I am a Lecturer in Public Health here at the University of Stirling, and I am also Deputy Programme Director of the Master of Public Health (online). I primarily teach on the MPH, but also contribute to other health-related Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching and supervision throughout the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences.
I am a qualitative researcher with expertise in the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) and food policy, with a growing expertise in using deliberative methods. I have conducted research on framing of CDoH policy debates, public acceptability of policies aimed at addressing the CDoH, and the power dynamics surrounding CDoH. I teach mostly on the Masters in Public Health, as well as qualitative research and analysis. My research employs a range of methods including interviews, focus groups and documentary analysis.
I am also a member of the SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harM) Consortium which focuses on commercial determinants of health in relation to alcohol, tobacco and food. SPECTRUM is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (2019-2024) and includes 10 universities and multiple policy/practice partners.
I received my PhD in Social and Public Health from the University of Glasgow in 2020, examining the policy and public acceptability of online unhealthy food advertising to children in the United Kingdom. I additionally undertook a one year MRC Transition Fellowship between 2019-2020 examining media framing of sport sponsorship of high in fat, sugar and salt products.
I am currently researching public acceptability of CDoH policies, working with adults and young people. I am also undertaking research focussed on the framing of food and alcohol marketing policy debates, as well as providing insight on the use of deliberative methods in CDoH research.
Article
A systematic scoping review evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage taxation from a systems perspective
Alvarado M, Adams J, Penney T, Murphy MM, Abdool Karim S, Egan N, Rogers NT, Carters-White L & White M (2023) A systematic scoping review evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage taxation from a systems perspective. Nature Food, 4, pp. 986-995. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00856-0
Other
Mitchell G, Boniface S, Carters-White L, Fabbri A, van Schalkwyk M, Martin JG & Fitzgerald N (2023) Alcohol industry involvement in research: exploring current norms and policies around in-kind contributions using a recent case study. UK Prevention Research Conference, Edinburgh, 14.11.2023-15.11.2023.
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Understanding the role of the state in dietary public health policymaking: a critical scoping review
Karreman N, Huang Y, Egan N, Carters-White L, Hawkins B, Adams J & White M (2023) Understanding the role of the state in dietary public health policymaking: a critical scoping review. Health Promotion International, 38 (5), Art. No.: daad100. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad100
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Mitchell G, Carters-White L, Martin JG & Fitzgerald N (2023) Balancing emotion, transparency and accountability: how to have constructive conversations about COIs. World Health Organization Europe People Before Profits side event at Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 23.10.2023.
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Ralston R, Godziewski C & Carters-White L (2023) The many meanings of policy instruments: exploring individual and structural determinants in obesity policy. Policy & Politics, 51 (2), pp. 295-313. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557321x16762984942169
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Ramsbottom A, van Schalkwyk MCI, Carters-White L, Benylles Y & Petticrew M (2022) Food as harm reduction during a drinking session: reducing the harm or normalising harmful use of alcohol? A qualitative comparative analysis of alcohol industry and non-alcohol industry-funded guidance. Harm Reduction Journal, 19 (1), p. 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00648-y
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Newspaper framing of food and beverage corporations’ sponsorship of sport: a content analysis
Carters-White LE, Patterson C, Nimegeer A, Hilton S & Chambers S (2022) Newspaper framing of food and beverage corporations’ sponsorship of sport: a content analysis. BMC Public Health, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14031-w
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Carters-White L, Hilton S, Skivington K & Chambers S (2022) Children’s, parents’ and professional stakeholders’ views on power concerning the regulation of online advertising of unhealthy food to young people in the UK: A qualitative study. Mahmoud AB (Editor) PLOS ONE, 17 (6), p. e0268701. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268701; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268701
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Carters-White L, Chambers S, Skivington K & Hilton S (2021) Whose rights deserve protection? Framing analysis of responses to the 2016 Committee of Advertising Practice consultation on the non-broadcast advertising of foods and soft drinks to children. Food Policy, 104, Art. No.: 102139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102139
