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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2026

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Overview

Margaret Whitehead is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and social sciences, with a substantial number of publications in general health professions and health subfields. Their work explores various topics related to health disparities, food security, community health, employment and welfare, public health policies, and implementation science.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The Dahlgren-Whitehead model of health determinants: 30 years on and still chasing rainbows, 2021, Public Health
  • Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review, 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • Poverty, health, and covid-19, 2021, BMJ
  • Effects on mental health of a UK welfare reform, Universal Credit: a longitudinal controlled study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Power, control, communities and health inequalities I: theories, concepts and analytical frameworks, 2020, Health Promotion International

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Margaret Whitehead include:

  • Ben Barr
  • Jennie Popay
  • Ruth Ponsford
  • Matt Egan
  • David Taylor-Robinson

The scientist has contributed frequently to several academic venues, publishing multiple articles in:

  • BMJ
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Health Promotion International
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

In terms of research fields, their body of work is predominantly in:

  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

Subfields to which Margaret Whitehead has contributed include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Demography
  • Clinical Psychology

The main topics of work covered by this scientist are:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Community Health and Development
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Best Publications

  • The concepts and principles of equity and health.

    Margaret Whitehead

  • What are the economic consequences for households of illness and of paying for health care in low- and middle-income country contexts?

    Diane McIntyre;Michael Thiede;Göran Dahlgren;Margaret Whitehead

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

    C Bambra;M Gibson;A Sowden;K Wright

  • Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income countries escape the medical poverty trap?

    Margaret Whitehead;Göran Dahlgren;Timothy Evans

  • The Social Basis of Disparities in Health

    Finn Diderichsen;Timothy Evans;Margaret Whitehead

  • Tackling the challenges to health equity in China

    Shenglan Tang;Qingyue Meng;Lincoln Chen;Henk Bekedam

  • Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing: mapping review of theories and causal pathways.

    Theo Lorenc;Stephen Clayton;David Neary;Margaret Whitehead

  • Challenging inequities in health: from ethics to action.

    T. Evans;M. Whitehead;F. Diderichsen;A. Bhuiya

  • Evidence for public health policy on inequalities: 1: The reality according to policymakers

    Mark Petticrew;Margaret Whitehead;Sally J Macintyre;Hilary Graham

  • Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: systematic review

    Sian Thomas;Debra Fayter;Kate Misso;David Ogilvie

  • 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

  • The Dahlgren-Whitehead model of health determinants: 30 years on and still chasing rainbows.

    Göran Dahlgren;Margaret Whitehead

  • A typology of actions to tackle social inequalities in health

    Margaret Whitehead

  • 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

  • What can be done about inequalities in health?

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  • The harvest plot: a method for synthesising evidence about the differential effects of interventions.

    David Ogilvie;Debra Fayter;Mark Petticrew;Mark Petticrew;Amanda Sowden

  • Are interventions to promote healthy eating equally effective for all? Systematic review of socioeconomic inequalities in impact

    Rory McGill;Elspeth Anwar;Lois Orton;Helen Bromley

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

    Clare Bambra;Matt Egan;Sian Thomas;Mark Petticrew

  • Social policies and the pathways to inequalities in health: a comparative analysis of lone mothers in Britain and Sweden

    Margaret Whitehead;Bo Burström;Finn Diderichsen

  • ‘First, do no harm’: are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study

    Ben Barr;David Taylor-Robinson;David Stuckler;Rachel Loopstra

  • Tackling inequalities in health : An agenda for action

    Michaela Benzeval;Ken Judge;Margaret Whitehead

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Bo Burström
Bo Burström Karolinska Institute
Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York
Finn Diderichsen
Finn Diderichsen University of Copenhagen
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
Clare Bambra
Clare Bambra Newcastle University
David Stuckler
David Stuckler Bocconi University
James Nazroo
James Nazroo University of Manchester
Mai Stafford
Mai Stafford University College London
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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