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Social exclusion and embracement: a helpful concept?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2006

Ambra Burls  and
Woody Caan
Ambra Burls
Affiliation:
School of Community Health and Social Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Woody Caan
Affiliation:
School of Health Care Practice, Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
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Abstract

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Certain observations arose from the implementation of multicentre research on ‘ecotherapy’. Very diverse community groups of people with a range of disabilities, undertaking horticulture and nature conservation as a therapeutic and social enterprise, provided an unexpected conception. We coined the term embracement to capture the meaning of an activity we found in many ‘bottom-up’ examples of social inclusion. Self-organizing groups grow by the members’ choosing to embrace a common identity, which included and integrated health, social and environmental dimensions. Embracement is self-directing, spontaneous and collective, with the potential group members being the driving force.

Keywords

embracementreconnectionself-directed inclusionspontaneous
Type
Networking
Information
Primary Health Care Research & Development , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 191 - 192
Copyright
2004 Arnold