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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[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] Neoliberal discourse, actor power, and the politics of nutrition policy: A qualitative analysis of informal challenges to nutrition labelling regulations at the World …

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 …

How do interests, ideas, and institutions affect multisectoral governance? The case of tobacco governance in two Pacific small island developing states

D Patay, S Friel, A Schram, S Sell - Regulation & Governance, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multisectoral governance has been recognized to be vital to regulate harmful commodity
industries, yet countries struggle with reaching policy coherence due to government …

Building a systems map: applying systems thinking to unhealthy commodity industry influence on public health policy

A Bertscher, J Nobles, A Gilmore… - … journal of health …, 2024 - eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Background: Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) engage in political practices to
influence public health policy, which poses barriers to protecting and promoting public …

[HTML][HTML] What generates attention to health in trade policy-making? Lessons from success in tobacco control and access to medicines: a qualitative study of Australia …

B Townsend, S Friel, A Schram, F Baum… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Despite greater attention to the nexus between trade and investment
agreements and their potential impacts on public health, less is known regarding the …

[HTML][HTML] Who influences nutrition policy space using international trade and investment agreements? A global stakeholder analysis

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 …

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 …