Social exclusion knowledge network (SEKN): scoping of SEKN and proposed approach

Abstract

As part of it's work the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health has establish a number of topics focused networks with the aim of collating global knowledge on the relationship between social determinants and health disadvantage and inequalities and on effective action to address these determinanats. The Social Exclusion Knowledge Network (SEKN) is the latest of these global networks to be established and inequalities and on effective action to address these determinants. The purpose of this paper is to provide WHO Commissioners, other knowledge networks and other interested parties with an overview of the approach the Social Exclusion Knowledge Network is planning to take to, including the way the network intends to organise itself, the scope of our work, the agreed deliverables and the timelines involved. It is intended that the paper will provide an opportunity for commissioners and other knowledge networks to have an early input to the work of the SEKN and to ensure that the work of the SEKN is complementary to that of other KNs. This scoping document is divided into the following sections: the scope and focus of the work particularly the conceptual approach proposed; the investigative framework proposed; the organisation of the SEKN; the work plan and key deliverables agreed with the SDOH Commission secretariat and finally issues relating to the integration of the work of the SEKN with other knowledge networks.