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William H. Wiist, DHSc, MPH, MS

The author is with Health Services Education and Research, LLC, Mauldin, SC, and the Public Health Practice Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to William H. Wiist, DHSc, MPH, Health Services Education and Research, 5 Poplar Springs Drive, Mauldin, SC 29662 (e-mail: whwiist{at}yahoo.com).

Institutions and informal networks have formed a movement that is challenging the growing power and pervasive influence of large corporations. The movement’s analyses show that the historical development and current function of the corporate entity requires production of a profit regardless of consequences to health, society, or the environment. As a result, public health professionals frequently address health problems related to products, services, or practices of corporations.

There are possibilities for links between public health and the anticorporate movement. Public health research and the professional preparation curriculum should focus on the corporate entity as a social structural determinant of disease.

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