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April 3, 2026

Applying a Health Equity Lens to the Commercial Determinants of Health: A Critical Review

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CMCourtney McNamaraECEric Crosbie

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Overview

This critical review examines health equity theories to clarify mechanisms of health inequities tied to commercial factors.

Key Points

  • The review aims to explore how established health equity theories can enhance understanding of commercial determinants of health (CDOH) and their role in health inequities.
  • Conducted a theory-informed critical analytical review.
  • Used purposive sampling of influential papers in the CDOH field.
  • Applied six health equity theories as interpretive lenses.
  • Analyzed documents for engagement with these frameworks and alignment with CDOH.
  • CDOH research aligns most with cultural-behavioural explanations about corporate influence on consumption.
  • Engagement with materialist and psychosocial perspectives is limited but increasing.
  • Fundamental cause theory and the Diderichsen model are underutilized in describing corporate power's role in health inequities.
  • Life course perspectives are notably underdeveloped in current CDOH scholarship.

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McNamara et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5cd15a333a821460a6c7https://doi.org/10.66534/hp.2026.0005
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