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ArticleHealth promotion international2024

Developing structures to support researchers studying health-harming industries.

Hannah Pitt, Samantha Thomas, Simone McCarthy, May C I van Schalkwyk, Mark Petticrew, Melanie Randle, Mike Daube

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Article in Health promotion international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hannah PittInstitute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4259-6186
Samantha ThomasInstitute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1427-7775
Simone McCarthyInstitute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2671-3511
May C I van SchalkwykDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2210-2289
Mark PetticrewDepartment of Public Health, Environments and Society, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Melanie RandleFaculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia.
Mike DaubeFaculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Western Australia, 6102, Australia.

Funding

Deakin University Cat 1 Seed Funding Scheme DP210101983Medical Research Council MR/S037519/1National Institute for Health Research NIHR3000156
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well-documented that health-harming industries and the groups they fund use a range of tactics that seek to interfere with academic research. With the development of scholarship relating to the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH), an increasing number of public health researchers are working to examine the activities of health-harming industries and the impacts they have on health and equity. However, there has been limited research investigating the experiences of these researchers and the range of strategies that could be used to support them. This qualitative interpretivist study involved 10 online focus groups with 28 public health researchers (ranging from PhD students to emeritus professors) in Australia and the UK. The researchers worked on issues related to the alcohol, gambling, tobacco or ultra-processed food industries. Participants outlined a range of personal and professional risks relating to their research, including social media attacks, complaints to university personnel and funders, attempts to discredit their research, legal threats and freedom of information requests. Some described the impacts this had on their overall well-being, and even on their family life. They commented that current university systems and structures to support them were variable and could differ between individuals within institutions. This often left researchers feeling isolated and unsupported. Universities should recognize the risks to researchers working on issues relating to health-harming industries. They should proactively develop strategies and resources to inform and support researchers to conduct research that is important for public health and equity.

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Focus GroupsResearch PersonnelAustraliaFemaleFood IndustryGamblingHumansMalePublic HealthQualitative ResearchUnited KingdomUniversities

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PMID39578223
PMCPMC11584278

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