International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): Large Print Format for the Visually Impaired

by World Health Organization

THIS IS THE LARGE PRINT VERSION OF ICF FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

International Classification of Functioning (ICF) is a classification of health and health-related domains that provides a standard language for describing how people live with their health condition. It covers body functions and structures, activities and participation, from both individual and societal perspectives.

The ICF puts the notions of health and disability in a new light. Disability is not something that only happens to a minority of humanity. It acknowledges that every human being can undergo a decrement in health and thereby experience some degree of disability. The ICF thus mainstreams the experience of disability and recognizes it as a universal human experience.

By shifting the focus from cause to impact, it places all health conditions on an equal footing allowing them to be compared using a common metric―the ruler of health and disability. Furthermore, ICF takes into account the social aspects of disability and does not see disability only as medical or biological dysfunction. It also takes into account the impact of the environment on the person's functioning.

ICF is useful in understanding and measuring health outcomes. It can be used in clinical settings, health services or surveys at the individual or population level.

In view of the differing needs of different types of users, ICF is presented in multiple formats and

ICF Full Version
A conclusive volume with glossary definitions and full list of codes including all details. Available in all official WHO languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).

ICF Pocket Version
The pocket size version contains main 2 level codes (max. 99 per list) for practical purposes.

ICF on CD-ROM
The CD-ROM includes ICF in 6 official WHO and other languages and provides the following
1. Allows browsing the classification in its tree structure
2. Can display two languages at the same time
3. Provides advanced search functions
4. Cross-references via hyperlinks
5. Allows the user to select and work on subsets of the classification
6. Internet based upgrading facility which allows incorporating future modifications in the classification and additional language versions
7. Allows user to send comments and feedback to WHO

ICF Full version in Large Print (for the visually impaired)

228 pages, Paperback

Published December 30, 2008

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations.

The constitution of the World Health Organization had been signed by 61 countries on 22 July 1946, with the first meeting of the World Health Assembly finishing on 24 July 1948. It incorporated the Office international d'hygiène publique and the League of Nations Health Organization. Since its creation, it has played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and aging; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

The WHO is responsible for the World Health Report, a leading international publication on health, the worldwide World Health Survey, and World Health Day (7 April of every year)