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Using political science to progress public health nutrition: a systematic review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- An umbrella review of the acceptability of fiscal and pricing policies to reduce diet-related noncommunicable disease.Nutrition reviews · 2023Pooled it
- The application of theories of the policy process to obesity prevention: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2016Pooled it
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- Generating Political Commitment for Regulatory Interventions Targeting Dietary Harms and Poor Nutrition: A Case Study on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation in Australia.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Article
- Characterising trusted spokespeople in noncommunicable disease prevention: A systematic scoping review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Rise and demise: a case study of public health nutrition in Queensland, Australia, over three decades.Health promotion international · 2022Article
- First Nations Peoples' Participation in the Development of Population-Wide Food and Nutrition Policy in Australia: A Political Economy and Cultural Safety Analysis.International journal of health policy and management · 2021Article
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- The politics of food in the Pacific: coherence and tension in regional policies on nutrition, the food environment and non-communicable diseases.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy: lessons from a case study of food and nutrition.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the "sugar tax" debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.BMC public health · 2019Article
- What drives political commitment for nutrition? A review and framework synthesis to inform the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Application of policy analysis frameworks in tobacco control research: A systematic review of qualitative literature.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivePoor dietary intake is the most important behavioural risk factor affecting health globally. Despite this, there has been little investment in public health nutrition policy actions. Policy process theories from the field of political science can aid understanding why policy decisions have occurred and identify how to influence ongoing or future initiatives. The present review aims to examine public health nutrition policy literature and identify whether a policy process theory has been used to analyse the process.
designElectronic databases were searched systematically for studies examining policy making in public health nutrition in high-income, democratic countries.
settingInternational, national, state and local government jurisdictions within high-income, democratic countries. SUBJECTS: Individuals and organisations involved in the nutrition policy-making process.
resultsSixty-three studies met the eligibility criteria, most were conducted in the USA and a majority focused on obesity. The analysis demonstrates an accelerating trend in the number of nutrition policy papers published annually and an increase in the diversity of nutrition topics examined. The use of policy process theory was observed from 2003; however, it was utilised by only 14 % of the reviewed papers.
conclusionsThere is limited research into the nutrition policy process in high-income countries. While there has been a small increase in the use of policy process theory from 2003, an opportunity to expand its use is evident. We suggest that nutrition policy making would benefit from a pragmatic approach that ensures those trying to influence or understand the policy-making process are equipped with basic knowledge around these theories.
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