Cross-sector partnerships and public health: Challenges and opportunities for addressing obesity and noncommunicable diseases through engagement with the private sector

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-271

  Johnston, Lee M ^a   Finegood, Diane T ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Conflict of interest; Risk management; Systems thinking; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84925234218     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122802     Document Type: Review

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