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.
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Front matter
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Preface
Acknowledgement
List of Acronyms
Table of contents
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Chapter 1: Disability statistics: why are they important and what does ICF add?
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Chapter 2: The ICF framework
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Chapter 3: Data collection methods and instruments
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Chapter 4: Using ICF in survey and census design
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Chapter 5: Survey/census and administrative-based data collection development: planning and measurement issues
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Chapter 6: Instrument development
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Chapter 7: Organizing the fieldwork
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Chapter 8: Processing the data
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Chapter 9: Analysing and disseminating disability statistics
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Chapter 10: Disability statistics: key to sound policy formulation
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Appendix lists
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Appendix 1: Selected Countries on Disability Data and Methodology
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Appendix 2: Questionnaire Used in the Pilot Test in Five Selected Countries
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Appendix 3: Sample Data Collections
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Appendix 4: Biwako Millennium Framework for Action Targets
