Dun-Campbell, Kate; van Schalkwyk, May CI; Petticrew, Mark; Maani, Nason; McGill, Elizabeth; (2023) How Do Industry-Funded Alcohol and Gambling Conferences Frame the Issues? An Analysis of Conference Agendas. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 84 (2). pp. 309-317. ISSN 1937-1888 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00045
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OBJECTIVE: There is a growing evidence base that unhealthy commodity industries (including alcohol and gambling) promote industry-favorable framings of product harms and solutions. These framings adopt a focus on the individual while overlooking broader influences and solutions. One potential method to influence the framing of harms and solutions is funding and organizing conferences. This study aims to examine how industry-funded alcohol and gambling conferences present themselves and frame product harms and solutions. METHOD: We conducted a descriptive examination and framing analysis of industry-funded alcohol and gambling conference descriptions and agendas or programs to examine how conferences were presented. We also examined how the included topics framed the issues of product harm and solutions. A hybrid approach (using both deductive and inductive coding) was used for framing analysis, informed by previous research. RESULTS: All the included conferences were targeted at professionals outside of the respective industry, many specifically mentioning researchers or policy makers. Several of the conferences offered professional credits for attendance. We identified four key frames that are consistent with the existing evidence base: a complex link between product consumption and harm, focus on the individual, deflection from population-level approaches, and medicalization/specialization of solutions. CONCLUSIONS: We found industry-favorable framings of harms and solutions within the alcohol and gambling conferences included in our sample. These conferences are aimed at professionals outside of the industry, including researchers and policy makers, with several offering professional credits for attendance. Greater awareness of the potential for industry-favorable framings at conference settings is required.
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Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Health Services Research and Policy Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Public Health, Environments and Society |
PubMed ID | 36972028 |
Elements ID | 183220 |
Official URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00045 |
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