Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK: a complex systems approach.

ABSTRACT: Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) such as tobacco, alcohol, gambling, ultra-processed food and beverage producers are known to influence policy-making to advance their interests, often to the detriment of public health goals. This study mapped the complex system underpinning UCI's influence on public health policy formulation in the UK and identified potential interventions to shift the system towards being able to better attain public health goals. We conducted a participatory systems mapping workshop with ten experts to build a causal loop diagram (CLD) and identify potential interventions to address UCI's influence on public health policy development. The resulting CLD depicts a highly interconnected and reinforcing system driving UCI's involvement in public health policy formulatio

SUBMITTER: van den Akker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579611 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature