Developing methods for evidencing social enterprise as a

public health intervention

Project 2: A contemporary analysis of social enterprise as a public health intervention

Bobby MacaulayYunus Centre of Social Business and Health

Background and Experience

• Academic– MA Politics

• Dissertation: “Can social business achieve the goals of Marxism in the modern capitalist economy?”

– MSc Sustainable Rural Development• Experience– Community based research and development

• Shetland, Mozambique and Swaziland– Yunus Centre Intern

• Contributed to ongoing research projects

Project Background

• Original Structure– Systematic Review– Interviews with Social Enterprise leaders– Asset-Based Approach

Conceptual Framework (Mk 1)

A contemporary analysis of social enterprise…

• Internal Factors• External Factors• Type of intervention

…as a public health intervention• Assets

• Individual• Community

• Frameworks• Long term

outcomes

Project Aims and Project Team• Project Aims

– Refine evidence base• Identify shared elements of SE and upstream health impacts

– Expand evidence base• Different voices• Scotland-wide

• Project Team– Prof Cam Donaldson– Dr Simon Teasdale– Michael Roy

Structure and Elements• Stage 1: Scoping Review

– Social value created by social enterprise– Analyse ‘upstream’ approaches to community-based health interventions

• Stage 2: Qualitative Study– Identify social enterprises in Scotland for use as case studies– Interviews with leaders, recipients and community stakeholders on impact

of SE

• Stage 3: Synthesis and Refinement of Conceptual Model– Analyse findings through lens of appropriate theoretical framework– Refine conceptual model, including measures of potential health impacts

Stage 1: Scoping Review• Synthesise existing conceptions of ‘social

value’ delivered by social enterprises• Analyse ‘upstream’ approaches to

community-based health interventions

• Find common theoretical bases to contribute to interview structure and conceptual model

Social Value created by

Social Enterprises

Elements targeted by community

health interventions

Stage 2: Qualitative Study• Identify social enterprises in Scotland for use

as case studies• Design and conduct interviews with social

enterprise leaders, participants and other local stakeholders

Identify social enterprises as case studies

• Variations Reflected in:– Geographic Location– Urban Vs. Rural– Social return through

business activity Vs. social return through investment

– Ownership structure– Type of participant– More Vs. less affluent area– Time in existence

Design and Conduct Interviews

• Semi-structured interviews

• Based on theoretical common ground

Leader: Intentions and

experience

Participant: Personal

effect

Stakeholder: perceived

community effect

Stage 3: Synthesis and Conceptual Model Development

• Analyse findings through lens of theoretical framework

• Investigate underpinnings behind responses

• Refine conceptual model reflecting– Intermediate effects– Frameworks

Feedback and Discussion• Thoughts on the conceptual framework• Experience of theoretical or practical use of

assets-based and other upstream approaches in public health research

• Suggestions for appropriate case studies

bobby.macaulay@gcu.ac.uk