Inclusion Health SIG
Aims:We aim to facilitate sharing and creation of knowledge on how to develop, deliver and evaluate integrated care using a human rights-based approach to inclusion and intersectionality. Adopting Maclachlan et al. (2007) thinking of inclusive health and promoting the idea of inclusion as a proactive approach to understanding the impact of the structural determinants of health and inequity experienced by so many globally.
Objectives:
- Develop an international platform for sharing experiences in integrated care in Inclusion Health
- Ensure that all evidence reviews, studies and programmes in integrated care consider health equity and socially excluded people
- Develop key documents, including a chapter in the Integrated Care Handbook, outlining the principles of Inclusion Health
- Understand the impact of social exclusion, intergenerational trauma and social and structural determinants on health
- Develop tools for evaluation of integrated care in the context of social exclusion
Activities:
- Publication of book chapter
- Sharing of practice and lessons learned in building trust and engagement
- Webinars with international guest speakers
First Inclusion Health Special Interest Group (SIG) took place on 13th September 2023.
Get Involved:
For more information contact Kate Traynor via IFICIreland@integratedcarefoundation.org
Facilitated by:
Dr Clíona Ni Cheallaigh
Infectious diseases and internal medicine physician
St James’s Hospital
Lecturer
Trinity College, Dublin
Kate Frazer
Director of Faculty Development
University College Dublin (UCD)