A5080275399- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Global Health Care Issues
- Canadian Policy and Governance
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- World Trade Organization Law
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Media Influence and Health
University of Bath
2016-2025
Improvement Service
2025
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
2024
University of Alabama
2022
University of California, San Francisco
2022
UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies
2011-2021
Spectrum Brands (United Kingdom)
2019-2021
Tobacco Research Institute
2021
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
2018
Case Western Reserve University
2018
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a World Health Organization treaty, has now been ratified by over 165 countries. However there are concerns that implementing the Articles of treaty may prove difficult, particularly in developing world. In this study we have used qualitative methods to explore extent which FCTC implemented Ghana, country was 39th ratify FCTC, and identify barriers effective implementation low income Semi-structured interviews with 20 members national...
Since scholarly interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has primarily focused on the synergies between and economic performance, our understanding of how (and conditions under which) companies use CSR to produce policy outcomes that work against public welfare remained comparatively under-developed. In particular, little is known about decision-makers privately reconcile conflicts private interests, even though this likely be relevant limitations as a means aligning business...
Tobacco industry interference has been identified as the greatest obstacle to implementation of evidence-based measures reduce tobacco use. Understanding and addressing in public health policy-making is therefore crucial. Existing conceptualisations corporate political activity (CPA) are embedded a business perspective do not attend CPA's social costs; most have drawn on unique resource represented by internal documents. Building this literature, including systematic reviews, we develop...
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people a year. The products and services of unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) such as tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods beverages gambling are responsible for much this health burden. While effective public policies available to address this, UCIs have consistently sought stop governments global organisations adopting through what is known corporate political activity (CPA). We aimed contribute the study CPA development...
<h3>Background/aims</h3> To report refractive outcomes from an National Health Service (NHS) cataract surgery service and assess if results meet suggested benchmark standard. <h3>Methods</h3> Details of all patients undergoing in the Southern General New Victoria hospitals Glasgow, UK, between November 2006 December 2016 were prospectively entered into electronic database. Patients reviewed 4 weeks postoperatively eye clinic underwent refraction at their local optometrist prior to this...
Gary Fooks and colleagues undertook a review of tobacco industry documents show that policies on corporate social responsibility can enable access to dialogue with policymakers at the highest level.
Background The environment in which people live is known to be important influencing diet, physical activity, smoking, psychosocial and other risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However no instrument exists that evaluates communities these multiple environmental suitable use across different communities, regions countries. This report describes the design reliability of an measure determinants CV factors. Method/Principal Findings Environmental Profile Community Health (EPOCH)...
Objective Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine public gains realised from taxation through its pricing strategies. This study aims to examine contemporary TI strategies in UK and implications for tax policy. Design Review commercial literature longitudinal analysis sales price data. Setting A high-income country with comprehensive control policies high taxes (UK). Participants 2009 2015 Nielsen...
Science has been at the centre of attempts by major industries, including tobacco, chemical, and pharmaceutical, to delay progress in tackling threats human planetary health by, inter alia, obscuring industry harms, opposing regulation. Some aspects this influence are well documented, others remain poorly understood, similarities between industries underexplored. This study, therefore, aims synthesise literature develop an evidence-based typology model corporate on science order provide...
Most non-communicable diseases are preventable and largely driven by the consumption of harmful products, such as tobacco, alcohol, gambling ultra-processed food drink collectively termed unhealthy commodities. This paper explores links between commodity industries (UCIs), analyses extent alignment across their corporate political strategies, proposes a cohesive systems approach to research UCIs.
There is an urgent need for effective action to address the over 10 million annual deaths attributable unhealthy diets. Food industry interference with policies aimed at reducing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) widely documented national level but remains under-researched global level. Thus, this study explores how ultra-processed food actors have attempted influence NCD policy WHO.A combination of inductive and deductive thematic coding internal documents, academic literature interviews...
The use of tobacco industry tactics by the gambling and other health harming industries means governments must act to prevent large scale avoidable harm, argue <b>May van Schalkwyk colleagues</b>