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View article: Use of a Critical Constructivist, Community-Engaged Approach to Understand Commercial Determinants of Breast Cancer: The Situational Scoping Method
Use of a Critical Constructivist, Community-Engaged Approach to Understand Commercial Determinants of Breast Cancer: The Situational Scoping Method Open
In the digital age, online industry documents have become an available and abundant source to inform qualitative health research on the commercial determinants of health (CDOH), including how corporations shape knowledge, policy, and publi…
View article: Tobacco industry influence on breast cancer research, policy and public opinion: scoping the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents
Tobacco industry influence on breast cancer research, policy and public opinion: scoping the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Open
Objective Over the last 35 years, there has been growing evidence suggesting a relationship between tobacco use and breast cancer. The tobacco industry’s role in shaping research, policy and public opinion about the relationship is unknown…
View article: Use of a critical constructivist, community-engaged approach to understand commercial determinants of breast cancer using online industry documents: The situational scoping method
Use of a critical constructivist, community-engaged approach to understand commercial determinants of breast cancer using online industry documents: The situational scoping method Open
In the digital age, online industry documents have become an available and abundant source to inform qualitative health research on the commercial determinants of health. I offer the situational scoping method as an approach that applies r…
View article: Dominant Power and the Concept of Caste: Implications for Dentistry and Oral Health Inequality.
Dominant Power and the Concept of Caste: Implications for Dentistry and Oral Health Inequality. Open
This paper explores the issues of caste and casteism in the U.S. as described by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson in her 2020 book "Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents". Wilkerson argues that a caste system not only exis…
View article: Third-party Compliance With State-Mandated Orthodontic Coverage for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Care in California: An Insurance Claim Thematic Analysis
Third-party Compliance With State-Mandated Orthodontic Coverage for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Care in California: An Insurance Claim Thematic Analysis Open
Background California Senate Bill 630 (SB630) enacted statutorily mandated health plan coverage for orthodontic care of patients with cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies in 2009, which was effective from July 1, 2010. In this qualitati…
View article: California Dentists’ Engagement in Media Advocacy for Sugar Restriction Policies
California Dentists’ Engagement in Media Advocacy for Sugar Restriction Policies Open
Objectives: Increasing dentists’ visibility in the media to make the case for sugary beverage taxes can help advance public policy that improves oral health outcomes. We assessed California dentists’ media engagement behaviors related to s…
View article: Beverage Advertisement Receptivity Associated With Sugary Drink Intake and Harm Perceptions Among California Adolescents
Beverage Advertisement Receptivity Associated With Sugary Drink Intake and Harm Perceptions Among California Adolescents Open
Purpose: Evaluate associations of adolescents’ beverage marketing receptivity with sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) perceived harm and intake. Design: School-based cross-sectional health behavior survey. Setting: Seven rural schools in Calif…
View article: Transnational corporations, obesity and planetary health
Transnational corporations, obesity and planetary health Open
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View article: Correction: Relationship between Research Outcomes and Risk of Bias, Study Sponsorship, and Author Financial Conflicts of Interest in Reviews of the Effects of Artificially Sweetened Beverages on Weight Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Reviews
Correction: Relationship between Research Outcomes and Risk of Bias, Study Sponsorship, and Author Financial Conflicts of Interest in Reviews of the Effects of Artificially Sweetened Beverages on Weight Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Reviews Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162198.].
View article: In defense of sugar: a critical analysis of rhetorical strategies used in The Sugar Association’s award-winning 1976 public relations campaign
In defense of sugar: a critical analysis of rhetorical strategies used in The Sugar Association’s award-winning 1976 public relations campaign Open
Corporate apologia theory provides an accessible way of understanding sugar industry crisis communication strategies. It enables public health actors to recognize and predict industry corporate apologia in response to ongoing product safet…
View article: The sugar industry's influence on policy
The sugar industry's influence on policy Open
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View article: Soda intake and tobacco use among young adult bar patrons: A cross-sectional study in seven cities
Soda intake and tobacco use among young adult bar patrons: A cross-sectional study in seven cities Open
Young adults are among the greatest consumers of sugar sweetened beverages, and they also have high smoking rates. However, few studies address the relationship between these risk behaviors; this study examined the relationship between sod…
View article: Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents
Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents Open
In 1965, the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) secretly funded a review in the New England Journal of Medicine that discounted evidence linking sucrose consumption to blood lipid levels and hence coronary heart disease (CHD). SRF subsequentl…
View article: Do Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Obesity and Diabetes? Industry and the Manufacture of Scientific Controversy
Do Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Obesity and Diabetes? Industry and the Manufacture of Scientific Controversy Open
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a Supplement.
View article: Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research
Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research Open
Early warning signals of the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of sugar (sucrose) emerged in the 1950s. We examined Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) internal documents, historical reports, and statements relevant to early debates about the …
View article: Relationship between Research Outcomes and Risk of Bias, Study Sponsorship, and Author Financial Conflicts of Interest in Reviews of the Effects of Artificially Sweetened Beverages on Weight Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Reviews
Relationship between Research Outcomes and Risk of Bias, Study Sponsorship, and Author Financial Conflicts of Interest in Reviews of the Effects of Artificially Sweetened Beverages on Weight Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Reviews Open
Review sponsorship and authors' financial conflicts of interest introduced bias affecting the outcomes of reviews of artificially sweetened beverage effects on weight that could not be explained by other sources of bias.