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2026

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86
Citations
26515
World Ranking
259
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47

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Clare Bambra is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Epidemiology, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics of their work prominently cover Health disparities and outcomes, Employment and Welfare Studies, Global Health Care Issues, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Selected recent papers by Clare Bambra include:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities, 2020, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • COVID-19 mortality and deprivation: pandemic, syndemic, and endemic health inequalities, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • Examining the effectiveness of place-based interventions to improve public health and reduce health inequalities: an umbrella review, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Socioeconomic inequalities and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the UK and Republic of Ireland: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Effects of social security policy reforms on mental health and inequalities: A systematic review of observational studies in high-income countries, 2021, Social Science & Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Clare Bambra include Julia Lynch, Katherine E. Smith, Luke Munford, Sarah Sowden, and Heather Brown.

The venues where Clare Bambra has published most frequently are BMJ Open, European Journal of Public Health, SSM Annual Scientific Meeting, Social Science & Medicine, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Regarding book publications, Clare Bambra has contributed to works published by Policy Press, Bristol University Press eBooks, Cambridge University Press, and Palgrave Macmillan. Notable book titles include Northern Exposure (2023), The Unequal Pandemic (2021), Ageing and Health (2021), Getting Better (2025), and How Politics Makes Us Sick (2025).

Clare Bambra has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, reflecting their standing in the academic community.

Best Publications

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities.

    Clare Bambra;Ryan Riordan;John Ford;Fiona Matthews

  • Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews

    C Bambra;M Gibson;A Sowden;K Wright

  • is volunteering a public health intervention? a systematic review and meta-analysis of the health and survival of volunteers

    Caroline E Jenkinson;Andy P Dickens;Kerry Jones;Jo Thompson-Coon

  • Welfare state regimes, unemployment and health: A comparative study of the relationship between unemployment and self-reported health in 23 European countries.

    Clare Bambra;Terje Eikemo

  • Towards a politics of health.

    Clare Bambra;Debbie Fox;Alex Scott-Samuel

  • Going beyond The three worlds of welfare capitalism : regime theory and public health research

    C Bambra

  • Flexible working conditions and their effects on employee health and wellbeing

    Kerry Joyce;Roman Pabayo;Julia A Critchley;Clare Bambra

  • Health inequalities according to educational level in different welfare regimes: A comparison of 23 European countries

    Terje A. Eikemo;Terje A. Eikemo;Terje A. Eikemo;Martijn Huisman;Clare Bambra;Anton E. Kunst

  • Housing and health inequalities: A synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health

    Marcia Gibson;Mark Petticrew;Clare Bambra;Amanda J. Sowden

  • How Politics Makes Us Sick: Neoliberal Epidemics

    Ted Schrecker;C. Bambra

  • Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: a multilevel analysis.

    Terje Andreas Eikemo;Clare Bambra;Ken Judge;Kristen Ringdal

  • The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 1. A systematic review of organisational-level interventions that aim to increase employee control

    Matt Egan;Clare Bambra;Sian Thomas;Mark Petticrew

  • Cash versus services : 'worlds of welfare' and the decommodification of cash benefits and health care services.

    Clare Bambra

  • The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 2. A systematic review of task restructuring interventions.

    Clare Bambra;Matt Egan;Sian Thomas;Mark Petticrew

  • Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical insights on a public health ‘puzzle’

    Clare Bambra

  • Welfare state regimes and income-related health inequalities: a comparison of 23 European countries

    Terje Eikemo;Clare Bambra;K. Joyce;E. Dahl

  • COVID-19 mortality and deprivation: pandemic, syndemic, and endemic health inequalities

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  • Defamilisation and welfare state regimes : a cluster analysis

    Clare Bambra

  • A balancing act? Work-life balance, health and well-being in European welfare states.

    Thorsten Lunau;Clare Bambra;Terje Andreas Eikemo;Kjetil A. van Der Wel

  • How Politics Makes Us Sick

    Ted Schrecker;Clare Bambra

  • Work, Worklessness, and the Political Economy of Health

    Clare Bambra

  • The worlds of welfare: illusory and gender blind?

    Clare Bambra

Frequent Co-Authors

Terje Andreas Eikemo
Terje Andreas Eikemo Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Margaret Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead University of Liverpool
Sarah Curtis
Sarah Curtis Durham University
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jamie Pearce
Jamie Pearce University of Edinburgh
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
Lyndal Bond
Lyndal Bond Victoria University
Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York
Hilary Thomson
Hilary Thomson University of Glasgow

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