Ashley Schram

Mar 1, 2024 | tobaccocontrol.bmj.com | Dori Patay |Ashley Schram |Jeff Collin |Sharon Friel

AbstractObjective Small Island Developing States (SIDS) struggle with implementing multisectoral tobacco control measures, and health sector actors often lack capacity to forge multisectoral commitment. This study aims to explore the sources and dynamics of authority that can enable multisectoral collaboration despite the divergence of policy agendas in tobacco control.

Nov 11, 2023 | wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Rebecca Blackburn |Zoe Leviston |Iain Walker |Ashley Schram

1 INTRODUCTION Overconsumption by the wealthy is the biggest cause and accelerator of global environmental destruction (Wiedmann et al., 2020) and has negated environmental gains from recent growth in renewables (Dyrstad et al., 2019). Unabated, technological improvements will be insufficient to prevent climate change, making it imperative to reduce consumption (Parrique et al., 2019).

Apr 28, 2023 | globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com | Dori Patay |Ashley Schram |Sharon Friel

This paper explored the institutional conditions that shape health sector actors’ ability to protect public health interests in tobacco governance in Fiji and Vanuatu. Our study contributes to the commercial determinants of health, health governance and development literature by shedding light on the connection between SIDS vulnerabilities, political context, and government structures, rules, and accountability in tobacco governance in Fiji and Vanuatu.