Tuesday, November 19, 2024

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Clarendon Room D

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Facilitated by: Dr Belinda Townsend Dr Katherine Cullerton Prof. Barbara Mintzes Target Audience: Practitioners, researchers, health promotion and organisation staff Learning Outcomes: Drawing on the research results that will be presented at the workshop and on the planned discussions, the three learning objectives of the workshop are to: Identify how conflict of interest is conceptualised in international settings and in Australia in regard to commercial actors and health; Understand current challenges and tensions faced by Australian health, consumer, and patient groups in regard to managing engagement with commercial actors; Develop capacity to be better equipped to identify, prevent and/or manage conflicts of interest. About: While there has been much focus on how commercial actors influence and interfere in health policymaking and practice, less attention has been paid to how health organisations, researchers, and patient groups are managing their engagement with the broad suite of commercial actors that influence population health. This workshop draws on research projects with: 1. Australian health organisations on how they are managing engagement with commercial actors particularly in the areas of alcohol and ultra-processed foods 2. Population nutrition researchers and a new toolkit for identifying, preventing, and managing COI in research activities; and 3. How patient and consumer groups are navigating this landscape particularly in pharmaceutical policy The overarching aim of the workshop is to explore current tensions and challenges for organisations, researchers, and the public, and identify good practice internationally and locally, including potential tools that can be adapted and developed to assist the public health community.