How should we evaluate sweetened beverage tax policies? A review of worldwide experience.
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Publication Date
2021-10-26Journal Title
BMC Public Health
ISSN
1471-2458
Publisher
BioMed Central
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
1941-1941
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Ng, S. W., Colchero, M. A., & White, M. (2021). How should we evaluate sweetened beverage tax policies? A review of worldwide experience.. BMC Public Health, 21 (1), 1941-1941. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11984-2
Abstract
Over 45 jurisdictions globally have implemented sweetened beverage taxes. Researchers and policymakers need to assess whether and how these taxes change beverage demand and supply, their intended and unanticipated health, economic and equity impacts. Lessons from such evaluations can maximise the policies' success and impact on non-communicable disease prevention globally. We discuss key theoretical, design and methodological considerations to help policymakers, funders and researchers commission and conduct rigorous evaluations of these policies and related disease prevention efforts. We encourage involving the perspectives of various stakeholders on what evaluations are needed given the specific context, what data and methods are appropriate, readily available or can be collected within time and budget constraints. A logic model /conceptual system map of anticipated implications across sectors and scales should help identify optimal study design, analytical techniques and measures. These models should be updated when synthesising findings across diverse methods and integrating findings across subpopulations using similar methods.
Keywords
Evaluation, Logic models, Policy, Sugar-sweetened beverage, Tax, Beverages, Humans, Noncommunicable Diseases, Public Policy, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Taxes
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (087636/Z/08/Z)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/6)
Medical Research Council (MR/K023187/1)
MRC (MC_UU_00006/7)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11984-2
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/330310
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