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Dr. Labonté has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles. Most of these are accessible on Researchgate or academia.edu; with recent (post-2010) articles with links posted on his CV posted on this site.
Labonté, R., “From rupture to recourse: building a new economic order for health,” (2026) . Globalization and Health 22-26. Editorial. https://rdcu.be/fuApD
Spitzer, D., Castro-Palangas, E., Simons, P., Dzhusupov, K., Wittlin, F., Grassman, J., Baker, J., & Labonté, R. (2026). “Canadian mines, global issues: examining health impacts, demanding action.” Globalization and Health 1-15. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-026-01204-0
Gleeson, D., Lexchin, J., Tenni, B., & Labonté, R. (2025). An opportunity to remove harmful intellectual property provisions from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133125100261
Labonté, R., Gleeson, D., Joarder, T., Paremoer, L., Storeng, K., van de Pas, R., (2026) “Globalization and health in an emerging new world order,” Globalization and Health 22:4, p.1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01164-x https://rdcu.be/eXXmV
Labonté, R., “Wellbeing economies: a harder but still important health advocacy goal,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2025; https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4761_c3cc9a12bbcf93da0572f1db279463f5.pdf
Walton-Roberts, M., Runnels, V., Sebastyian, I.R., Sood, A., Naikr, S., Thomas, P., Packer, C., Labonté, R., Bourgreault, I., “Sending State Perspectives on the Global Migration of Indian Nurses,” International Migration, 2025; pp1-11. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70062
Labonté, R., ‘Public health can no longer fence-sit politically,’ Canadian Journal of Public Health online 22 October 2024 pp:1-4. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-024-00941-2
Labonté, R., “Can a wellbeing economy save us?” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2024) 13:8507: 1-6. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4602_7d1c0cb8dd916516c82aafc77e0a14d4.pdf
Brisbois, B., Plamondon, K., Walugembe, D., Pereira, R. C., Edet, C., Dixon, J., Habibi, R., Karamouzian, K, Labonté, R., Murthy, S., Ravitsky, V. (2024). “Pandemics, intellectual property and ‘our economy’: A worldview analysis of Canada’s role in compromising global access to COVID-19 vaccines.” Global Public Health, 19(1). https://doi-org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.1080/17441692.2024.2335360
Ruckert, A., Harris, F., Aenishaenslin, C., Aguiar, R., Boudreau-LeBlanc, A., Carmo, L.P., Labonté, R., Lambraki, I., Parmley, E.J., and Wiktorowicz, M.E. (2024) “One Health governance principles for AMR surveillance: A scoping review and conceptual framework” Research Directions: One Health. (Cambridge) 2024;2:e4. doi:10.1017/one.2023.13. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377932924_One_Health_governance_principles_for_AMR_surveillance_a_scoping_review_and_conceptual_framework
Labonté, R., “Transforming capitalism: from top-down to bottom-up,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2023) https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4536.html
Astbury, CC., Lee, KM, McLeod, R., Aguiar, R, Atique, A, Balolong, M, Clarke, J, Demeshko, A, Labonté, R, Ruckert, A, Sibal, P, Togno, KC, Viens, AM, Wiktorowicz, M, Yambayamba M, Yau, A, Penney, T. “Policies to prevent zoonotic spillover: a systematic scoping review of evaluative evidence,” Globalization and Health (2023) https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-023-00986-x
McNamara, C., Kotzias, V., Bambra, C., Labonté, R., Stuckler, D. “Have COVID-19 Stimulus Packages Mitigated the Negative Health Impacts of Pandemic-Related Job Losses? A Systematic Review of Global Evidence from the First Year of the Pandemic,” International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 53(3):1-12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938231176374
Mumford EL, Martinez DJ, Tyance-Hassell K, Cook A, Jansen GR, Labonté R. et al, “Evolution and expansion of the One Health approach to promote sustainable and resilient health and well-being: A call to action” Frontiers in Public Health (2023) pp. 1-13. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1056459. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1056459/full
Labonté, R., Martin, G., Storeng, K. “Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty?” Globalization and Health (2022) pp.1-4. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-022-00881-x
Labonté, R. “Ensuring global health equity in a post-pandemic economy,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2022) 11(8):1246-1250. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4272.html
Ruckert, A., Labonté, R., Lencucha, R., Goma, F., Drope, J. “Exploring the political economy nexus of tobacco production and control: a case study from Zambia,” Critical Public Health 2022; 33(1):25-36. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09581596.2021.1981540
Labonté, R, “A Post-COVID Economy for Health: From the Great Reset to Build Back Differently” BMJ (2022) 376:1-3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-068126 https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068126.full [
Baum. F., Flavel, J., Musolino, C., Paremoer, L. Labonté, R, “Can the world become a place where the planet and all people flourish after the pandemic?” BMJ (2022) 377:1-5. https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-067872.]
Gabriela Cuevas Barron, George Laryea-Adjei, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Ibrahim Abubakar, Henia Dakkak, Delanjathan Devakumar, Anders Johnsson, Selma Karabey, Ronald Labonté, Helena Legido-Quigley, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Harold Calvin Ray, Irwin Redlener, Karen Redlener, Ismail Serageldin, Nisia Trindade Lima, Virgilio Viana, Katherine Zappone, Uyen Kim Huynh, Nicole Schlosberg, Hanlu Sun, Ozge Karadag, “Safeguarding people living in vulnerable conditions in the COVID-19 era through universal health coverage and social protection,” Lancet Public Health 2021, pp.1-7. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00235-8/fulltext#%20
Baker, P., Lacy-Nichols, J., Williams, O., Labonté, R., “The political economy of healthy and sustainable food systems: an introduction to a Special Issue,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2021, 10(12), 734–744 https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4167_cbfb5becc4f149adb4fe616516182298.pdf
Guerra, G., Orozco, E., Jimenes, P., Ruckert, A., Labonté, R., Salgado de Snyder, N., “Global Health Diplomacy in Mexico: Insights from key actors in the field,” Globalization and Health 2021 (137:1-11) https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-021-00789-y
Labonté, R., Wiktorowicz, M., Packer, C., Ruckert, A., Wilson, K., Halabi, S., “A Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both?” Globalization and Health 2021 (128:1-4) https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-021-00779-0
Barlow, P., Gleeson, D., O’Brien, P., Labonté, R., “Under the influence: is the World Trade Organization a forum for industry influence over global alcohol policies? A qualitative analysis of alcohol health warnings, 2010-2019,” Lancet Global Health 2022 (online) pp.1-9.. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2214-109X(21)00570-2
Labonté R., Johri, M., Plamondon, K., Murthy, S., “Canada, global vaccine supply, and the TRIPS waiver,” Canadian Journal of Public Health (2021) 112(4), 543-47. http://link.springer.com/article/10.17269/s41997-021-00541-4
Ruckert, A. Almeida, C, Ramirez, J, Guerra, G, Salgado de Snyder, N, Orozco, E, Alvarenga, A, de Sabaoya, AN, dos Santos RM, Sepulveda-Viveros, D, Vivian, E, da Silva Santos, M, Doriabni, K, Labonté R., “Global Health Diplomacy (GHD) and the Integration of Health into Foreign Policy: Towards a Conceptual Approach” Global Public Health (2021) 17(6): 1041-1054. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2021.1900318 [IF:1.978]
Wilson, K., Halabi, S., Hollmeyer, H., Gostin, L., Fidler, D., Packer, C., Wilson, L., Labonté R., “Strengthening National Focal Points ability to implement the International Health Regulations,” Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2021) 99(7):536-38. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.270116
Packer, C., Halabi, S., Hollmeyer, H., Mithani, S., Wilson, L., Ruckert, A., Labonté R., Fidler, D., Gostin, L., Wilson K. “A survey of International Health Regulations National Focal Points experiences in carrying out their functions,” Globalization and Health (2021) 17:24: 1-9. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12992-021-00675-7.pdf
Bergen, N., Ruckert, A., Abebe, L., Asfaw, S., Kiros, G., Mamo, A., Morankar, S., Kulkarni, M., Labonté, R. “Characterizing ‘health equity’ as a national health sector priority for maternal, newborn, and child health in Ethiopia” Global Health Action (2021)14(1):1-11 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16549716.2020.1853386
Barlow, P., van Schalkwyk, M., McKee, M., Labonté, R., Stuckler, D. “COVID-19 and the collapse of global trade: what policymakers need to know to build an effective public health response” Lancet Planetary Health (2021)5:e102-107 https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2542-5196(20)30291-6
McNamara, C., Labonté, R., Schram, A., Townsend, B. “Glossary on Free Trade Agreements and Health: Part 1” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2021) 75:402–406. https://jech.bmj.com/content/75/4/402
McNamara, C., Labonté, R., Schram, A., Townsend, B. “Glossary on Free Trade Agreements and Health: Part 2” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2021) 75:407-412. https://jech.bmj.com/content/jech/75/4/407.full.pdf
Kurji, J., Gebretsadik, L., Wordofa, M., Sudhalar, M., Bedru, K., Bulcha, G., Bergen, N, Kiros, G., Asefa, Y., Asfaw, S., Mamo, A., Endale, E., Thavorn, K., Labonté R., Taljaard, M., Kulkarni, M. “Effectiveness of upgraded maternity waiting homes and local leader training on improving institutional births: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Jimma, Ethiopia” BMC Public Health (2020) 20:1953:1-15. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-09692-4
Townsend, B., Friel, S., Freeman, T., Schram, A., Strazdins, L., Labonté, R., Mackean, T., Baum, F. “Advancing a health equity agenda across multiple policy domains: a qualitative policy analysis of social, trade, and welfare policy” BMJ Open (2020) 10(11):1-9.
Musolino, C., Baum, F., Freeman, T. Labonté, R., Bodini, C., Sanders, D., “Global health activists’ lessons on building social movements for Health for All” International Journal for Health Equity (2020) 19:116, pp.1-14.
Ruckert, A., Zinszer, K., Zarowsky, C., Labonté, R. and Carabin, H. "What Role for One Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic?" Canadian Journal of Public Health pp.1-4. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00409-z (2020)
Labonté, R, Baum, F., “Right wing politics and public policy: the need for a broad frame and further research,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2020) p.1-4. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3867_8d69ed606b8d967bae48b2917f68495f.pdf
Townsend, B., Friel, S., Schram, A., Baum, F., Labonté, R. “What Generates Attention to Health in Trade Policymaking? Lessons from Success in Tobacco Control and Access to Medicines: A qualitative study of Australia and the (Comprehensive and Progressive) Trans Pacific Partnership,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2020) p.1-12 https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3821.html
Yaya, S., Out, A., Labonté R. “Globalisation in the time of COVID-19: repositioning Africa to meet the immediate and remote challenges,” Globalization and Health (2020) 16:51 pp.1-7. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12992-020-00581-4
Lencucha, R., Drope, J., Labonté, R., Cunguars, B., Ruckert, A., Mlambo, Z., Kadungure, A., Bialous, S., Nhamo, N. “The Political Economy of Tobacco in Mozambique and Zimbabwe: A Triangulation Mixed Methods Protocol,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Health (2020) 17:4262:1-13. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4262
Freeman, T., Baum, F., Labonté, R., Javanparast, S., Lawless, A., and Barton, E. “The contribution of group work to the goals of comprehensive primary health care.” Health Promotion Journal of Australia (2021) 32, 126-36. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hpja.323
Yaya, S., Yeboah, H., Charles, C.H., Out, A., Labonté, R., (2020) “Ethnic and racial disparities in covid-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest,” BMJ Global Health (2020) 5:1-5. https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/5/6/e002913.full.pdf
Out, A. Ebenso, B., Labonté, R., Yaya, S. (2020) “Tackling COVID-19: can the African continent play the long game?” Journal of Global Health 10(1):1-5. http://jogha.org/documents/issue202001/jogh-10-010339.pdf
Labonté, R, Gleeson, D., McNamara, C. (2020) “USMCA 2.0: A few improvements but far from a ‘healthy’ treaty,” Globalization and Health 16(43):1-4. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12992-020-00565-4
Labonté, R (2020) “Editorial: Editorial: Globalization and Health Scholarship in a Time of Pandemic: From Critical Past to Uncertain Future,” Globalization and Health (2020) 16(31): 1-3. https://rdcu.be/b3BlG
Ruckert, A., Fafard, P., Hindmarch, S., Morris, A., Packer, C., Patrick, D., Wesse, S., Wilson, K., Wong, A., and Labonté, R. (2020) “Governing Antimicrobial Resistance: A Scoping Review of Global Governance Mechanisms,” Journal of Public Health Policy (2020) pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-020-00248-9
Lencucha, R., Moyo, T., Labonté, R., Drope, J., Appau, A., Makoka, D. “Shifting from tobacco growing to alternatives in Malawi? A qualitative analysis of policy and perspectives,” Health Policy and Planning (2020) 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa057
Townsend, B., Schram, A., Baum, F., Labonté, R., and Friel, S. “How does policy framing enable or constrain inclusion of the social determinants of health and health equity on trade policy agendas?” Critical Public Health (2020) 30(1):115-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1509059
Schram, A., Aisbett, A., Townsend, B., Labonté, R., Baum, F., Friel, S., “Toxic trade: how trade liberalisation shapes national alcohol environments,” Addiction (2020) 115(7):1277-1284. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14925
Bergen, N., Zhu, G., Asfaw, S., Mamo, A., Morankar, S., Labonté, R. “Promoting gender equity in health: challenges and opportunities in rural Ethiopia,” Global Health Action (2020) 13(1):1-15 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16549716.2019.1704530 [IF: 2.64] (30%)
Thow, A.M., Jones, A., Schneider, C.H. Labonté, R. “Increasing the public health voice in global decision-making on nutrition labelling,” Globalization and Health (2020) 16:3, pp.1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0533-3
Labonté, R., “Neoliberalism 4.0: The Rise of Illiberal Capitalism,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2020) 9(4):175-8. http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3694_93cd3be37ae499fb96503dcf0c569508.pdf.
Ly, B.A., Labonté, R., Bourgeault, I. “The beliefs of Senegal’s physicians toward the use of telemedicine,” Pan African Medical Journal 34(97) (2019) http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/34/97/full (30%)
Barlow, P., Labonté, R., McKee, M. and Stuckler, D., “WHO response to WTO member state challenges on tobacco, food and beverage policies,” Bulletin of World Health Organization 2019;97:846-48 https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/97/12/19-231985.pdf?ua=1
Kurji, J., Gebretsadik, L., Wordofa, M., Sudhalar, M., Asefa, Y., Kiros, G., Mamo, A., Bergen, N., Asfaw, S., Bedru, K., Bulcha, G., Labonté R., Taljaard, M., Kulkarni, M. “Factors associated with maternity waiting home use among women in Jimma Zone Ethiopia: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis,” BMJ Open (2019) 9:1-9. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e028210.full
Mamo, A., Morankar, S., Asfaw, S., Bergen, N., Kulkarni, M., Abebe, L., Birhanu, Z., Abera, M., Labonté, R. “How Do Community Health Actors explain their Roles? Exploring the Roles of Community Health Actors in Promoting Maternal Health Services in Rural Ethiopia,” BMC Health Services Research (2019) 7:724 pp.1-12. https://rdcu.be/b8Kmv
Bodini, C., Baum, F., Labonté, R., Legge, D., Sanders, D. Sengupta, A. “Methodological challenges in research activism in action: civil society engagement towards health for all,” Critical Public Health (2020) 30(4): 386-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2019.1650892
Appau, A., Drope, J., Goma, F., Magati, P., Labonté, R., Makoka, D., Zulu, R., Li, Q., and Lencucha, R. “Explaining Why Farmers Grow Tobacco: Evidence from Malawi, Kenya and Zambia” Nicotine and Tobacco Research (2019) pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz173 (15%)
Sanders, D., Nandi, S., Labonté, R., Vance, C., Van Damme, W. “From primary health care to universal health coverage – one step forward and two steps back,” Lancet (2019) 394:619-21. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31831-8/fulltext
Tahzib, F., Davidovich, N., Labonté, R. “Migration, justice and health: Imagining the earth as one country and humankind its citizens,” Public Health (2019) 172:105-7. 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.03.016
Najafizada, S.A., Potter, B., Bourgeault, I., Labonté, R., “Maternal and child health performance of a national CHW program using large administrative databases: a quantitative case study of Afghanistan,” Journal of Global Health Reports (2019)
Townsend, B., Schram, A., Labonté, R., Baum, F., Friel, S. “How do actors with asymmetrical power assert authority in policy agenda-setting? A study of authority claims by health actors in trade policy,” Social Science and Medicine (2019) 236: 1-9. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1ZRv3-CmUlXyn
Ruckert, A., Labonté, R., Lencucha, R. “Health in Canadian foreign policy: the role of norms and security interests,” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (2019) pp. 1-18 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11926422.2019.1642216
Crooks, V., Labonté, R., Ceron, A., Johnston, R., Snyder, J., Snyder, M. ““Medical tourism will…obligate physicians to elevate their level so that they can compete”: a qualitative exploration of the anticipated impacts of inbound medical tourism on health human resources in Guatemala,” Health Human Resources (2019) 17(53):1-11. https://rdcu.be/bJ8n6
Bergen, N., Ruckert, A., Kulkarni, N., Abebe, L., Morankar, S., Labonté, R. “Subnational health management and the advancement of health equity: a case study of Ethiopia,” Global Health Research and Policy (2019) 4(12):1-13. https://rdcu.be/bCRAO
Baker, P., Friel, S., Gleeson, D., Thow, A-M., Labonté, R., “Trade and nutrition policy coherence: a framing analysis and Australian case study,” Public Health Nutrition (2019) pp.1-9. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/trade-and-nutrition-policy-coherence-a-framing-analysis-and-australian-case-study/C53342339184AD8A2F2B362E7DF415DD
Labonté, R., Crosbie, E., Gleeson, D., & McNamara, C. “USMCA (NAFTA 2.0): Tightening the constraints on the right to regulate for public health,” Globalization and Health (2019) 15:35, 1-15.https://rdcu.be/bCn0u
Gleeson, D., Lexchinm J., Kohler, J., Forman, L., Townsend, B., Labonté, R., Gagnon, M.A., & Shadlen, K. “Analysing the impact of trade and investment agreements on pharmaceutical policy: provisions, pathways and potential impacts,” Globalization and Health (2019) 15(Suppl 1):78: 1-17. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-019-0518-2
Labonté, R., Lencucha, R., Goma, F., Zulu, R., & Drope, J. “Consequences of policy incoherence: how Zambia’s post-FCTC investment policy stimulated tobacco production” Journal of Public Health Policy (2019) 40 (3): 286-291. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41271-019-00178-1
A. Cerón, A., Crooks, V., Labonté, R., Snyder, J., Flores, W. “Medical tourism in Guatemala: qualitatively exploring how existing health system inequities facilitate sector development,” International Journal of Health Services (2019) pp.1-19. https://doi.10.1177/0020731419866085
Bergen, N., Ruckert, A., Labonté, R. “Monitoring frameworks for Universal Health Coverage in the Sustainable Development Goals: What about high-income countries?” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2019) 1-7. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3612.html
Li, Q., Magati, P., Lencucha, R., Labonté, R., Makoka, D., Drope, J. “The Economic Geography of Kenyan Tobacco Farmers’ Livelihood Decisions” Nicotine and Tobacco Research (2019) 1-4 https://academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ntr/ntz011/5301465?searchresult=1
Bergen, N., Abebe, L., Asfaw, S., Kiros, G., Kulkarni, M., Morankar, S., & Labonté, R. “Maternity waiting areas – serving all women? Barriers and enablers of an equity-oriented maternal health intervention in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia”, Global Public Health (2019) 14(10): 1509-1523. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2019.1597142
Anne Marie Thow, Alexandra Jones, Carmen Huckel Schneider, Ronald Labonté, “Global governance of front of pack nutrition labelling: a qualitative analysis,” Nutrients (2019) 11(2), 268;1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11020268
Bergen, N., Labonté, R. “Everything is perfect, and we have no problems: detecting and limiting social desirability bias in qualitative research” Qualitative Health Research (2019) pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319889354
Labonté, R. “Trade, Investment and Public Health: Compiling the Evidence, Assembling the Arguments” Globalization and Health (2019) 15:1: 1-12. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0425-y
Najafizada, S.A., Labonté, R., and Bourgeault, I. “HRH dimensions of Community Health Workers: A case study of rural Afghanistan,” Human Resources for Health (2019) 17(12):1-10. https://rdcu.be/blDNx
Jorge Ramirez, Leonel Valdivia, Elena Rivera, Marilia Santos, Dino Sepúlveda, Ronald Labonté, Arne Ruckert, “Chile's Role in Global Health Diplomacy: A Narrative Literature Review,” Globalization and Health (2018) 14:108:1-13. https://rdcu.be/bbLeS
Lencucha, R., Ruckert, A., Drope, J., Labonté, R. “Opening windows and closing gaps: Canada’s 2009 tobacco additives ban and its policy lessons,” BMC Public Health (2018) 18:1321. https://rdcu.be/bb7CT
Labonté, R., Crooks, V., Ceron, A., Runnels, V., and Snyder, J. “Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala,” International Journal for Equity in Health (2018) 17:150 pp.1-10 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0866-1
Barlow, P., Labonté, R., McKee, M. and Stuckler, D. “The influence of trade challenges on non-communicable disease prevention at the World Trade Organization: A thematic document analysis of trade and health policy space,” PLOS Medicine (2018) 15(6):1-18. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002590 or https://plos.io/2K7nza4
Nicole Bergen; Abebe Mamo; Shifera Asfaw; Lakew Abebe; Jaameeta Kurji; Getachew Kiros; Muluemebet Abera; Gebeyehu Bulcha Duguma; Kunuz Haji Bedru; Manisha A Kulkarni; Ronald Labonté; Sudhakar Morankar, “Perceptions and experiences related to health and health inequality among rural communities in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a rapid qualitative assessment,” International Journal of Health Equity (2018) 17:84 pp: 1-7. https://rdcu.be/0inx
Labonté, R., “Reprising the globalization dimensions of international health,” Globalization and Health (2018), 14(49):1-5. https://rdcu.be/ODqo
Khayatzadeh-Mahani, A., Ruckert, A., Labonté, R., Kenis, P., and Akbar-Javar M.R., “Health in All Policies (HiAP) governance: lessons from network governance,” Health Promotion International (2018), 1-13. https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/34/4/779/5004396
Najafizada, S.A., Bourgeault, I., and Labonté, R. “A gender analysis of a national community health workers program: A case study of Afghanistan,” Global Public Health (2018) http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rgph20; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2018.1471515
Sanders, D., Labonté, R, Legge D., “Managing the conflicts between private interests and public responsibility,” BMJ Opinion, Feb.8 2018. http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/02/08/managing-the-conflicts-between-private-interests-and-public-responsibility/
Lencucha, A., Reddy, S., Labonté, R., Drope, J., Magati, P., Goma, F., Zulu, R. and Makoka, D. “Global tobacco control and economic norms: an analysis of normative commitments in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia,” Health Policy and Planning (2018):1-8, https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/heapol/czy005/4833987?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Schram, A., Ruckert, A., VanDuzer, T., Friel, S., Labonté, R. “Internalisation of international investment agreements in public policymaking: developing a conceptual framework of regulatory chill,” Global Policy (2018) 9)2):193-202. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.12545 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1758-5899.12545
Labonté, R., Lencucha, R., Drope, J., Packer, C., Goma, F., and Zulu, R. “The institutional context of tobacco production in Zambia,” Globalization and Health (2018) 14:5: pp.1-12. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-018-0328-y
Schram, A., Ruckert, A., VanDuzer, A., Friel, S., Gleeson, D., Thow, A-M., Stuckler, D. Labonté, R. “A conceptual framework for investigating the impacts of international trade and investment agreements on noncommunicable disease risk factors,” Health Policy and Planning (2018) 33(1):122-36. https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/doi810.1093/heapol/czx133/4587590 (25%)
Appau, A., Drope, J., Labonté, R., Stoklosa, M, Lencucha, R., "Disentangling regional trade agreements, trade flows and tobacco affordability in Sub-Saharan Africa" Globalization and Health (2017) 13:81: pp.1-12. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12992-017-0305-x?site=globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com
Labonté, R., Ruckert, A., and Schram, A. “Trade, investment and the global economy: are we entering a new era for health?” Global Social Policy (2018): 18(1): 28-44. doi.org/10.1177/1468018117731415
http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/69MfhRHQwjMfxB7xySJ3/full
Khayatzadeh-Mahani, Ruckert, A., & Labonté, R. “Could the WHO’s Framework on Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) be a Threat to Tackling Childhood Obesity?” Global Public Health (2018) 13(9):1337-40. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2017.1342852
Ruckert, A., Huynh, C. and Labonté, R "Reducing health inequities: Is universal basic income the way forward?" Journal of Public Health (2018) 40(1):3-7. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx006
Castro-Palaganas, E., Spitzer, D., Kabamalan, M.M., Sanchez, M., Carcativo, R., Runnels, V., Labonté, R., Tomblin-Murphy, G., Bourgeault, I., “An examination of the causes, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of highly trained health personnel from the Philippines: the high cost of living/leaving—a mixed method study,” Human Resources for Health (2017) 15(25):1-14. https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-017-0198-z 20%
Baum, F., Freeman, T., Lawless, A., Labonté, R., Sanders, D. "What’s the difference between comprehensive and selective primary health care? Evidence from a five year longitudinal realist case study in South Australia" BMJ Open (2017): e015271. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/7/4/e015271.full.pdf
Ruckert, A. and Labonté, R., “Health inequities in the age of austerity: The need for social protection policies” Social Science and Medicine (2017) 187:306-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.029
Walton-Roberts, M., Runnels, V., Rajan, I., Sood, A., Nair, S., Thomas, P., Packer, C., MacKenzie, A., Tomblin-Murphy, G., Labonté, R., Bourgeault, I., “Causes, consequences and policy responses to the migration of health workers: Key findings from India,” Human Resources for Health (2017) 1-18. https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-017-0199-y 25%
Labonté, R., Schram, A. & Ruckert, A. “The TPP is Dead, Long Live the TPP?” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2017):6(x):1-3 http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3315_a23b8011e2c6b64833748090c9bfe23f.pdf
Labonté, R., Runnels, V., Crooks, V., Johnston, R. & Snyder, J. “What does the development of medical tourism in Barbados hold for health equity? An exploratory qualitative case study,” Global Health Research and Policy (2017) 2(5):1-9. DOI 10.1186/s41256-017-0025-z; http://rdcu.be/pqtd
Labonté, R., “Health Promotion in an Age of Normative Equity and Rampant Inequality,” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2016), 5(12), 675-82 http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3243_9cfe55f382f6c9876bd955b41b2c9007.pdf
McNamara, C. and Labonté, R. “Trade, Labour Markets and Health: A prospective policy analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership” International Journal of Health Services (2017) 47(2):277-97. (45%) http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0020731416684325
Snyder, J., Crooks, V., Johnston, R., Ceron, A., Labonté, R., “‘That's enough patients for everyone!’: Local stakeholders' views on attracting patients into Barbados and Guatemala's emerging medical tourism sectors, Globalization and Health (2016) 12(60):1-13 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-016-0203-7
Johnston, R., Crooks, V., Ceron, A., Labonté, R., Snyder, J., Nunez, E., Flores, W., “Inbound Medical Tourism in Central America and the Caribbean: Factors Driving and Inhibiting Sector Development and Their Health Equity Implications,” Global Health Action (2016) 12(9):1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32760
Makoka, D., Appau, A., Drope, J., Labonté, R., Li, Q., Goma, F., Zulu, R., Magati, P. & Lencucha, R. (2016) “Costs, revenues and profits: An economic analysis of smallholder tobacco farmer livelihoods in Malawi,” Tobacco Control 26(6):634-40.
Nour, S., Labonté, R., Bancej, C. "Impact of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis on the Health of Canadians: Repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey, 2007-2013" Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2017;71:336-343. http://jech.bmj.com/content/71/4/336
Baum, F., Sanders, D., Fisher, M., Anaf, J., Freudenberg, N., Friel, S., Labonté, R., London, L., Scott-Samuel, A., Sengupta, A. “Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework,” Globalization and Health (2016) 12(27):1-7. http://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-016-0164-x
Baum, F., Freeman, T., Sanders, D., Labonté, R., Lawless, A., Javanparast, S. “Comprehensive Primary Health Care under neo-liberalism in Australia” Social Science and Medicine. 168 (2016) 43-52 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.005
Ruckert, A., Schram, A., Labonté, R., Miller, B., Friel, S., Gleeson, D., Thow, A.-M. "Policy Coherence, Health, and the Sustainable Development Goals: a health impact assessment of the TPP” Critical Public Health (2017) 27(1):86-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2016.1178379
Lencucha, R., Labonté, R., and Drope, J. “Rhetoric and the Law, or the Law of Rhetoric: How countries oppose novel tobacco control at the WTO,” Social Science and Medicine (2016) 164:100-107. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616303872
Proulx, K, Ruckert, A., and Labonté, R. “Canada’s Flagship Development Priority: Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” Canadian Journal of Development Studies /Revue canadienne d’études du développement. (2017) 38(1):39-53. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02255189.2016.1202103
Baker, P., Friel, S., Schram, A., and Labonté, R. “Trade and Investment liberalization, food systems change and ultra-processed food consumption: a natural experiment contrasting the soft drinks markets of Peru and Bolivia,” (2016) Globalization and Health 12(24):1-13. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-016-0161-0
Labonté, R., Schram, A. and Ruckert, A., “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared For Health?” International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2016) 5(8):487-96. http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3186_0.html [IF:5.007]
Labonté, R., Schram, A. and Ruckert, A., “The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Health: Few Gains, Some Losses, Many Risks,” Globalization and Health (2016) 12(25):1-7. http://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-016-0166-8
Friel, S., Ponnamperuma, S., Schram, A., Gleeson, D., Thow, A-M., Labonté, R., “Shaping the discourse: What has the food industry been lobbying for in the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement and what are the implications for dietary health?” Critical Public Health (2016) 26(5): 518-29. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09581596.2016.1139689
Martin, B., MacLachlan, M., Labonté, R., Larkin, F., Vallieres, F., and Bergin, N. “Globalization and Health: developing the journal to advance the field,” Globalization and Health (2016) 12(6): 1-9. (Editorial) http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/pdf/s12992-016-0143-2.pdf
Bourgeault, I., Labonté, R., Runnels, V., Packer C. and Tomblin Murphy, G. “Knowledge and potential impact of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel: Does it matter for source and destination country stakeholders?” Human Resources for Health (2016) 14:S1:1-3.
Tomblin Murphy, G., MacKenzie, A., Waysome, B., Guy-Walker, J., Palmer, R., Rose, A.E., Rigby, J., Bourgeault, I., and Labonté, R. “A mixed-methods study of health worker migration from Jamaica,” Human Resources for Health (2016) 14:S1:1-15. http://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-016-0125-8
Ruckert, R., Labonté, R., Lencucha, R., Runnels, V., and Gagnon, M., “Global health diplomacy: A critical review of the literature,” Social Science and Medicine 155 (2016): 61-72.
Labonté, R., Sanders, D., Mathole, T., Crush, J., Chikanda, A., Dambisya, Y., Runnels, V., Packer, C., MacKenzie, A., Tomblin-Murphy, G. and Bourgeault, I. “Health worker migration from South Africa: Causes, consequences and policy responses,” Human Resources for Health (2015) 13:92:1-16 http://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-015-0093-4
Schram, A., Labonté, R., Baker, P., Friel, S. Reeves, A. and Stuckler, D. “The role of trade and investment liberalization in the sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages market: a natural experiment contrasting Vietnam and the Philippines,” Globalization and Health (October 2015) 11:41, http://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-015-0127-7
Labonté, R. and Stuckler, D., “The rise of neoliberalism: How bad economics imperils health and what to do about it,” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2016) 70(3):312-318 http://jech.bmj.com/content/70/3/312.full
Labonté R, Cobbett E, Orsini M, Spitzer D, Schrecker T and Ruckert A. “Globalization and the Health of Canadians: 'Having a Job is the Most Important Thing'” Globalization and Health. (May 2015) 11:19 doi: 10.1186/s12992-015-0104-1 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/pdf/s12992-015-0104-pdf
Ruckert, A., Caldbick, S. and Labonté, R. “Equity in Times of Austerity: Ontario’s Revenue Crisis in Historical Perspective” Canadian Review of Social Policy 72/73 (2015): 30-63.
Lencucha, R., Drope, J., Labonté, R., Goma, F. and Zulu, R. “Investment Incentives and the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Evidence from Zambia” Tobacco Control (2016) 25(4):483-7. Available at: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/279729645
Thow, A-M, Snowdon, W., Labonté, R., Gleeson, D., Stuckler, D., Hattersley, L., Schram, A., Kay, A., Friel, S. “Will the next generation of preferential trade and investment agreements undermine prevention of noncommunicable diseases? A prospective policy analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement” Health Policy 119 (2015): 88-96. http://www.healthpolicyjrnl.com/article/S0168-8510(14)00203-6/pdf
Labonté, R., “Health in All (Foreign) Policies: Challenges in Achieving Coherence,” Health Promotion International 2014, 29:S1: 1-11. http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_1/i48.full.pdf+html
Labonté, R., Sanders, D, Packer, C. and Schaay, N. “Is the Alma Ata Vision of Comprehensive Primary Health Care Viable? Findings from an International Project" Global Health Action 2014, 7(1):1-16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141965/pdf/GHA-7-24997.pdf
Runnels, V., Labonté, R. and Ruckert, A. “Global health diplomacy: Barriers to inserting health into Canadian foreign policy.” Global Public Health 2014:1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2014.928740
Caldbick, S., Labonté, R., Mohindra, K.S., and Ruckert, A. “Globalization and the rise of precarious employment: the new frontier for workplace health promotion,” Global Health Promotion 2014, 1757-9759; Vol 21(2):23-32. http://ped.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/17/1757975913514781.full.pdf+html
Ruckert, A., and Labonté, R. “The global financial crisis and health equity: early experiences from Canada,” Globalization and Health 2014, 10:2 http://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1744-8603-10-2
Schram, A., Labonté, R. and Sanders, D. “Urbanization and International Trade and Investment Policies as Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases 2013, 56(3):281-201. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258851450_Urbanization_and_International_Trade_and_Investment_Policies_as_Determinants_of_Noncommunicable_Diseases_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa
Mosquera, P., Hernández ,J., Vega R., Labonté R., Sanders D., Dahlblom, K. and San Sebastián M. “Challenges of implementing a Primary Health Care strategy in Bogota, Colombia: A qualitative study,” International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2013, DOI 10.1002/hpm.2228.
Freeman, T., Jolley, G., Lawless, A., Baum, F., Javanparast, S., Edwards, T., and Labonté, R. “Community Assessment Workshops: A group method for gathering client experiences of health services,” Health and Social Care in the Community 2014, 22(1): 47–56.
Friel S., Gleeson D., Thow A-M., Labonté R., Stuckler D., Kay A. and Snowdown W. “A new generation of trade policy: potential risks to diet-related health from the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement,” Globalization and Health 2013, 9(46): 1-7. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1744-8603-9-46
Torres, S., Spitzer, D., Labonté R., Amaratunga, C. and Andrew, C. “Community Health Workers in Canada: Innovative approaches to health promotion outreach and community development among immigrant and refugee populations,” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 2013, 36(4):305-18.
Baum, F. and Labonté R., “Healthwash in Helsinki,” Health Promotion International 2013 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dat054
Stoebenau K, Nair RC, Rambeloson V, Rakotoarison PG, Razafintsalama V, Labonté R, “Consuming sex: the association between modern goods, lifestyles and sexual behaviour among youth in Madagascar,” Globalization and Health 2013, 9:13 (19 March 2013)
Gagnon M. and Labonté, R. “Understanding how and why health is integrated into foreign policy: a case study of Health is Global: A UK Government Strategy 2008-2013” Globalization and Health 9:24 (6 June 2013)
Muhajarine, N., Labonté, R., Winquist, B. “The Canadian Index of Well-Being Key Findings from the Population Health Domain,” Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(5):342-7. 2012.
Labonté, R. “The austerity agenda: how did we get there and where do we go next?” Critical Public Health, 22:3, 257-265, 2012.
Labonté, R. “Global action on social determinants of health,” Journal of Public Health Policy 33(2):139-47, 2012.
Ruckert, A. and Labonté, R. “The financial crisis and global health: the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) policy response,” Health Promotion International, (2013) 28 (3): 357-366. (first published online April 14, 2012)
Ruckert, A. and Labonté, R. “The Global Financial Crisis and Health Equity: Towards a Conceptual Framework,” Critical Public Health, 22:3, 267-279, 2012.
Labonté, R., Runnels, V. and Gagnon, M., “Past Fame, Present Frames and Future Flagship? An Exploration of How Health is Positioned in Canadian Foreign Policy,” Adm. Sci. 2012, 2, 162-185; doi:10.3390/admsci2020162.
Labonté, R. “Toward a post-Charter Health Promotion,” Health Promotion International, 2011. 26(S2):1183-1186. https://www.academia.edu/106070342/Toward_a_post_Charter_health_promotion
Ostlin, P., Schrecker, T., Sadana, T., Bonnefoy, J., Gilson, L., Hertzman, C., Kelly, M., Kjellstrom,, T., Labonté, R., Lundberg, O., Muntaner, C., Popay, J., Sen, G. and Vaghri, Z. “Priorities for research on equity and health: towards an equity-focused third wave of health research,” PLoS Medicine 8(11): e1001115. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51785158_Priorities_for_Research_on_Equity_and_Health_Towards_an_Equity-Focused_Health_Research_Agenda
Brown, G. and Labonté, R., “Globalization and its Methodological Discontents: Contextualizing Globalization through the Study of HIV/AIDS,” Globalization and Health 7(29):1-12, 2011.
Labonté, R., Mohindra, K., and Lencucha, R. “Framing International Trade and Chronic Disease,” Globalization and Health 21(3):273-87, 2011.
Runnels, V., Labonté, R. and Packer, C. “Reflections on the Ethics of Recruiting Foreign-Trained Health Human Resources” Human Resources for Health. 9(2):1-11, 2011.
Mohindra, K., Labonté, R. and Spitzer, D. “The Global Financial Crisis: Whither Women’s Health?” Critical Public Health. 21(3):273-288, 2011.
Gagnon, M., Labonté, R., “Human Rights in Global Health Diplomacy: A Critical Assessment” Journal of Human Rights 10(2):189-213, 2011.
Labonté, R., Mohindra K., and Schrecker, T. "The Growing Impact of Globalization for Health and Public Health Practice", Annual Review of Public Health. 32, 2011: 263-83.
Acosta, N., Pollard, J., Romero, R.V., and Labonté, R., “Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) in South America: Contexts, Achievements and Policy Implications,” Cadernos de Saúde Pública 105-120, 2011.
Alsharif, MJ., Labonté, R. and Zuxun, L. “Medical Tourism: An Exploratory Study of Patient Experiences in Four Countries,” Global Social Policy 10(3):315-35. 2011.
Labonté, R. and Gagnon, M. “Framing Health and Foreign Policy: Lessons for Global Health Diplomacy” Globalization and Health 6:14:1-22, 2010. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1744-8603-6-14
Labonté, R. “Reflections on Stories and a Story/Dialogue Method in Health Research”, International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 13(4):1-11, 2010. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12762599_A_storydialogue_method_for_health_promotion_knowledge_development_and_evaluation
Bryant, T., Raphael, D., Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R., Canada: “A Land of Missed Opportunity for Addressing the Social Determinants of Health” Health Policy doc.10.1026/j.healthpol.2010.08.022, 2010: 1-15.
Lencucha, R., Kothari, A. and Labonté, R. “The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Health Diplomacy: Negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control”, Health Policy and Planning 2010:1-8.
Hopkins, L., Labonté, R., Runnels, V. and Packer, C. “Medical tourism today: what’s the state of existing knowledge?” Journal of Public Health Policy 31:185-98, 2010.
Alvaro, C., Lyons, R., Warner, G., Hobfoll, S., Martens, R., Labonté, R. and Brown, ER. “Conservation of Resources Theory and Research Use in Health Systems”, Implementation Science. 5:79:1-20, 2010.
Schrecker, T., Chapman, A., Labonté, R. and De Vogli, R. “Advancing health equity in the global marketplace: How human rights can help”, Social Science & Medicine 71(2010): 1520-26.
Labonté, R. “Health Systems Governance for Health Equity: Critical Reflections/Gobernanza de sistemas de salud para logar equidad:
reflexiones críticas”, Revista de Salud (Colombia) 12(1):62-76, 2010.
Cushon, J., Muhajarine, N. and Labonté, R. “Lived experience of economic and political trends related to neoliberal globalization”, Canadian Journal of Public Health 101(1):92-95, 2010.












