Dr Julia Anaf
NHMRC Grant-Funded Researcher B
School of Public Health
College of Health
My main research interests are the social, political and economic determinants of health and health equity. A particular interest is the growing recognition of the commercial determinants of health, or the systems, practices and pathways through which commercial actors drive health and equity.I have contributed to setting a research agenda on the health impacts of transnational corporations and have conducted health impact assessments of individual corporations spanning fast food, extractives, and alcohol industries in Australia and Southern Africa. I helped to convene a Citizen's Jury to provide recommendations to government for improved regulation of the fast-food sector.I am currently employed (part-time) on the NHMRC Investigator Grant 'Restoring the Fair Go: which policies and practices are likely to reverse growing health inequities post Covid-19?' I lead the the privatisation theme which investigates the health impacts from privatisation and outsourcing of public sector roles to the private sector, including to large global consultancy and accounting firms.
My research focuses on the social, commercial and political determinants of health and health equity. I am currently employed on Professor Fran Baum's NHMRC Investigator project 'Restoring the Fair Go: which policies and practices are likely to reverse growing health inequities in Australia post-COVID-19?' (H-2023 099). I take the privatisation lead, conducting case studies on the health and equity impacts of privatisation in Australia.
My earlier research includes health impact assessments of transnational corporations in harmful industry sectors, including ultra-processed food, extractive and alcohol industries.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Research Fellow | The University of Adelaide |
| 2011 - 2021 | Research Fellow | Flinders University of South Australia |
| 2006 - 2007 | Tutor | Flinders University |
| 2005 - 2006 | Research Associate | Flinders University |
| 2004 - 2004 | Tutor | University of South Australia |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 - 2011 | Flinders University of South Australia | Australia | PhD |
| Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management | South Australia | Master of Public Policy | |
| The University of Adelaide | South Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | |
| Flinders University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Social Work |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Freeman, T., Foley, K., Anaf, J., Nosworthy, B., & Baum, F. (2025). A systematic-narrative hybrid review of evidence: Exploring how corporate social responsibility initiatives impact population health. Health, 29(6), 1-21. Scopus2 WoS1 |
| 2025 | Baum, F., Anaf, J., Freeman, T., Musolino, C., van den Berg, M., Friel, S., & Schram, A. (2025). Twenty-first century alienation and health: a research agenda. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 79(7), 481-483. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Baum, F., Anaf, J., Freeman, T., Musolino, C., Friel, S., Schram, A., & van den Berg, M. (2025). Alienation and its relevance to public health: response to commentaries by Muntaner et al and Dawson. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 79(7), 479-480. |
| 2025 | Baum, F., Anaf, J., & Laris, P. (2025). The government must protect the NHS by rejecting further privatisation. BMJ, 389, 2 pages. |
| 2025 | Anaf, J., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2025). Outsourcing Policy-Related Functions in Australia: Health and Equity Impacts. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 55(4), 428-440. |
| 2024 | Anaf, J., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2024). Privatisation of government services in Australia: what is known about health and equity impacts. Globalization and Health, 20(1), 32-1-32-12. Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | Anaf, J., & Baum, F. (2024). Health and equity impacts of global consultancy firms. Globalization and Health, 20(1), 55-1-55-11. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | Baum, F., & Anaf, J. (2024). Practices of Trans-National Corporations: The Need to Change Global Economic and Political Norms Comment on "National Public Health Surveillance of Corporations in Key Unhealthy Commodity Industries – A Scoping Review and Framework Synthesis". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 13(1), 8660-1-8660-3. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2023 | Baum, F., & Anaf, J. (2023). Corporatisation and the health of Australian Universities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(3), 100057-1-100057-3. Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2022 | Javanparast, S., Anaf, J., & Tieman, J. (2022). Equity consideration in palliative care policies, programs, and evaluation: an analysis of selected federal and South Australian documents. BMC Palliative Care, 21(1), 14 pages. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC6 |
| 2022 | Anaf, J., Baum, F., Fisher, M., Haigh, F., Miller, E., Gesesew, H., & Freudenberg, N. (2022). Assessing the health impacts of transnational corporations: a case study of Carlton and United Breweries in Australia.. Globalization and Health, 18(1), 80-1-80-22. Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC4 |
| 2022 | Baum, F., & Anaf, J. (2022). A World Beyond Trans-National Corporations: Meeting Human Rather Than Corporate Need; Comment on ""Part of the Solution:" Food Corporation Strategies for Regulatory Capture and Legitimacy". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(11), 2748-2751. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2021 | Anaf, J., Fisher, I., Handsley, E., Baum, F., & Friel, S. (2021). 'Sweet talk': Framing the merits of a sugar tax in Australia. Health Promotion International, 36(5), 1334-1345. Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC5 |
| 2020 | Anaf, J., Baum, F., Fisher, M., & Friel, S. (2020). Civil society action against transnational corporations: Implications for health promotion. Health Promotion International, 35(4), 877-887. Scopus20 WoS15 Europe PMC13 |
| 2020 | Anaf, J. M. (2020). A perfect storm: fear of litigation for end of life care. Medical Journal of Australia, 212(3), 140-140.e1. |
| 2019 | Anaf, J., Baum, F., Fisher, M., & London, L. (2019). The health impacts of extractive industry transnational corporations: A study of Rio Tinto in Australia and Southern Africa. Globalization and Health, 15(1), 20 pages. Scopus31 WoS25 Europe PMC18 |
| 2018 | Anaf, J., Baum, F., & Fisher, I. M. (2018). A citizens’ jury on regulation of McDonald's products and operations in Australia in response to a corporate health impact assessment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42(2), 133-139. Scopus13 WoS10 Europe PMC5 |
| 2017 | Anaf, J., Baum, F. E., Fisher, M., Harris, E., & Friel, S. (2017). Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: A case study on McDonald's Australia. Globalization and Health, 13(1), 16 pages. Scopus43 WoS34 Europe PMC28 |
| 2017 | Anaf, J. M. (2017). Voluntary euthanasia laws in Australia: Are we really better off dead?. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(8), 369-369.e1. |
| 2016 | Baum, F. E., Sanders, D. M., Fisher, M., Anaf, J., Freudenberg, N., Friel, S., . . . Sen, A. (2016). Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: Its importance and a framework. Globalization and Health, 12(1), 7 pages. Scopus76 WoS71 Europe PMC48 |
| 2015 | Baum, F. E., & Anaf, J. M. (2015). Transnational corporations and health: A research agenda. International Journal of Health Services, 45(2), 353-362. Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC17 |
| 2014 | Anaf, J., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Labonte, R., Javanparast, S., Jolley, G., . . . Bentley, M. (2014). Factors shaping intersectoral action in primary health care services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(6), 553-559. Scopus33 WoS28 Europe PMC24 |
| 2013 | Anaf, J., Baum, F., Newman, L., Ziersch, A., & Jolley, G. (2013). The interplay between structure and agency in shaping the mental health consequences of job loss. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 12 pages. Scopus28 WoS23 Europe PMC16 |
| 2013 | Anaf, J., Newman, L., Baum, F., Ziersch, A., & Jolley, G. (2013). Policy environments and job loss: Lived experience of retrenched Australian automotive workers. Critical Social Policy, 33(2), 325-347. Scopus10 WoS7 |
| 2008 | Cooper, L., Anaf, J., & Bowden, M. (2008). Can social workers and police be partners when dealing with bikie-gang related domestic violence and sexual assault?. European Journal of Social Work, 11(3), 295-311. Scopus24 WoS16 |
| 2006 | Cooper, L., Anaf, J., & Bowden, M. (2006). Contested concepts in violence against women: ‘Intimate’, ‘Domestic’ or ‘Torture’?. Australian Social Work, 59(3), 314-327. Scopus11 |
| 2006 | Cooper, L., Anaf, J., & Bowden, M. (2006). Intimate partner violence in deviant settings: Complex needs of women survivors. Australian Family Physician, 35(10), 791-793. |
| 2003 | Hunt, R. W., Parker, M., Syme, R. A., Anaf, J. M., Nommensen, C. F., Coombe, F. J., & Somerville, M. A. (2003). "Death talk": Debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia (multiple letters). Medical Journal of Australia, 179(1), 57-60. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Baum, F., Anaf, J., & Fisher, M. (2020). How can corporate HIA help shape regulatory environments for Trans-National Corporations?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH2020), as published in European Journal of Public Health. virtual online: Oxford University Press. DOI |
| 2004 | Arthurson, K., & Anaf, J. (2004). Arthurson, Kathy/Anaf, Julia 2006: Social Mix and Disadvantaged Communities: Clarifying the Links between Policy, Practice and the Evidence Base. Paper. Presented at the ENHR Conference July 2-6, Cambridge, UK.. Poster session presented at the meeting of ENHR Conference July 2-6, Cambridge, UK.. Cambridge UK. |
| 2004 | Arthurson, K., & Anaf, J. (2004). Arthurson, Kathy/Anaf, Julia 2006: Social Mix and Disadvantaged Communities: Clarifying the Links between Policy, Practice and the Evidence Base. Paper. Presented at the ENHR Conference July 2-6, Cambridge, UK.. Poster session presented at the meeting of ENHR Conference July 2-6, Cambridge, UK.. Cambridge UK. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Anaf, J. (2012). The lived experience of job loss. Consequences for health and well-being and implications for social policy. (PhD Thesis, Flinders University of Adelaide). |
| 1994 | Anaf, J. (1994). Politics at the end of life. (Undergraduate Dissertation, University of Adelaide). |
My employment is part-time and a research-only role.
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Public Health Association of Australia | Australia |
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 - ongoing | Vice President Voluntary Assisted Dying South Australia | Public Community Engagement | Voluntary Assisted Dying South Australia | - |
| Date | Institution | Department | Organisation Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | University of Adelaide | Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute | Advocacy | Australia |
| 2016 - ongoing | University of Adelaide | Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, | Scientific research | Australia |
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