Social inclusion health indicators

The ICC dimensions of social inclusion are: 1. Institutional recognition of diversity The adoption and implementation of policies, plans and concrete actions by key public institutions that provide valued recognition to individuals and groups and reflect and respond to the full diversity of the population. [...] The recommendations and associated outcomes and benchmarks were perceived as the catalyst based on an analysis of the data from the inquiry for collaborative efforts to process and a review of the relevant literature. [...] Consistent with the recommenda- tions of the ICC Edmonton Report, the City of Edmonton has undertaken several major initia- tives to enhance social inclusion, including: • Establishing an Office of Diversity and Inclusion in January 2005 to increase the diversity of the City’s workforce and deliver city services in a more culturally sensitive manner. [...] The key elements of the social determinants – social and economic inequity (relative versus absolute conditions); multiple social, economic and environmental factors that influence health and well-being; the interaction of these multiple factors to compound and intensify the health outcomes for individuals and populations; and limits on the influence of individual action (e.g. [...] The relationship between the indicator statements and the SDOH reveals the extent to which the practice of building social inclusion has many features in common with addressing the social determinants.