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COVID-19 and Racial Justice in America Open

Scott J. Schweikart, Fernando De Maio, Mia Keeys, Joaquin Baca, Brian Vandenberg , et al. · 2023

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world to devastating effect, yielding profound societal disruption around the globe. However, its impact throughout the world has not been equal among nations. In the United States, the impact…

Can counter‐advertising dilute marketing effects of alcohol sponsorship of elite sport: A field experiment Open

Helen Dixon, Maree Scully, Jeff Niederdeppe, Emily Brennan, Kerry O’Brien , et al. · 2023

Aims To test whether showing spectators counter‐advertisements exposing alcohol harms alone, or exposing alcohol harms and alcohol sponsorship, before watching an alcohol‐sponsored sporting event promotes less favourable post‐event attitud…

Power and Other Commercial Determinants of Health: An Empirical Study of the Australian Food, Alcohol, and Gambling Industries Open

Cassandra de Lacy‐Vawdon, Brian Vandenberg, Charles Livingstone · 2023

Background: Commercial determinants of health (CDoH) represent a critical frame for exploring undue corporate and commercial influence over health. Power lenses are integral to understanding CDoH. Impacts of food, alcohol, and gambling ind…

Which alcohol products might be affected by the introduction of a minimum unit price in Western Australia? Findings from a survey of alcohol retail prices Open

Tina Lam, Sarah Callinan, Suzanne Nielsen, Freya Horn, Leanne Francia , et al. · 2023

Introduction Minimum unit price (MUP) policies establish a retail floor price below which alcohol may not be sold, and have been shown to reduce harmful alcohol use. We aimed to collect retail price data to estimate the proportion of alcoh…

Can counter-advertising exposing alcohol sponsorship and harms influence sport spectators’ support for alcohol policies? An experimental study Open

Maree Scully, Helen Dixon, Emily Brennan, Jeff Niederdeppe, Kerry O’Brien , et al. · 2023

Weight Stigma and Avoidance of Physical Activity and Sport: Development of a Scale and Establishment of Correlates Open

Nadia Bevan, Kerry O’Brien, Janet D. Latner, Chung‐Ying Lin, Brian Vandenberg , et al. · 2022

Participation in sport and physical activity (PA) is declining, and the psychosocial factors underpinning avoidance of these activities are not understood. This study developed and tested a new measure assessing the tendency to avoid PA an…

Gambling and homelessness in older age: hidden and overlooked, but preventable Open

Brian Vandenberg · 2022

Recognising the elephant in the room: the commercial determinants of health Open

Cassandra de Lacy‐Vawdon, Brian Vandenberg, Charles Livingstone · 2022

The Relationship between Weight Stigma, Physical Appearance Concerns, and Enjoyment and Tendency to Avoid Physical Activity and Sport Open

Nadia Bevan, Kerry O’Brien, Chung‐Ying Lin, Janet D. Latner, Brian Vandenberg , et al. · 2021

Participation in physical activity and sport is on the decline and there is a poor understanding of the psychosocial factors that contribute to people’s reluctance to participate. We examined whether there were relationships between factor…

When the pubs closed: beer consumption before and after the first and second waves of COVID‐19 in Australia Open

Brian Vandenberg, Michael Livingston, Kerry O’Brien · 2020

Aims Restrictions to alcohol availability during the first and second waves of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia included closures of businesses where alcohol is sold for on‐premises consumption (pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes), but no…

Commentary on Paraje <i>et al</i>. : The untapped potential of price in preventing alcohol initiation Open

Brian Vandenberg, Kerry O’Brien · 2020

Evidence is emerging that price increases can delay alcohol initiation and prevent subsequent adolescent heavy episodic drinking. More research is needed to precisely understand beverage-specific price effects on initiation, as there appea…

Report on the extent, nature, and consequences of children and young people’s exposure to alcohol advertising and sponsorship Open

Kerry O’Brien, Brian Vandenberg · 2020

This report examines the available evidence on the nature and extent of alcohol advertising and sponsorship in Australia, and the impact of exposure to alcohol advertising and sponsorship on children and young people’s drinking attitudes a…

Heterogenous wealth effects of minimum unit price on purchase of alcohol: Evidence using scanner data Open

Anurag Sharma, Brian Vandenberg · 2019

One of the key arguments given to oppose the "sin taxes" is that they are regressive in nature and place disproportionately higher cost on the poor thereby reducing their net wealth. The response to a reduction in net wealth attributed to …

Play as Curriculum Open

Brian Vandenberg · 2018

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Pricing as a means of controlling alcohol consumption Open

Anurag Sharma, Kompal Sinha, Brian Vandenberg · 2017

There is a need for further research focusing on the substitution effects of taxation and pricing policies, estimation of the true tax pass-through rates, and empirical analysis of the supply-side response (from alcohol producers and retai…

The relationship between income and alcohol: Implications for public health and policy. Open

Brian Vandenberg · 2017

An econometric analysis of the relationship between income and alcohol in Australia, focusing on implications for public health policy. The analysis finds the relationship between income and alcohol differs across macro and micro levels, t…

Adding nutritional value to lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) Open

Rajib Podder, Brian Vandenberg · 2016

Are Alcohol Taxation and Pricing Policies Regressive? Product-Level Effects of a Specific Tax and a Minimum Unit Price for Alcohol Open

Brian Vandenberg, Anurag Sharma · 2015

Policies that increase the cost of the cheapest alcohol can be effective in reducing alcohol consumption, without having highly regressive effects.

Child and adolescent exposure to alcohol advertising in <span>A</span>ustralia's major televised sports Open

Sherilene M. Carr, Kerry O’Brien, Jason Ferris, Robin Room, Michael Livingston , et al. · 2015

Introduction and Aims Exposure to alcohol advertising is associated with greater alcohol consumption in children and adolescents, and alcohol advertising is common in A ustralian sport. We examine child, adolescent and young adult exposure…

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