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Volume 11 Supplement 4

Proceedings of What is disability? UN convention on the rights of persons with disability, eligibility criteria and the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health

Proceedings

What is disability? UN convention on the rights of persons with disability, eligibility criteria and the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health

Rome, Italy

19-20 April 2010

Edited by Carlo Francescutti, Andrea Simoncello and Luigi Tesio

Publication of this supplement was supported by the Italian Ministry of Health (http://www.salute.gov.it/), Ministry of Labour and Social Policies (http://www.lavoro.gov.it/)

UN convention on the rights of persons with disability, eligibility criteria and the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health

Carlo Francescutti BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S1 (31 May 2011)

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From codes to language: is the ICF a classification system or a dictionary?

Luigi Tesio BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S2 (31 May 2011)

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Use of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a conceptual framework and common language for disability statistics and health information systems

Nenad Kostanjsek BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S3 (31 May 2011)

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Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the work of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics

Jennifer H Madans, Mitchell E Loeb, Barbara M Altman BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S4 (31 May 2011)

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Using the ICF in Ireland

Anne Good BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S5 (31 May 2011)

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Eligibility, the ICF and the UN Convention: Australian perspectives

Ros Madden, Nick Glozier, Elias Mpofu, Gwynnyth Llewellyn BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S6 (31 May 2011)

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Development of an ICF-based eligibility procedure for education in Switzerland

Judith Hollenweger BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S7 (31 May 2011)

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Monitoring the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: data and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Jerome E Bickenbach BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S8 (31 May 2011)

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The WHO construct of health-related functioning (HrF) and its implications for health policy

Luis Salvador-Carulla, Carlos Garcia-Gutierrez BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S9 (31 May 2011)

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"Evaluating the model of classification and valuation of disabilities used in Brazil and defining the elaboration and adoption of a unique model for all the country": Brazilian Interministerial Workgroup Task

Heloisa Di Nubila, Ana Rita de Paula, Miguel Abud Marcelino, Izabel Maior BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S10 (31 May 2011)

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Description of the person-environment interaction: methodological issues and empirical results of an Italian large-scale disability assessment study using an ICF-based protocol

Carlo Francescutti, Francesco Gongolo, Andrea Simoncello, Lucilla Frattura BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 4):S11 (31 May 2011)

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