SynthesisBMC public health2020
Defining the commercial determinants of health: a systematic review.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The relationship between the price and demand of alcohol, tobacco, unhealthy food, sugar-sweetened beverages, and gambling: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Health literacy reductionism: when individual deficits become the default explanation.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Commercial Determinants of Latinx Health: A Scoping Review of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in the USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Digital vectors of disease: how alcohol 'smart' labels leapfrog health policy.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Reviewing ecosystems of evidence: synthesising the evidence on the commercial determinants of health from a complex systems perspective.Systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Market strategies used by private hospital providers to consolidate and increase power; a systematic scoping review and evaluative synthesis.Globalization and health · 2026Article
- Negating neglect: social scientific contributions on Neglected Tropical Diseases and global health.International journal for equity in health · 2026Review
- 'Pride not profit': A commercial determinants of Indigenous health case study from Australia.Globalization and health · 2026Article
- Logics of (dis)engagement: mapping variation in non-government norms and approaches to alcohol, ultra-processed food and related industries - a case study from Australia.Globalization and health · 2026Article
- The end of the garden path? Analyzing smallholder tobacco farming income and decision-making in Mozambique.Globalization and health · 2026Article
- Strengthening health promotion at the local level: insights from Swiss municipalities (canton of Vaud) across urban and rural contexts.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Do ESG Frameworks Capture Corporate Health Impacts? An Analysis of the Food and Beverage Industry.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Commercial determinants of health: case study of ultra-processed food companies in Thailand.Globalization and health · 2025Article
- Adverse commercial determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries: a public health challenge.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- 'Playing to extinction': the commercial determinants of gambling-related harm, suicidality and suicide.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
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- Tobacco Company Efforts to Persuade Consumers to Fight the Proposed Federal Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans in the United States.American journal of public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite increasing attention to the social determinants of health in recent decades, globally there is an unprecedented burden from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Recently, the corporate and commercial conditions associated with these, commercial determinants of health (CDoH), have also begun to receive attention. This research aims to articulate the CDoH as described in the literature, summarize substantive findings, and assess strengths and limitations of current literature.
methodsSystematic review of formal (Medline, EMBASE, Scopus, Global Health) and grey literature (database, Google Advanced, targeted website, citation searching). Searching identified 125 texts for full-text review, with 33 included for final review. Data extracted were analyzed thematically.
resultsThe dynamics constituting CDoH include broad facilitators such as globalization of trade, corporate structures, and regulatory systems, articulation of social and economic power, neoliberal and capitalist ideologies; additional elements include corporate activities such as marketing, corporate political activities, corporate social responsibility, extensive supply chains, harmful products and production, and issues of accessibility. These contribute significantly to worsened global health outcomes.
conclusionsLiterature describing effects of macro conditions and corporate activities on health could usefully utilize CDoH terminology. Facilitation via revised, consistent and operational definition of CDoH would assist. Social, political, commercial and economic structures and relations of CDoH are under-theorized. Systematic approaches to identifying, describing, and disrupting these are required to improve global health.
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