The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.
Entry Term(s)
Isolation, Social
Social Exclusion
Public MeSH Note
69; was ISOLATION, SOCIAL 1968
Online Note
use SOCIAL ISOLATION to search ISOLATION, SOCIAL 1968
The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.
Exclusion consists of dynamic, multi-dimensional processes driven by unequal power relationships interacting across four main dimensions - economic, political, social and cultural - and at different levels including individual, household, group, community, country and global levels. It results in a continuum of inclusion/exclusion characterized by unequal access to resources, capabilities and rights which leads to health inequalities. (https://www.who.int/social_determinants/knowledge_networks/final_reports/sekn_final%20report_04 2008.pdf.)
