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International Measurement of Disability
Author | : Barbara M. Altman |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2016-06-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783319284989 |
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This volume provides an informed review of the accomplishments of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) in the provision of international data and statistics on disability. It does so within the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The volume includes a description of the development and testing of a short set of questions for Censuses, now used in approximately 29 countries and recommended in the U.N.’s Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses: The 2020 Round, which includes disability as a core topic to be collected in censuses. It discusses the experiences of several countries on the use of the WG questions and how this has impacted on national agendas in the area of disability. It follows the development and testing of an extended set of questions for use in national surveys other than censuses and examines the challenges of translation and the importance of generating comparable question sets in different languages and within different cultures. It studies the examination of cognitive testing techniques in a variety of countries, and presents the results of the first round of censuses in 2010 in countries using the six question set. The volume includes discussions of the new development of question modules on a broad range of child disability and functioning, and the environmental contexts of participation that are part of the current work of the WG. In addition, it contains a reflection on the use of the WG’s functionality approach to identifying disabilities by humanitarian agencies to identify disabilities in populations of displaced persons. A thoughtful conclusion addresses what the development of cross-nationally comparable data can mean for the improvement of circumstances for all persons with disabilities.
International Views on Disability Measures
Author | : Barbara Altman,Sharon N. Barnartt |
Publsiher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2006-04-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780762312825 |
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As a voluntary organization of National Statistical Office representatives, the Washington Group addresses problems in statistical methods associated with the measurement of disability. This volume features papers which reflect a sampling of the work done by the Washington Group to address disability, an important public health problem.
World Report on Disability
Author | : World Health Organization |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9241564180 |
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The World Report on Disability suggests more than a billion people totally experience disability. They generally have poorer health, lower education and fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to better care and services.
Survey Measurement of Work Disability
Author | : National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2000-04-06 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780309068994 |
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) is engaged in redesigning its disability determination process for providing cash benefits and medical assistance to blind and disabled persons under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program (Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act). The agency has undertaken a multiyear research effort to develop and test the feasibility, validity, reliability, and practicality of the redesigned disability determination process before making any decision about its national implementation. Survey Measurement of Work Disability reviews and provides advice on this research. One of the major areas for review is the ongoing independent, scientific review of the scope of work, design, and content of the Disability Evaluation Study (DES) and the conduct of the study by the chosen survey contractor. This report identifies statistical design, methodological, and content concerns and addresses other issues as they arise.
Disability International Development
Author | : Malcolm Maclachlan,Leslie Swartz |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2009-07-21 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780387938400 |
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One of the greatest challenges facing modern global health is how to include the most marginalized and impoverished people in international efforts to promote social and economic development. In Disability and International Development disability rights are situated within the broader context of global health and the need for much greater inter-sector collaboration. Reports from a broad cross-section of low- and middle-income countries—locales as diverse as Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, and Papua New Guinea—move beyond surface discussions of "what is working" and "what shows promise" to discuss political and governance contexts, the roles of disabled persons in research by outsiders, concurrent struggles (e.g., women’s or children’s rights), and instructive inroads made by community activists and national Disabled People’s Organizations. The results are provocative, and offer new lenses for viewing both the issues and the populations they affect. Each of the book’s chapters spotlights a topic as representative of the enormity and immediacy of challenges to inclusive global health, including: The impact of international human rights law on domestic law and local traditions. The effect of failed states on the lives of people with disabilities. Empowerment and advocacy: disability organizations and movements. HIV/AIDS interventions with disabled persons. Assistive technologies in low-income countries. Strategies for improving the lives of children with disabilities. Cross-disciplinary as well as cross-cultural, Disability and International Development will attract a wide audience of professionals in rehabilitation, social welfare and human rights; governmental and non-governmental organizations and disabled people’s organizations; researchers and practitioners. It will also be relevant to those working in health and welfare administration, health policy, international aid and development, and human rights. In addition, graduate students in disability studies, public and global health and international development should find this an important guide to the future of these fields.
Integrating Measurements of Disability in Federal Surveys
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : National Center for Health Statistics |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : IND:30000082085410 |
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DHHS Publication PHS 2002-1469. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 4, No. 32 Documents and Committee Reports. By Thomas Hale, et al. Containst he proceedings of the session on "Integrating Comparable Measures of Disability in Federal Surveys" from the seminar "Integrating Federal Statistical Information and Practices." Also contains remarks of the sessions' two discussants.
Measuring Disability
Author | : Sally Sainsbury |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Disability evaluation |
ISBN | : UCSC:32106001076832 |
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Measuring Health and Disability
Author | : World Health Organization |
Publsiher | : World Health Organization |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9789241547598 |
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"The World Health Organisation had just published a generic assessment instrument to measure general health and disability levels: the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule, WHODAS 2.0. WHODAS 2.0 is based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). It was developed and tested internationally and is applicable in different cultures both in general populations and in clinical settings. It can be used as a general measure across all diseases. This manual is aimed at public health professionals, doctor, other health professionals (for example rehabilitation professionals, physical therapists and occupational therapists), health policy planners, social scientists and others involved in studies on disability and health." -- Publisher.