Purpose Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Clinical research
advocates using the biopsychosocial model (BPS) to manage LBP, however there is still no …

Social prescribing (SP) seeks to enhance the role of the voluntary and community sector in
addressing patients' complex needs in primary care. Using discourse analysis, this review …

Population health strategies tend to focus on individuals' behaviors, genes, or health care
access, yet it is well established that socioecological conditions are fundamental to health …

The commercial determinants of health (CDoH) describe the adverse health effects
associated with for-profit actors and their actions. Despite efforts to advance the definition …

Background The provision of commercialised gambling products and services has changed
radically in recent decades. Gambling is now provided in many places by multi-national …

Background: Despite growing evidence on the social determinants of health and health
equity, political action has not been commensurate. Little is known about how political will …

Background and aim For decades, corporations such as the tobacco and fossil fuel
industries have used youth education programmes and schools to disseminate discourses …

Despite policy intentions and many interventions aimed at reducing socioeconomic health
inequalities in recent decades in the Netherlands and other affluent countries, these …

A growing interest among governments in policies to promote wellbeing has the potential to
revive a social view of health promotion. However, success may depend on the way …

People in northern Uganda are currently rebuilding their lives after a lengthy period of
conflict. To facilitate this, the Ugandan government and donors have promoted investment in …