PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Sarah McKevitt AU - Martin White AU - Mark Petticrew AU - Carolyn Summerbell AU - Milica Vasiljevic AU - Emma Boyland AU - Steven Cummins AU - Anthony A Laverty AU - Cornelia Junghans AU - Christopher Millett AU - Frank De Vocht AU - Eva Hrobonova AU - Eszter P Vamos TI - Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis AID - 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010216 DP - 2023 Jan 01 TA - BMJ Global Health PG - e010216 VI - 8 IP - 1 4099 - http://gh.bmj.com/content/8/1/e010216.short 4100 - http://gh.bmj.com/content/8/1/e010216.full SO - BMJ Global Health2023 Jan 01; 8 AB - Introduction Industries that produce and market potentially harmful commodities or services (eg, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, less healthy foods and beverages) are a major influence on the drivers of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases. The nature and impact of interactions between public bodies and ‘harmful commodity industries’ (HCIs) has been widely recognised and discussed at national and international levels, but to date little is known about such interactions at local or regional government levels. This study aimed to identify and characterise actual and potential interactions and proposes a typology of interactions between HCIs and English local authorities (LAs).Methods Five electronic databases covering international literature (PubMed, EBSCO, OVID, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched up to June 2021. We also performed online searches for publicly available, web-based grey literature and documented examples of interactions in an English LA context. We conducted a critical interpretive synthesis of the published and grey literature to integrate and conceptualise the data in the context of English LAs.Results We included 47 published papers to provide the frame for the typology, which was refined and contextualised for English LAs through the available grey literature. Three categories were developed, describing the medium through which interactions occur: (1) direct involvement with LAs, (2) involvement through intermediaries and (3) involvement through the local knowledge space. Within these, we grouped interactions into 10 themes defining their nature and identified illustrative examples.Conclusion Our typology identifies complex inter-relationships and characterises interactions between HCIs and LAs, with illustrative examples from English LAs. Drawn from well-established theories and frameworks in combination with contextual information on English LAs, this typology explores the LA perspective and could help local decision-makers to maximise population health while minimising negative impacts of HCIs.PROSPERO registration number CRD42021257311Data are available on reasonable request. No data are available.