Assignment 7 (c): Reading about ICF as catalyst for ethical practice & human rights advocacy

NOTE: You can divide the reading among each other. Summaries can be posted below as comments.

Required reading:

World Health Organization. (2001). International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). World Health Organization. Read the Ethical Guidelines for the use of ICF (Annex 5 & 6 in the ICF book, p 244-245).

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07 – ICF Book (2001) Appendix 5 & 6

United Nations. (2006). United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convention_accessible_pdf.pdf

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World Health Organization, & United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. (2008). Training Manual on Disability Statistics. https://www.unescap.org/resources/training-manual-disability-statistics

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Additional reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (2022). Statistics and data collection under article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General at 49th Session of the Human Rights Council: Vol. A/HRC/49/6. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i4/009

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07 – UN (2022) Stats&Data under CRPD

Scan these articles from the BMC Public Health Special Edition [(2011) 11 (Suppl 4)] on the UNCRPD and ICF. Engage with those articles which are relevant to your practice.

Bickenbach, J. E. (2011). Monitoring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Data and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl. 4). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S8

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07a – Bickenbach (2011) – Monitoring UNCRPD – data & ICF

Hollenweger, J. (2011). Development of an ICF-based eligibility procedure for education in Switzerland. BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl. 4). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S7

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07a – Hollenweger (2011) – Development of an ICF-based eligibility procedure for education in Switzerland

Francescutti, C. (2011). UN convention on the rights of persons with disability, eligibility criteria and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl 4), 2458. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S1

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07a – Francescutti (2011) UNCRPD and ICF

Madans, J. H., Loeb, M. E., & Altman, B. M. (2011). Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: The work of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics. BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl. 4). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S4

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07a – Madans et al (2011) – Measuring disability and monitor

Madden, R., Glozier, N., Mpofu, E., & Llewellyn, G. (2011). Eligibility, the ICF and the UN Convention: Australian perspectives. BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl. 4).

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07a – Madden (2011) – Eligibility ICF & UNCRPD – Australian perspectives

Salvador-Carulla, L., & Garcia-Gutierrez, C. (2011). The WHO construct of health-related functioning (HrF) and its implications for health policy. BMC Public Health, 11(SUPPL. 4). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S9

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07a – Salvador-Carulla (2011) – WHO construct of HrF and its implications for health policy

Tesio, L. (2011). From codes to language: Is the ICF a classification system or a dictionary? BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl. 4), 2–5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S4-S2

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07a – Tesio (2011) – From codes to language – is ICF a classification system or a dictionary

Once you’ve finished this reading assignment, complete the following: