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 …
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 …
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 …
P Barlow, AM Thow - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Unhealthy diets are increasing contributors to poor health and mortality in low-and middle- income countries (LMICs). Government interventions targeting the structural drivers of …
Multisectoral governance has been recognized to be vital to regulate harmful commodity industries, yet countries struggle with reaching policy coherence due to government …
Background: Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) engage in political practices to influence public health policy, which poses barriers to protecting and promoting public …
Background: Despite greater attention to the nexus between trade and investment agreements and their potential impacts on public health, less is known regarding the …
K Garton, B Swinburn, AM Thow - Globalization and Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Regulation of food environments is needed to address the global challenge of poor nutrition, yet policy inertia has been a problem. A common argument against regulation …
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 …