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Health Inequalities, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health
United Kingdom

Biography

Clare Bambra (PhD, FAcSS) is Professor of Public Health.

Her research focuses on understanding and reducing health inequalities.

She is an NIHR Senior Investigator and has leadership roles in several large research collaborations: CHAIN: Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science, SIPHER: UKPRP consortium on Systems Science in Public Health, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - North East and North Cumbria (NE-NC-ARC), NIHR School for Public Health Research and Fuse: the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health.

She also leads a Wellcome Trust grant investigating regional health inequalities in England and co-leads an NIHR grant on the mental health impacts of Universal Credit.

She has extensively analysed COVID-19 and health inequalities and she led the Independent SAGE report on Covid-19 and Health Inequalities, the NHSA report on Covid-19 in the North and she co-leads a Health Foundation Grant on Covid-19 and Health Inequalities.

She is a member of the IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity and she works regularly with various policy and practice organisations including the NHS, Local Authorities, OHID, the European Union and WHO.

She has published widely including several award-winning books and her research is regularly covered by the media.

Activities

Employment (2)

Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, GB

2017 to present | Professor of Public Health (Institute of Health & Society)
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Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB

2016-12-01 to present | Prof of Public Health (Population Health Sciences)
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Professional activities (7)

NIHR Academy: Leeds, GB

2022-10-01 to present | Panel member (Senior Investigator)
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Wellcome Trust: London, GB

2022-02-01 to present | Panel Chair (Discovery Social Science )
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NIHR Academy: Leeds, GB

2022-01-01 to present | Panel member (Population Health Scientist Career)
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Danish Diabetes Academy: Copehagen, DK

2020-01-01 to present | Panel member (Fellowships)
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NIHR Academy: Leeds, GB

2022-11-01 to 2023-05-31 | Panel member (Policy Research Units)
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NIHR Academy: Leeds, GB

2022-04-01 | NIHR Senior investigator
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Academy of Social Sciences: London, GB

2013-01-01 | Fellow
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Funding (33)

Transforming care and improving safety for patients with multiple long-term health conditions (MLTCs),

2023-04 to 2028-03 | Award
National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (London, GB)
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Clare Bambra

Investigating and explaining contemporary patterns and trends in inequalities across the head and neck cancer pathway: understanding the roles of deprivation and region

2023-04 to 2024-03 | Award
Oracle Cancer Trust (London, GB)
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Insights North East

2022-08 to 2025-07 | Award
Research England Development Fund (London, GB)
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North and South: Regional Health Inequalities in England

2022-04-01 to 2027-03-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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NIHR School of Public Health: Phase 3

2022-04 to 2027-03 | Award
National Institute for Health and Care Research (London, GB)
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Integrated COVID Hub North East Analytics Hub phase 2

2022-03 to 2023-03 | Award
Department of Health and Social Care (London, GB)
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Rooted in nature: scaling up a programme of nature-based activities for a diverse group of young people in Middlesbrough

2022-01-24 to 2023-05-22 | Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: AH/W008033/1
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NIHR Senior Investigator

2022 to 2026 | Award
NIHR College (London, GB)
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Evaluation of the health impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study,

2021-05 to 2025-12 | Award
National Institute for Health and Care Research (London, GB)
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REACT Long COVID (REACT-LC)

2021-02-28 to 2024-02-27 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MC_PC_20049
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Does place matter? An examination of geographical inequalities in COVID-19

2021-01-05 to 2022-01-31 | Grant
Health Foundation (London, GB)
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2211473

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Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model

2021-01 to 2023-03 | Award
The Health Foundation (London, GB)
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Clare Bambra

NIHR Reducing health inequalities through general practice (a realist review Equalise)

2021-01 to 2022-06 | Award
Health and Social Care Delivery Research (London, GB)
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Clare Bambra

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration – national priority area health and care inequalities

2020-10 to 2023-09 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (London, GB)
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Clare Bambra

System-science Informed Public Health and Economic Research for Non-communicable Disease Prevention (the SIPHER Consortium)

2020-07-22 to 2024-09-14 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/S037578/2
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - North East and North Cumbria (NE-NC-ARC)

2019-10 to 2024-09 | Grant
Department of Health and NIHR (N/A, GB)
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Clare Bambra

Identifying effective and sustainable interventions to improve the oral health and related behaviours of adults with severe and multiple disadvantage: evidence synthesis and qualitative stakeholder research

2019-10 to 2022-03 | Grant
NIHR Health Inequalities Call (n/a, GB)
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Clare Bambra

System-science Informed Public Health and Economic Research for Non-communicable Disease Prevention (the SIPHER Consortium)

2019-09 to 2024-08 | Grant
UK Prevention Research Partnership (n/a, GB)
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Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research

2019-04 to 2024-03 | Grant
Norwegian Research Council (n/a, NO)
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NIHR Policy Research Unit - Behavioural Science

2019-01 to 2023-12 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (London, GB)
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The long-term health and wellbeing impacts of Healthy New Towns: a six-month feasibility study of Healthy New Town demonstrator sites in England

2019 to 2019 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (uk, GB)
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Communities in Control: Evaluating a natural experiment in community empowerment - phase 3

2018-04 to 2021-03 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (uk, GB)
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Health Inequalities and Economic Productivity

2018-01 to 2018-12 | Award
Northern Health Sciences Alliance (UK, GB)
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Recession and Mental Health in Scotland: Do Personal or Community Factors promote Resilience to Labour Market Change?

2018 to 2019 | Award
Economic and Social Research Council (uk, GB)
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School for Public Health Research

2017-04 to 2022-03 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (UK, GB)
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Community pHarmaciEs Mood Intervention STudy (CHEMIST). Feasibility and Pilot Study

2017 to 2020 | Award
NIHR (London, GB)
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Health inequalities seminar series

2015 to 2018 | Award
Economic and Social Research Council (uk, GB)
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Communities in Control Study: An evaluation of a natural policy experiment in community empowerment - phase 2

2015 to 2017 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (uk, GB)
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Health Inequalities in European Welfare States (NORFACE)

2015 to 2017 | Award
European Commission - FP3 (Brussels, BE)
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Wellbeing for Life Evaluation, Durham County Council

2015 to 2017 | Award
Durham County Council (uk, GB)
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Fuse, the Centre for Translational Reseach in Public Health (renewal)

2013-05-31 to 2018-05-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/K02325X/1
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Local Health Inequalities in an Age of Austerity

2013 to 2018 | Award
Leverhulme Trust (UK, GB)
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NIHR School of Public Health

2012 to 2017 | Award
National Institute for Health Research (uk, GB)
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Works (50 of 266)

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Pandemic inequalities: emerging infectious diseases and health equity

International Journal for Equity in Health
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-9276
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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The feasibility and acceptability of a brief psychological intervention for adults with long-term health conditions and subthreshold depression delivered via community pharmacies: a mixed methods evaluation—the Community Pharmacies Mood Intervention Study (CHEMIST)

Pilot and Feasibility Studies
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2055-5784
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Explaining the deprivation gap in COVID-19 mortality rates: A decomposition analysis of geographical inequalities in England

Social Science & Medicine
2022-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0277-9536
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Investigating the impact on mental wellbeing of an increase in pensions: A longitudinal analysis by area-level deprivation in England, 1998–2002

Social Science & Medicine
2022-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0277-9536
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Levelling up health: A practical, evidence-based framework for reducing health inequalities

Public Health in Practice
2022-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2666-5352
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Local area public sector spending and nutritional anaemia hospital admissions in England: a longitudinal ecological study

BMJ Open
2022-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Systematic review of the effectiveness of the health inequalities strategy in England between 1999 and 2010

BMJ Open
2022-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Socioeconomic Inequalities and Vaccine Uptake: An Umbrella Review Protocol

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-09-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Inequalities in the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study of inequalities in mortality in the first wave and the effects of the first national lockdown in England

BMJ Open
2022-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Community empowerment and mental wellbeing: longitudinal findings from a survey of people actively involved in the big local place-based initiative in England

Journal of Public Health
2022-07-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1741-3842
Part of ISSN: 1741-3850
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Collective control, social cohesion and health and well-being: baseline survey results from the communities in control study in England

Journal of Public Health
2022-06-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1741-3842
Part of ISSN: 1741-3850
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Placing intersectional inequalities in health

Health & Place
2022-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1353-8292
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit: protocol for a mixed methods study

BMJ Open
2022-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Hard to reach? Language matters when describing populations underserved by health and social care research

Public Health
2022-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0033-3506
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

A psychological intervention by community pharmacies to prevent depression in adults with subthreshold depression and long-term conditions: the CHEMIST pilot RCT

Public Health Research
2022-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2050-4381
Part of ISSN: 2050-439X
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

The Gender Pain Gap: gender inequalities in pain across 19 European countries

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
2022-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1403-4948
Part of ISSN: 1651-1905
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Conceptualisation of health inequalities by local healthcare systems: A document analysis

Health & Social Care in the Community
2022-03-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0966-0410
Part of ISSN: 1365-2524
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Falling down the rabbit hole? Methodological, conceptual and policy issues in current health inequalities research

Critical Public Health
2022-02-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0958-1596
Part of ISSN: 1469-3682
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Examining the effectiveness of place-based interventions to improve public health and reduce health inequalities: an umbrella review

BMC Public Health
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2458
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Which Non-Pharmaceutical Primary Care Interventions Reduce Inequalities in Common Mental Health Disorders? A Protocol for a Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-12-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Factors associated with vaccine intention in adults living in England who either did not want or had not yet decided to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
2021-12-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2164-5515
Part of ISSN: 2164-554X
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Assessing the relationship between adverse pregnancy outcomes and area-level deprivation in Wales 2014–2019: a national population-based cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

COVID-19 and the Nordic Paradox: a call to measure the inequality reducing benefits of welfare systems in the wake of the pandemic

Social Science & Medicine
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0277-9536
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Geographical inequalities in COVID-19 mortality: a scoping review protocol

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2021-11-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

The effects of the first national lockdown in England on geographical inequalities in the evolution of COVID-19 case rates: An ecological study

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2021-11-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Investigating the Effectiveness and Acceptability of Oral Health and Related Health Behaviour Interventions in Adults with Severe and Multiple Disadvantage: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Systematic Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-11-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Geographical inequalities in the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic: An ecological study of inequalities in mortality in the first wave and the effects of the first national lockdown in England

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2021-10-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Local Inequalities in Health Behaviours: Longitudinal Findings from the Stockton-On-Tees Cohort Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-10-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Better air but not for all? Changes in second-hand smoke exposure at workplaces in 29 European countries over 10 years

European Journal of Public Health
2021-10-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1101-1262
Part of ISSN: 1464-360X
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study

The Lancet Public Health
2021-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2468-2667
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Food insecurity and the nutritional health and well-being of women and children in high-income countries: protocol for a qualitative systematic review

BMJ Open
2021-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Transforming health systems to reduce health inequalities

Future Healthcare Journal
2021-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2514-6645
Part of ISSN: 2514-6653
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Reducing health inequalities through general practice: protocol for a realist review (EQUALISE)

BMJ Open
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Visualising regional inequalities in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic in England and Wales

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0308-518X
Part of ISSN: 1472-3409
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Levelling up: Global examples of reducing health inequalities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
2021-06-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1403-4948
Part of ISSN: 1651-1905
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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The Unequal Pandemic:COVID-19 and Health Inequalities

Policy Press
2021-06-15 | Book
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Clare Bambra

Beyond Behaviour: How Health Inequality Theory Can Enhance Our Understanding of the ‘Alcohol-Harm Paradox’

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-06-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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A data linkage study of the effects of the Great Recession and austerity on antidepressant prescription usage

European Journal of Public Health
2021-04-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1101-1262
Part of ISSN: 1464-360X
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Socioeconomic inequalities and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the UK and Republic of Ireland: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

‘It is surprising how much nonsense you hear’: How residents experience and react to living in a stigmatised place. A narrative synthesis of the qualitative evidence

Health & Place
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1353-8292
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

COVID-19 and the gender health paradox

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
2021-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1403-4948
Part of ISSN: 1651-1905
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

Learning from past mistakes? The COVID-19 vaccine and the inverse equity hypothesis

European Journal of Public Health
2021-02-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1101-1262
Part of ISSN: 1464-360X
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

The contribution of employment and working conditions to occupational inequalities in non-communicable diseases in Europe

European Journal of Public Health
2021-02-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1101-1262
Part of ISSN: 1464-360X
Contributors: Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra

The long-term health and wellbeing impacts of Healthy New Towns (HNTs): protocol for a baseline and feasibility study of HNT demonstrator sites in England

Pilot and Feasibility Studies
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2055-5784
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Clare Bambra

Why do some countries do better or worse in life expectancy relative to income? An analysis of Brazil, Ethiopia, and the United States of America

International Journal for Equity in Health
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-9276
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Clare Bambra

COVID-19 and health inequalities, Independent SAGE report 21

Independent SAGE
2020-11-13 | Report
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COVID-19 and the Northern Powerhouse

Northern Health Science Alliance
2020-11-10 | Report
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Health inequalities are worsening in the North East of England

British Medical Bulletin
2020-07-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0007-1420
Part of ISSN: 1471-8391
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Clare Bambra

Educational inequalities in mortality amenable to healthcare. A comparison of European healthcare systems

PLOS ONE
2020-07-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Clare Bambra

Investigating the relationship between changes in social security benefits and mental health: a protocol for a systematic review

BMJ Open
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
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Clare Bambra
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