title: Trade liberalization and social determinants of health: A state of the literature review.
abstract: The health impacts of trade liberalization are often described in relation to access to medicines, changing dietary patterns, tobacco use and alcohol consumption. The impacts of trade liberalization on the social determinants of health (SDH), are by contrast, less well known. Missing is an account of how liberalizing processes identified across different research areas relate to each other and how the association between trade liberalization and health is conceptualized within each of them, especially with reference to SDH. This paper presents a systematic review which provides a more complete picture of the pathways between trade liberalization and health, with special attention to SDH pathways. This picture captures the interrelationships between different areas of investigation, along with current limitations of our understanding and recommendations for future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Building 9 Level 5, Dragvoll, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. Electronic address: Courtney.McNamara@ntnu.no.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000639:trends; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D038622:Internationality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007449:Investments / Q000639:trends*; D064890:Social Determinants of Health / Q000639:trends*; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000639:trends
keywords: Globalization; International trade; Social determinants of health; Systematic review