TY - JOUR
T1 - A public health perspective on small business development
T2 - A review of the literature
AU - Schnake-Mahl, Alina
AU - Williams, Jessica A.R.
AU - Keppard, Barry
AU - Arcaya, Mariana
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by funding from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, which is a national initiative designed to promote the use of HIAs as a decision-making tool for policymakers. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Pew Charitable Trusts or the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We thank Bethany Rogerson for her thoughtful comments on this manuscript and Leigh Carroll for her invaluable editing work. All errors and omissions are our own.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/4/26
Y1 - 2018/4/26
N2 - Federal spending on non-health entitlement programs, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and SNAP, has decreased as a percent of GDP since 2011, putting social safety net and community and economic development funding at risk. As an important component of community development, small business support programs are also at risk under social spending cuts. While theory suggests that a strong small business sector could protect health by improving socioeconomic conditions and reducing unemployment, the public health implications of reduced support for small business has not been explored. We conducted a scoping literature review of studies indexed by Pubmed, Cochrane Review, Google Scholar, and Academic Search Premier. The literature suggests that small businesses may provide social and economic benefits to communities that likely protect health, especially in economically deprived communities. These health impacts should be considered when policy-makers weigh decisions that affect small businesses and funding for community and economic development.
AB - Federal spending on non-health entitlement programs, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and SNAP, has decreased as a percent of GDP since 2011, putting social safety net and community and economic development funding at risk. As an important component of community development, small business support programs are also at risk under social spending cuts. While theory suggests that a strong small business sector could protect health by improving socioeconomic conditions and reducing unemployment, the public health implications of reduced support for small business has not been explored. We conducted a scoping literature review of studies indexed by Pubmed, Cochrane Review, Google Scholar, and Academic Search Premier. The literature suggests that small businesses may provide social and economic benefits to communities that likely protect health, especially in economically deprived communities. These health impacts should be considered when policy-makers weigh decisions that affect small businesses and funding for community and economic development.
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U2 - 10.1080/17549175.2018.1461678
DO - 10.1080/17549175.2018.1461678
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047124096
SN - 1754-9175
VL - 11
SP - 387
EP - 411
JO - Journal of Urbanism
JF - Journal of Urbanism
IS - 4
ER -
