Background and activities
Balaj's research interest is to explore how health outcomes and behaviours are shaped by the interaction of socioeconomic position and social structural forces. Her work has been developed as part of two NORFACE projects 'Health Inequalities in European Welfare States (HiNEWS)' and 'The Paradox of Health State Futures (HEALTHDOX)'. More recently, her research is focusing on cancer screening services. The aim is to provide the first systematic evidence on the impact of the organization of European cancer screening services in socio-economic inequalities in access and cancer mortality.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (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).
- (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.
- (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.
- (2017) Financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 27.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.