Corporate power and the international trade regime preventing progressive policy action on non-communicable diseases: a realist review

P Milsom, R Smith, P Baker… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Transnational tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food corporations use the international
trade regime to prevent policy action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs); ie to promote …

Power and the people's health

S Friel, B Townsend, M Fisher, P Harris… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Public policy plays a central role in creating and distributing resources and conditions of
daily life that matter for health equity. Policy agendas have tended to focus on health care …

Public health advocacy strategies to influence policy agendas: lessons from a narrative review of success in trade policy

B Townsend, BF Tenni, S Goldman, D Gleeson - Globalization and Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite accumulating evidence of the implications of trade policy for public
health, trade and health sectors continue to operate largely in silos. Numerous barriers to …

Australia in 2030: what is our path to health for all?

K Backholer, F Baum, SM Finlay, S Friel… - Medical Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Chapter 1: How Australia improved health equity through action on the social
determinants of health Do not think that the social determinants of health equity are old hat …

[HTML][HTML] Creating political will for action on health equity: practical lessons for public health policy actors

F Baum, B Townsend, M Fisher… - … Journal of Health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Despite growing evidence on the social determinants of health and health
equity, political action has not been commensurate. Little is known about how political will …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting noncommunicable disease prevention policy in trade and investment agreements

AM Thow, A Garde, LA Winters, E Johnson… - Bulletin of the World …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Preventing noncommunicable diseases is a global priority, for which the World Health
Organization has recommended policies to reduce the consumption of tobacco products …

Advancing a health equity agenda across multiple policy domains: a qualitative policy analysis of social, trade and welfare policy

B Townsend, S Friel, T Freeman, A Schram… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective While there is urgent need for policymaking that prioritises health equity,
successful strategies for advancing such an agenda across multiple policy sectors are not …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining a new model of acute stroke care: a mixed-method process evaluation of the Melbourne mobile stroke unit

KL Bagot, T Purvis, S Hancock, H Zhao… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-
hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are …

Chinese-style fiscal decentralization, ecological attention of Government, and regional energy intensity

M Bi, C Wang, D Fu, X Tan, S Yu, J Pan, K Lv - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The impact of Chinese-style fiscal decentralization on regional energy intensity has long
been disputed by the supporters of “federal environmentalism” and those who hold “race to …

Defending access to medicines in regional trade agreements: lessons from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership–a qualitative study of policy actors' …

B Townsend - Globalization and Health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The Regional Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) is a mega
regional trade agreement signed by fifteen countries on 15 November 2020 after 8 years of …