Content
Discussion
Inclusion
Inclusion is
a term familiar to most of us in our everyday lives; at some point,
we have all felt included or excluded from our social networks or
communities. People who are excluded due to poverty, ill health,
gender, race, disability or lack of education do not have the opportunity
to reap the health, social and economic benefits of full participation
in society.
To ensure that
everyone has access to the resources needed to maintain good health
as well as a voice in the decisions affecting their health, health
promotion practice emphasizes inclusion by working with members
of marginalized groups in the community who face systemic
barriers to good health.
Respect
Health promotion
embodies and respects a diverse range of viewpoints, cultures and
perspectives on health and wellness. Respecting diversity is an
important prerequisite for building sustainable relationships
as the basis for actions to achieve shared goals.
A Value-Based
Reflection Tool
The Inclusion
Lens
A lens is an
aid for you to improve vision. It can also provide you with a new
way of looking at the root causes of ill health, such as poverty,
disability and discrimination.
Developed by
Malcolm Shookner (2003), the Inclusion Lens provides a value-based
reflection tool. It is designed for use by policy makers, program
planners and community leaders in the public and not-for-profit
sectors.
The Inclusion
Lens is a tool for analyzing legislation, policies, programs and
practices to determine the extent to which they promote the social
and economic inclusion of individuals, families and communities.
The content of the Inclusion Lens instrument makes it a useful tool
for analyzing the extent to which policies, programs and practices
incorporate the key health promotion values of:
 empowerment
social justice
inclusion
respect
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