Indigenous Social Enterprises and Health and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Framework.

ABSTRACT: Indigenous people and communities are establishing social enterprises to address social disadvantage and overcome health inequities in their communities. This review sought to characterize the spectrum of Indigenous social enterprises in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States to identify the operational models and cultural values that underpin them and their impact on Indigenous health and wellbeing. The scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's six-stage methodological framework with recommended enhancements by Levac et al. underpinned by Indigenous Standpoint Theory, and an Indigenous advisory group to provide cultural oversight and direction. Of the 589 documents screened 115 documents were included in the review. A conceptual framework of seven different operational

SUBMITTER: Hudson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9657732 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature