Document Type : Viewpoint
Authors
1 Department of Management, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
2 School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
3 MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Keywords
Introduction and Context
Commercial determinants of health (CDoH) are defined by the WHO1 as comprising “private sector activities that affect people’s health positively or negatively”. They “arise in the context of the provision of goods or services for payment and include commercial activities, as well as the environment in which commerce takes place.” Emerging literature examines the various health effects of commercial actors, such as lobbying and policy influence, product marketing and consumption and through system-level effects.2 We offer here an additional tool for future research efforts. (Read more...)