Abstract
Social inclusion is an urgent matter of social justice and a requirement for health equity. This chapter presents a multilevel approach grounded in social justice to promote the inclusion of low-income and ethnoculturally diverse children and families in the life of their community. Equity action is required to address the relational processes and social conditions that sustain social exclusion and enable social inclusion and participation. In this chapter, social inclusion/exclusion (SI/SE) is reviewed from three Canadian discourses: (a) valued recognition, (b) capability development, and (c) citizenship and equality. An integrated social justice framework embedded in a socioecological model is applied to illustrate how complex social inequalities due to income and race/ethnicity intersect to sustain social exclusion, poverty stigma, discrimination, racism, racialization, and health inequities in society. Multilevel equity actions (interventions) are presented to promote inclusion and just social conditions and to address exclusion and unjust social conditions. Canadian research is present first in relation to the Integrated Framework. Equity action examples are then explored from the USA, Australia, and New Zealand to highlight how SI/SE can be addressed for children and their families and health equity promoted across settings and contexts.
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