Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and ...

WHO/EIP/GPE/ : EnglishDistr.: GeneralTowardsaCommon LanguageforFunctioning, Disability and HealthICFW orld Health OrganizationGeneva20021 Towards aCommon LanguageforFunctioning, Disability and Health:ICFThe International Classificationof Functioning, Disability and HealthIntroduction 2 ICF and the WHO Family of Classifications 3 The need for ICF 4 How will WHO use ICE 5 How can ICF be used? 6 The Model of ICF 9 Concepts of functioning and disability10 The qualifiers11 Underlying principles of ICF14 The Domains of ICF15 Conclusion19 The World-Wide ICF Network202 INTRODUCTIONThe International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, knownmore commonly as ICF, provides a standard Language and framework for thedescription of health and health-related states.

transportation, there is an important role that ICF can play. It goes without saying that policy development in these sectors requires valid and reliable population data on functional status. Legislative and regulatory definitions of disability need to be consistent and grounded in a single coherent model of the disability creation process.

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