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International Measurement of Disability

Author : Barbara M. Altman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319284983
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book International Measurement of Disability written by Barbara M. Altman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Author : Department Justice
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781500783945
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design written by Department Justice and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (a) Design and construction. (1) Each facility or part of a facility constructed by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed and constructed in such manner that the facility or part of the facility is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the construction was commenced after January 26, 1992. (2) Exception for structural impracticability. (i) Full compliance with the requirements of this section is not required where a public entity can demonstrate that it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Full compliance will be considered structurally impracticable only in those rare circumstances when the unique characteristics of terrain prevent the incorporation of accessibility features. (ii) If full compliance with this section would be structurally impracticable, compliance with this section is required to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. In that case, any portion of the facility that can be made accessible shall be made accessible to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. (iii) If providing accessibility in conformance with this section to individuals with certain disabilities (e.g., those who use wheelchairs) would be structurally impracticable, accessibility shall nonetheless be ensured to persons with other types of disabilities, (e.g., those who use crutches or who have sight, hearing, or mental impairments) in accordance with this section.

Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309143713
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-11-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in population surveys of the elderly population. The book questions whether or not the measures of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living used in many population surveys are sufficient as the primary survey-based indicators of late-life disability. If not, should they be refined or should they be supplemented by other measures of disability in surveys? If yes, in what ways should disability measures be changed or modified to produce population estimates of late-life disability and to monitor trends? The book also discusses what further research is needed to advance this effort.

International Views on Disability Measures

Author : Barbara Altman
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0762312823
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book International Views on Disability Measures written by Barbara Altman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Survey Measurement of Work Disability

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309172160
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Survey Measurement of Work Disability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Measuring Health

Author : Ian McDowell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199883149
Total Pages : 1197 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Health written by Ian McDowell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 1197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have highlighted the importance of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and health services research studies require instruments to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of the health system. However, the over-abundance of competing measurement scales can make choosing a measure difficult at best. Measuring Health provides in-depth reviews of over 100 of the leading health measurement tools and serves as a guide for choosing among them.LNow in its third edition, this book provides a critical overview of the field of health measurement, with a technical introduction and discussion of the history and future directions for the field. This latest edition updates the information on each of the measures previously reviewed, and includes a complete new chapter on anxiety measurement to accompany the one on depression. It has also added new instruments to those previously reviewed in each of the chapters in the book.LChapters cover measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, anxiety, depression, mental status testing, pain, general health status and quality of life. Each chapter presents a tabular comparison of the quality of the instruments reviewed, followed by a detailed description of each method, covering its purpose and conceptual basis, its reliability and validity and, where possible, shows a copy of the actual scale. To ensure accuracy of the information, each review has been approved by the original author of each instrument or by an acknowledged expert.

Survey Measurement of Work Disability

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309068991
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Survey Measurement of Work Disability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-04-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Home Health Care

Author : John Spratt
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781884015939
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Home Health Care written by John Spratt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-08-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine practitioners combine their expertise to bring clarity to an issue that is at the forefront of discussion-home health care. The field is emerging and is growing faster than most professionals and their patients can keep up with. Here is a text in which the authors make every effort to provide readers with the latest thinking and technology that can better the home health care field. Spiralling costs have forced all aspects of illnesses to be closely scrutinized for possible home care applications and financial savings. The industry is growing rapidly, fueled by increasing service and constant technological breakthroughs, but the overriding philosophy must be focused on cost containment with maintenance of high quality care. This book is directed at providing highly practical, up-to-date information that health care professionals can use in their daily practices.

The Changing Disability Policy System

Author : Rune Halvorsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317227492
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Disability Policy System written by Rune Halvorsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being an ‘active citizen’ involves exercising social rights and duties, enjoying choice and autonomy, and participating in political decision-making processes which are of importance for one’s life. Amid the new challenges facing contemporary welfare states, debate over just how ‘active’ citizens can and ought to be has redoubled. Presenting research from the first major comparative and cross-national study of active citizenship and disability in Europe, this book analyses the consequences of ongoing changes in Europe – what opportunities do persons with disabilities have to exercise Active Citizenship? The Changing Disability Policy System: Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 1 approaches the conditions for Active Citizenship from a macro perspective in order to capture the impact of the overall disability policy system. This system takes diverse and changing forms in the nine European countries under study. Central to the analysis are issues of coherence and coordination between three subsystems of the disability policy system, and between levels of governance. This book identifies the implications and policy lessons of the findings for future disability policy in Europe and beyond. It will appeal to policymakers and policy officials, as well as to researchers and students of disability studies, comparative social policy, international disability law and qualitative research methods.

SRS Research Information System Index

Author : Claire K. Schultz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book SRS Research Information System Index written by Claire K. Schultz and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Measuring Health and Disability

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241547596
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Health and Disability written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2010 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

The Dynamics of Disability

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309084199
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Disability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-09-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Society Security disability program faces urgent challenges: more people receiving benefits than ever before, the prospect of even more claimants as baby boomers age, changing attitudes culminating in the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disability is now understood as a dynamic process, and Social Security must comprehend that process to plan adequately for the times ahead. The Dynamics of Disability provides expert analysis and recommendations in key areas: Understanding the current social, economic, and physical environmental factors in determining eligibility for disability benefits. Developing and implementing a monitoring system to measure and track trends in work disability. Improving the process for making decisions on disability claims. Building Social Security's capacity for conducting needed research. This book provides a wealth of detail on the workings of the Social Security disability program, recent and emerging disability trends, issues and previous experience in researching disability, and more. It will be of primary interest to federal policy makers, the Congress, and researchersâ€"and it will be useful to state disability officials, medical and rehabilitation professionals, and the disability community.

Handbook of Neurological Rehabilitation

Author : Richard J. Greenwood
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135471266
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Neurological Rehabilitation written by Richard J. Greenwood and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an invaluable resource for all professions that work with patients suffering from neurological disorders.

Disability, Exclusion & Poverty

Author :
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 : 1871643414
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Disability, Exclusion & Poverty written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 1994 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders

Author : Raymond D. Kent
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262112789
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders written by Raymond D. Kent and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new reference work with entries covering the entire field of communication and speech disorders.

Investigating Neurological Disease

Author : Albert Hofman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521000093
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigating Neurological Disease written by Albert Hofman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable handbook for clinicians reviews the epidemiology, treatment and prognosis of all major diseases of the nervous system.

Encyclopedia of Disability

Author : Gary L Albrecht
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452265208
Total Pages : 2937 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Disability written by Gary L Albrecht and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 2937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To read some sample entries, or to view the Readers Guide click on "Additional Materials" in the left column under "About This Book". The wide range of coverage distinguishes this particular set, which was designed "to bring current knowledge and experience with disability across a wide variety of places, conditions, and cultures to both the general reader and the specialist." Editor Albrecht (University of Illinois at Chicago) and over 500 authors from around the world contributed the more than 800 entries. . . drawing in readers from a wide range of studies and interests and helping them to see disability in an entirely new way. Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries." -- BOOKLIST (star review) Obesity. Heart disease. Vision problems. Asthma. AIDS. Depression. Those maimed by land mines, machetes, bullets, bombs and beatings. These are just a few examples of how disability is becoming an increasingly common experience in our daily lives. Regardless of who we are or where we live, disability is with us. SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This Encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. It provides a fascinating entry into the world of disability where minds are expanded, prejudices shattered, and spirits raised. The Encyclopedia answers the question: What is disability and why is it important in my life? An international editorial board of seventy-four editors from the Americas, Europe, Australia, India, Japan, and China, all experts in their own sub-fields of disability, developed these volumes. The result is a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural, and historically grounded resource tool that guides the reader across fields, theories, debates, and practices. Key Features Embraces five volumes that improve the reader′s understanding and appreciation of the world of disability: Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A, including a Reader′s Guide, comprehensive bibliography, and index, and Volume 5 contains a wealth of primary source documents in the field of disability Includes contributions from more than 500 world-renowned scholars who have written over 1,000 entries—in a clear, accessible style—with the desire to bring all students, researchers, and interested readers closer to the daily experience of disability Provides print and Web site references to government documents and data that are rich resources to investigate how disability is measured and treated on an international level Includes a chronology to place the concept of disability in a historical context The Encyclopedia of Disability is a must-have reference for all academic libraries, large public libraries, and any social science, medical, legal, or governmental reference collections. Non-governmental organizations, charitable foundations, and law firms will also want to add this set to their collection. Senior Editors Jerome Bickenbach, Queen′s University Scott Brown Dudley Childress, Northwestern University Medical School Joseph Flaherty, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Allen Heinemann, Northwestern University Tamar Heller, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Christopher Keys, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago David Mitchell, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Trevor Parmenter, University of Sydney, Australia Mairian Scott-Hill, Marsh Hills Cottage Tom Shakespeare, University of Newcastle Sharon Snyder, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago