Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms

Abstract Background The Global Burden of Disease estimates that approximately a third of deaths worldwide are attributable to behavioural risk factors that, at their core, have the consumption of unhealthful products and exposures produced by profit driven commercial entities. We use Steven Lukes’ t...

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Main Authors: Joana Madureira Lima, Sandro Galea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Globalization and Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0336-y
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spelling doaj-70fb9b9fe49e411e9d89c1bbc9317c2c2020-11-24T21:46:39ZengBMCGlobalization and Health1744-86032018-02-0114111210.1186/s12992-018-0336-yCorporate practices and health: a framework and mechanismsJoana Madureira Lima0Sandro Galea1Department of Sociology, University of OxfordSchool of Public Health, Boston UniversityAbstract Background The Global Burden of Disease estimates that approximately a third of deaths worldwide are attributable to behavioural risk factors that, at their core, have the consumption of unhealthful products and exposures produced by profit driven commercial entities. We use Steven Lukes’ three-dimensional view of power to guide the study of the practices deployed by commercial interests to foster the consumption of these commodities. Additionally, we propose a framework to systematically study corporations and other commercial interests as a distal, structural, societal factor that causes disease and injury. Our framework offers a systematic approach to mapping corporate activity, allowing us to anticipate and prevent actions that may have a deleterious effect on population health. Conclusion Our framework may be used by, and can have utility for, public health practitioners, researchers, students, activists and other members of civil society, policy makers and public servants in charge of policy implementation. It can also be useful to corporations who are interested in identifying key actions they can take towards improving population health.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0336-yNon-communicable diseasesTransnational CorporationsMacrosocial Determinants of HealthCorporate InfluenceCorporate Tactics
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Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
Globalization and Health
Non-communicable diseases
Transnational Corporations
Macrosocial Determinants of Health
Corporate Influence
Corporate Tactics
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Sandro Galea
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title Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
title_short Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
title_full Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
title_fullStr Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
title_full_unstemmed Corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
title_sort corporate practices and health: a framework and mechanisms
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series Globalization and Health
issn 1744-8603
publishDate 2018-02-01
description Abstract Background The Global Burden of Disease estimates that approximately a third of deaths worldwide are attributable to behavioural risk factors that, at their core, have the consumption of unhealthful products and exposures produced by profit driven commercial entities. We use Steven Lukes’ three-dimensional view of power to guide the study of the practices deployed by commercial interests to foster the consumption of these commodities. Additionally, we propose a framework to systematically study corporations and other commercial interests as a distal, structural, societal factor that causes disease and injury. Our framework offers a systematic approach to mapping corporate activity, allowing us to anticipate and prevent actions that may have a deleterious effect on population health. Conclusion Our framework may be used by, and can have utility for, public health practitioners, researchers, students, activists and other members of civil society, policy makers and public servants in charge of policy implementation. It can also be useful to corporations who are interested in identifying key actions they can take towards improving population health.
topic Non-communicable diseases
Transnational Corporations
Macrosocial Determinants of Health
Corporate Influence
Corporate Tactics
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0336-y
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