An overview of the commercial determinants of health.
Global Health
; 16(1): 74, 2020 08 17.
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BACKGROUND: Different terms are described in the literature that refer to commercial determinants as drivers of ill-health. The aim of the present review was to provide an overview of the commercial determinants of health, through a review of the literature on this subject. The review was conducted in December 2019 and updated in February 2020. Searches were conducted from peer-reviewed scientific articles, commentaries, books, and books chapters, with no restriction in their publication dates and languages. MAIN BODY: The commercial determinants of health cover three areas. First, they relate to unhealthy commodities that are contributing to ill-health. Secondly, they include business, market and political practices that are harmful to health and used to sell these commodities and secure a favourable policy environment. Finally, they include the global drivers of ill-health, such as market-driven economies and globalisation, that have facilitated the use of such harmful practices. SHORT CONCLUSION: The discussion on the commercial determinants of health offers a unique opportunity to shift the dominant paradigm in public health, where individual behaviours are considered to be driven by inadequate environments. Ill-health, damages to the environment, and health and social inequalities, might be better understood through a commercial determinant lens.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Saúde Pública
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Comércio
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Global Health
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido