Dr Naoimh McMahon
Research Fellow (HDRC)Web Links
https://www.naoimhmcmahon.com/
Selected Publications
Framing action to reduce health inequalities: what is argued for through use of the 'upstream-downstream' metaphor?
McMahon, N.E. 30/09/2022 In: Journal of Public Health. 44, 3, p. 671-678. 8 p.
Journal article
What shapes local health system actors' thinking and action on social inequalities in health?: A meta-ethnography
McMahon, N.E. 30/06/2023 In: Social Theory and Health. 21, 2, p. 119-139. 21 p.
Journal article
Working ‘upstream’ to reduce social inequalities in health: a qualitative study of how partners in an applied health research collaboration interpret the metaphor
McMahon, N. 20/10/2022 In: Critical Public Health. 32, 5, p. 654-664. 11 p.
Journal article
Understanding COVID-19 through the lens of ‘syndemic vulnerability’: possibilities and challenges
McMahon, N. 24/02/2021 In: International Journal of Health Promotion and Education . 59, 2, 3 p.
Editorial
All Publications
Knowledge mobilisation within local government to tackle health inequalities and their wider determinants
11/05/2025 → 30/09/2027
Research
Framing inequalities through causal stories: a cross-case comparison and critical reflection
11/05/2022 → 10/10/2025
Research
Health Equity Research Advocates Network - Quarterly meeting
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Counter-narratives around health and wider inequalities: What works to influence thinking and action?
Invited talk
3… 2… 1… lift-off! NIHR SPHR Postdoctoral Launching Fellowship to Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship
Invited talk
Bridging the gap: Reflections on how to get (and then get the most out of!) transitionary funding post-PhD
Invited talk
‘Levelling-up’ health: Consequences of the changing language and narratives around social inequalities in health?
Oral presentation
NIHR SPARC Selection Committee (External organisation)
Membership of committee
What’s the problem? Examining how ‘health inequalities’ take shape in professional practice: Results from a meta-ethnographic review of existing research
Oral presentation
NIHR SPHR Postdoctoral Launching Fellowship
Fellowship awarded competitively