Implicações para a saúde pública dos programas de responsabilidade social da indústria de bebidas alcoólicas no Brasil

Objective: To identify, monitor and analyze through a public health perspective the corporate social responsibility practices conducted by the alcohol industry in Brazil. Methods: A content analysis was performed in 54 activities from Brazil, selected from the authoritative database of the Internati...

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Autor: Pantani, Daniela Silva [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/50095
Acceso en línea:https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.jsf?popup=true&id_trabalho=4826034
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/50095
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social responsibility
Alcoholic beverages
Alcohol industry
Brazil
Public health
Responsabilidade social
Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas
Indústria de álcool
Brasil
Saúde pública
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Sumario:Objective: To identify, monitor and analyze through a public health perspective the corporate social responsibility practices conducted by the alcohol industry in Brazil. Methods: A content analysis was performed in 54 activities from Brazil, selected from the authoritative database of the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking. The research protocol was developed by a group of investigators, including the author, and based on alcohol control and corporate social responsibility literature. The research also assessed the accuracy of information provided by the alcohol industry. As there was no “gold standard” for this purpose, researchers adopted the LEAD standard (acronym for Longitudinal, Expert and All Data). Results: Major alcohol producers performed the majority of the initiatives in Brazil (89%). Many activities were conducted with partners (78%), including government, universities, non-governmental organizations, social aspects and public relations organizations, and trade associations. The involvement of at least one governmental agency (as single partner or as one of many) was observed in 44% of the activities. The industry short descriptions reported an evaluation in 20% of the activities, most of them process evaluations (82%), and the majority (73,5%) could not fit into any category of the Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Consumption of Alcohol from the World Health Organization. The results also revealed that most actions (91%) were estimated on the basis of the research evidence to lack effectiveness or to have insufficient research to judge their likely results. Almost half (47%) of the actions were found to have the potential to market specific products or brands of alcoholic drinks. Conclusion: While these efforts seem laudable at first, the results question the quality and added value of the activities run by the alcohol industry in Brazil, and suggest they are being used in part to market the industry’s products. Besides, it seems concerning that due to the implicit marketing strategy, the Brazilian population does not have the possibility to defend citizens, especially vulnerable populations, as teenagers, from the type of propaganda, as defined by the Brazilian Constitution.