title: Social enterprise: new pathways to health and well-being?
abstract: In this article we attempt to make sense of recent policy directions and controversies relating to the 'social enterprise' and 'health' interface. In doing so, we outline the unrecognised potential of social enterprise for generating health and well-being improvement, and the subsequent challenges for government, the sector itself, and for the research community. Although we focus primarily upon the U.K. policy landscape, the key message--that social enterprise could represent an innovative and sustainable public health intervention--is a useful contribution to the ongoing international debate on how best to address the challenge of persistent and widening health inequalities.
authors.affiliation: Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Buchanan House, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, Scotland. Michael.Roy@gcu.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Cam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006296:Health Services; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D006801:Humans; D017149:Private Sector / Q000458:organization & administration; D017150:Public Sector / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom