Mapping corporate sponsorship of alcohol and gambling associations: An Australian pilot study

IF 5.2 1区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Addiction Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI:10.1111/add.16775

Cara Platts, Jennifer Lacy-Nichols

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Abstract

Background and Aims

Alcohol and gambling industries use a range of strategies to oppose and undermine public health policies targeting their industries. Industry associations often play a visible role in advancing alcohol and gambling industry interests, yet there are few studies analysing who their members or partners are and the relationships between them. Our study developed an approach to map the landscape of Australian alcohol and gambling associations, their members and partners and the connections between commercial actors.

Methods

We conducted our study in four phases: first, we systematically searched for alcohol and gambling industry associations; second, we identified and classified association members and/or partners; third, we mapped three types of relationships between associations and members/partners (umbrella associations, co-location and joint membership/partnerships); lastly, we analysed the disclosures of the members and partners of the Australian Hotels Associations and Clubs Associations.

Results

We identified 126 industry associations and 1486 unique companies/organisations from multiple industry sectors that were members/partners. Only 75 (59.5%) associations provided a list of members/partners. Most companies/organisations were partners of only one association (n = 1218), while five companies were partners of more than 20 associations. Concerning relationships, we identified five national clusters, 27 instances of co-location and an extensive network linking associations through shared partnerships. Finally, we assessed 658 relationships between Hotels and Clubs Associations and their partners, of which only 91 (13.8%) were transparently disclosed.

Conclusions

In Australia, many alcohol and gambling industry associations do not disclose their members or corporate partners and provide limited funding information. Members and corporate partners of Australian alcohol and gambling industry associations rarely disclose their support and are diverse in focus, size, members, partners, purpose and activities.

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测绘企业赞助酒精和赌博协会：一项澳大利亚试点研究。

背景和目的：酒业和赌博业使用一系列战略来反对和破坏针对其行业的公共卫生政策。行业协会经常在促进酒精和赌博业利益方面发挥明显作用，但很少有研究分析其成员或合作伙伴是谁以及他们之间的关系。我们的研究开发了一种方法来绘制澳大利亚酒精和赌博协会、其成员和合作伙伴以及商业行为者之间的联系。方法：本研究分四个阶段进行：首先，系统地检索酒精和赌博行业协会；其次，我们确定和分类协会成员和/或合作伙伴；第三，我们绘制了协会和成员/合作伙伴之间的三种类型的关系（伞形协会、共同所在地和联合成员/合作伙伴关系）；最后，我们分析了澳大利亚酒店协会和俱乐部协会的成员和合作伙伴的披露。结果：我们确定了来自多个行业部门的126个行业协会和1486个独特的公司/组织作为成员/合作伙伴。只有75个（59.5%）协会提供了成员/合作伙伴名单。大多数公司/机构仅是一个协会的合作伙伴（n = 1218），而五家公司是超过20个协会的合作伙伴。在关系方面，我们确定了5个国家集群、27个共址实例和一个通过共享伙伴关系将协会联系起来的广泛网络。最后，我们评估了酒店和俱乐部协会及其合作伙伴之间的658种关系，其中只有91种（13.8%）是透明披露的。结论：在澳大利亚，许多酒精和赌博行业协会不披露其成员或公司合作伙伴，并提供有限的资金信息。澳大利亚酒业和博彩业协会的成员和企业合作伙伴很少披露其支持情况，其重点、规模、成员、合作伙伴、目的和活动各不相同。

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Addiction 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

10.80

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6.70%

发文量

319

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Addiction publishes peer-reviewed research reports on pharmacological and behavioural addictions, bringing together research conducted within many different disciplines. Its goal is to serve international and interdisciplinary scientific and clinical communication, to strengthen links between science and policy, and to stimulate and enhance the quality of debate. We seek submissions that are not only technically competent but are also original and contain information or ideas of fresh interest to our international readership. We seek to serve low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries as well as more economically developed countries. Addiction’s scope spans human experimental, epidemiological, social science, historical, clinical and policy research relating to addiction, primarily but not exclusively in the areas of psychoactive substance use and/or gambling. In addition to original research, the journal features editorials, commentaries, reviews, letters, and book reviews.