Global Health Blogs with Professor Swahn

We all have heard about social determinants of health but what a lot of people do not know about is- Commercial determinants of Health (CDoH)! CDoH are factors that influence which stem from the profit motive and the practices that corporations use to maximize revenues, market share, and political influence. In other words, CDoH includes […]

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Commercial Determinants of Health   What are CDoH? Commercial determinants of health are under a huge umbrella of contributors to our health. It is the private sector’s overall effects on community health. These effects are often negative as they are created with profit in mind rather than well being of consumers. The obvious type of […]

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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) as “factors that influence health which stem from the profit motive” (WHO, 2019). Corporate influence is typically exerted through four main ways: advertising, lobbying, corporate social responsibility, and improved supply chains (Ndebele et al., 2020). But when these products produced by companies are harmful […]

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“In Times of Crisis They Will Come out Stronger”     I invite you for one moment to look at the picture above. I know this is something we are totally used to – nothing special – just one Pepsi commercial during a football game. Again nothing special – but if we think closely, there […]

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“Money talks and bullshit walks” was a moto of the tobacco companies in 1999 and that’s a strategy they have stuck with [1]. But first what are commercial determinants of health? More or less, they are factors that influence health which stem from a profit motive, like the promotion of products that are known to […]

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         Sugary foods have all played an powerful role in our daily LIVES. They are literally available everywhere to us, and have been placed right at our fingertips.  Alcohol, fast foods, sugary beverages , and many more all change the way we think especially during these times of crisis. In this blog, […]

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Commercial Determinants of Health can be described as, “strategies and approaches used by the private sector to promote products and choices that are detrimental to health” (Kickbusch et al, 2016).  This sector in public health is a relatively new field in which researchers are paying more and more attention to as the impact of these […]

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