Publications by authors named "H A Pitt"
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- Health-harming industries actively interfere with academic research, creating personal and professional challenges for public health researchers studying their impacts.
- A qualitative study involved 28 public health researchers in Australia and the UK, revealing experiences such as social media attacks, legal threats, and overall well-being impacts due to their research.
- There’s a need for universities to acknowledge these risks and develop better support systems and resources to help researchers engage in important work related to public health and equity.
Cigarettes, alcohol, vaping and gambling products can cause significant harm to children and young people. The industries that make these products employ a range of tactics that aim to normalize their products and resist policy and regulatory reform. This includes 'responsibility' framing, in which parents are often held responsible for educating their children about the risks of these products.
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- Gambling sponsorship in professional sports is under scrutiny globally, especially regarding online betting, with focus on how it impacts community sports in Australia.
- Interviews with leaders in community sports revealed three main themes: alignment of values regarding sponsorship, ethical engagement with gambling sponsors, and consideration of the organization's reputation versus financial needs.
- The study suggests that addressing gambling sponsorship requires interventions like regulation, formal sponsorship policies, and education on associated risks.
Conflicts of interest (COIs) have the potential to create bias in research, policy and practice. Although disclosure cannot fully protect individuals and public policy from vested interests, it is an important step to support trust in scientific and public discourse, and transparency in decision-making. However, COIs are often unreported, underreported or difficult to identify.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPublic health researchers have investigated how youth are exposed to and influenced by traditional forms of commercial marketing from health-harming industries. Limited research has investigated youth opinions about the broader marketing and public relations strategies of these industries. This study aimed to understand youth perceptions of the impact and influence of a range of marketing and public relations strategies used by health harming industries.
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