Mark Petticrew
@petticrewmark
Professor, Public Health, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, LSHTM. Tweets=personal capacity. Director of PH-PRU: https://t.co/6OSKQhkE08
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http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/petticrew.mark 31-03-2015 14:50:31
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CDOH Essentials is a set of materials to plan and run an introductory workshop or briefing session on the commercial determinants of health for public health teams. Great work Anna Brook Katherine Körner (she/her) May van Schalkwyk and Mark Petticrew.
Mark Petticrew Link to an important read for anyone interested in informed debate on this topic. Thanks for sharing Mark 👆
Great to work with Katherine Körner (she/her) May van Schalkwyk and Mark Petticrew to design and run this action research through which we have developed, tested and improved a set of practical materials for local public health teams to run briefing sessions on Commercial Determinants of Health
Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the harms of alcohol.
Watch May van Schalkwyk explain why
🔗Read the linked investigation
bit.ly/3Wc2aAr
5 years ago Rebecca Cassidy Martin McKee 🇺🇦 Mark Petticrew & I called attention to the harm caused by the UK gambling industry & the way it was being regulated, arguing that lessons be learned from evidence of the strategies used by other harmful industries 🧵 thelancet.com/journals/lance…
This is a brilliant article by #BMJinvestigation on how alcohol industry funded educational programmes serve commercial interests and are embedded in UK schools and universities #CDoH Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk Commercial Determinants Research Group at LSHTM IAS SHAAP Alcohol Change UK Alcohol Focus Scotland
Company after company said it wants to make more junk food more available to more people more often. Executives unveiled ultra-processed creations practically suggesting they become part of the new food pyramid: Froot Loops are perfectly sensible as dinner bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
We are hiring @GHPU! Details below for a 2 year research fellow post on commercial determinants working with our work package on the UKRI health hub on commercial determinants. Deadline 20/5! Do get in touch with any questions! #CDoH School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh GECI-PH network elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
Deaths from alcohol in England are rising yet there's still no national alcohol strategy.
In The Telegraph and Telegraph Global Health Security today, Talia Boshari and I explain why national-action is so critically needed, starting with minimum unit pricing.
No paywall👇
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
'Participants of a recent Health and Social Care Committee evidence session were from the alcohol industry, where they misinformed politicians on the evidence base regarding how to reduce alcohol harm, while claiming undue credit for positive trends.'
- Dr Alastair MacGilchrist SHAAP
Last year, Nestle announced it was closing its baby formula plant in Ireland due to declining demand in China. Adding sugar to its products is an effort to increase demand & grow markets, in the process shortening the lives of people across Global South.
theguardian.com/global-develop…
