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Disability justice and public health
Published in Sridhar Venkatapuram, Alex Broadbent, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health, 2023
Consequently, a new understanding of the notion of handicap was reflected in the revision of the ICIDH in 1993. The new document, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), acknowledges environmental barriers and how they impede the capacity of people with disabilities to participate in society (Lollar and Crews 2003).
A woman found slumped in a chair
Published in Tim French, Terry Wardle, The Problem-Based Learning Workbook, 2022
Multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation aims to maximise a patient’s activity participation (socially and occupationally) and quality of life, and to address carers’ concerns. To help accomplish these aims the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) suggests that the following areas of function are assessed, and input is provided where needed: learning and application of knowledgeperformance of general tasks and demandscommunicationmobilityself-caredomestic lifeinterpersonal interactions and relationshipscommunity, social and civil life.
Disability
Published in Miriam Orcutt, Clare Shortall, Sarah Walpole, Aula Abbara, Sylvia Garry, Rita Issa, Alimuddin Zumla, Ibrahim Abubakar, Handbook of Refugee Health, 2021
Sarah Polack, Phillip Sheppard
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) defines people with disabilities as those who have ‘long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others’.3 The WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a widely used conceptual framework for disability that understands disability as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and/or impairment and contextual factors that are both personal (e.g. age, sex and education) and environmental (e.g. terrain, building design and laws).2,4 Key to the ICF and UNCRPD is that disability is not a health condition or attribute of the person; rather, it is the interaction between aspects of the person’s body and mind and the features of the society in which that person lives.2
ICF domains covered by the Tinnitus Questionnaire and Tinnitus Functional Index
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022
Annemarie van der Wal, Sarah Michiels, Joke De Pauw, Laura Jacxsens, Antonios Chalimourdas, Annick Gilles, Marc Braem, Vincent van Rompaey, Paul Van de Heyning, Willem De Hertogh
In 2001, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to compare and describe the health of populations in an international context. It also helps to understand a person’s health and perceived disability [9]. The ICF is an international framework providing a standard language and hierarchical concept for documenting information on functioning and disability in relation to a health condition. The ICF model (Figure 1) is divided into two main parts: (1) “functioning and disability” described as impairments of body functions and structure, activity limitations and participation restrictions and (2) “contextual factors” described as personal and environmental barriers. These two parts are further divided into four components: (b) body functions and (s) body structures (b and s are together one component), (d) activities and participation and (e) environmental factors. The fourth component, personal factors, is not classified in ICF because of the large social and cultural variance associated with them [10].
Attitudes toward the use of low-tech AAC in acute settings: a systematized review
Published in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Shaeron Murray, Suzanne C. Hopf
Thematic analysis applied an integrated methodology as detailed in Whittemore and Knafl (2005). This approach allowed incorporation of various study designs into the analysis, facilitated coding of data during the data extraction process, and resulted in the development of common themes. The WHO ICF was chosen as a deductive analysis framework because of its global reach and consistent language, and its focus on ensuring the patient/client is always central to decision making while also encouraging the identification of personal and environmental barriers and facilitators (Mitra & Shakespeare, 2019). The ICF is a “framework for measuring health and disability at both individual and population levels” (WHO, 2001, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health section). The Personal Factors and Environmental Factors domains of the ICF consider individual and community attitudes, respectively, that may influence a person’s well-being, activity, and participation. Consequently, attitudinal barriers and facilitators to adult use of low-tech AAC in acute care settings were mapped to a sub-set of codes within either the Environmental Factors domain, Attitudes chapter; or the Personal Factors domain (see Figure 2).
Validation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core sets from 2001 to 2019 – a scoping review
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022
Elin Karlsson, Johanna Gustafsson
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001, and it is a classification and framework to describe health [1]. The ICF model presents a multidimensional and biopsychosocial view of health (Figure 1) and can be used for all individuals regardless of their health condition or degree or cause. The classification is based on the individual in a specific context, where the interaction between all ICF parts is important. One of the aims of the ICF is to use numerical codes to serve as a common language for health professionals to describe the functioning of individuals with a health condition and thereby make the results of studies (using the ICF) comparable at national and international levels. The ICF may also be used in research studies, political decisions and within the field of education [1], as it serves as a common language in these areas as well. The ICF consists of 1495 numerical codes arranged in a hierarchy consisting of three parts: body functions and body structures, activity and participation and contextual factors. Each part is divided into chapters (1st level), and then categories are arranged at different levels (2nd–4th levels). For each level, the category, which includes a definition of the content, becomes more specific [1].