artistic work

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Journal publications

Balaj, Mirza; Huijts, Tim; McNamara, Courtney L.; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2017) 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. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. vol. 45 (2).
Balaj, Mirza; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare. (2017) 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. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
Beckfield, Jason; Balaj, Mirza; McNamara, Courtney L.; Huijts, Tim; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2017) 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. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
Bøe, Tormod; Balaj, Mirza; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; McNamara, Courtney L.; Solheim, Erling. (2017) Financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Balaj, Mirza; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Todd, Adam; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2017) 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. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Borisova, Liubov; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas. (2017) 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. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2017) Trade liberalization and social determinants of health: A state of the literature review. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 176.
McNamara, Courtney L.; Balaj, Mirza; Thomson, Katie H.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare. (2017) 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. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
McNamara, Courtney L.; Balaj, Mirza; Thomson, Katie H.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Solheim, Erling F.; Bambra, Clare. (2017) The socioeconomic distribution of non-communicable diseases in Europe: findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
McNamara, Courtney L.; Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; Balaj, Mirza; Reibling, Nadine; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Bambra, Clare. (2017) 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. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
Thomson, Katie H.; Renneberg, Ann-Christin; McNamara, Courtney L.; Akhter, Nasima; Reibling, Nadine; Bambra, Clare. (2017) Regional inequalities in self-reported conditions and non-communicable diseases in European countries: Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2016) Assessing the Health Impact of Trade: A Call for an Expanded Research Agenda; Comment on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared for Health?”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management.
McNamara, Courtney L.; Labonté, Ronald. (2016) Trade, Labour Markets and Health: A Prospective Policy Analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. International Journal of Health Services. vol. 47 (2).
Thomson, Katie; Bambra, Clare; McNamara, Courtney L.; Huijts, Tim; Todd, Adam. (2016) The effects of public health policies on population health and health inequalities in European welfare states: protocol for an umbrella review. Systematic Reviews. vol. 5 (57).
Beckfield, Jason; Bambra, Clare; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Huijts, Tim; McNamara, Courtney L.; Wendt, Claus. (2015) An institutional theory of welfare state effects on the distribution of population health. Social Theory & Health. vol. 13 (3-4).
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2015) Trade liberalization, social policies and health: an empirical case study. Globalization and Health. vol. 11 (1).
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2013) Global health & international relations. Critical Public Health. vol. 23 (2).
McNamara, Courtney L.. (2012) The real cost of cheap food, by Michael Carolan. Critical Public Health. vol. 22 (3).

Report/dissertation

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.