Training Manual on Disability Statistics

Training Manual on Disability Statistics
Published Date: 18 March 2008
Download the manual (2.0MB) or Individual chapters		This Training Manual on Disability Statistics is a joint product of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). This Training Manual provides an overview of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework for disability measurement as well as implementation guidelines on disability data collection, dissemination and analysis. To help us serve you better, please complete the online questionnaire or download it in MS Word format. Readers are also encouraged to provide feedback by e-mail: escap-disability@un.org

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Front matter		(286KB)
Preface
Acknowledgement
List of Acronyms
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Disability statistics: why are they important and what does ICF add?
Chapter 2: The ICF framework		(144KB)
Chapter 3: Data collection methods and instruments		(139KB)
Chapter 4: Using ICF in survey and census design	(152KB)	(218KB)
Chapter 5: Survey/census and administrative-based data collection development: planning and measurement issues		(161KB)
Chapter 6: Instrument development		(192KB)
Chapter 7: Organizing the fieldwork
Chapter 8: Processing the data
Chapter 9: Analysing and disseminating disability statistics		(502KB)
Chapter 10: Disability statistics: key to sound policy formulation
Bibliography
Appendix1: Selected Countries on Disability Data and Methodology
Appendix2: Questionnaire Used in the Pilot Test in Five Selected Countries		(111KB)
Appendix3: Sample Data Collections	(126KB)	(155KB)
Appendix4: Biwako Millennium Framework for Action Targets
Appendix5: Biwako Plus Five




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