International Classification Of Functioning, Disability And Health Case Study
The World Health Organization published guidelines for the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in 2001, which the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) adopted as a framework for assessing and intervening. The purpose of the ICF is to provide a familiar language when describing human functioning and disability, and to provide the framework when gathering data and measuring clinical results. Additionally, the classification of the ICF complements the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, which includes information on diagnosis and health condition, but not on the functional status unlike the ICF that looks at functioning. While these guidelines may be followed
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The World Health Organization defines “health” as being in complete state of physical, mental, and well being and not merely the absence of disease. With this definition applied, the functioning aspect of the ICF is a crucial component of health and is not based on the etiology or the result of the disease, rather a component of health. Although some functional status may be related to a person’s health condition, the condition does not predict their functional status. The ICF established by WHO, is a biopsychosocial model of functioning and disability that integrates both medical and social models. A medical model can be described as viewing the disability as a feature of an individual that is a result of trauma, disease, or any other health condition. The social model of disability on the other hand, sees disability as a socially created problem and not a characteristic of the individual. The ICF framework consists of two primary parts that include Functioning and Disability (part 1), and Contextual Factors (part 2). Each part also consists of two components and the two components of functioning and disability are body functions/structures and Activity/Participation. The body functions are the physiological functions, which include the psychological functions, whereas the body structures are the anatomical parts such as organs, limbs and their other parts. When there is a problem in Body Function or Structure, such as memory processing, the term impairment may be applied. Contextual Factors can be described as representing a complete background of a person’s life and living and consists of two components that include Environmental Factors and Personal Factors. The Personal Factors component is not coded in
The World Health Organization defines “health” as being in complete state of physical, mental, and well being and not merely the absence of disease. With this definition applied, the functioning aspect of the ICF is a crucial component of health and is not based on the etiology or the result of the disease, rather a component of health. Although some functional status may be related to a person’s health condition, the condition does not predict their functional status. The ICF established by WHO, is a biopsychosocial model of functioning and disability that integrates both medical and social models. A medical model can be described as viewing the disability as a feature of an individual that is a result of trauma, disease, or any other health condition. The social model of disability on the other hand, sees disability as a socially created problem and not a characteristic of the individual. The ICF framework consists of two primary parts that include Functioning and Disability (part 1), and Contextual Factors (part 2). Each part also consists of two components and the two components of functioning and disability are body functions/structures and Activity/Participation. The body functions are the physiological functions, which include the psychological functions, whereas the body structures are the anatomical parts such as organs, limbs and their other parts. When there is a problem in Body Function or Structure, such as memory processing, the term impairment may be applied. Contextual Factors can be described as representing a complete background of a person’s life and living and consists of two components that include Environmental Factors and Personal Factors. The Personal Factors component is not coded in