ICF Australian User Guide V1.0

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2.    Overview of the ICF

This section identifies and explains the components of the ICF, discusses the classification scheme and qualifiers used and gives examples of ICF codes. It also discusses the relationship of the ICF to the World Health Organization (WHO) family of international classifications, outlines the history of the ICF and looks briefly at its potential and intended uses.

The value of using the ICF in Australia is that it:

• combines the major models of disability, recognising the role of environmental factors in the creation of disability and the importance of participation as a desired outcome, as well as the relevance of underlying health conditions and their effects; and

• provides a framework within which a wide variety of information relevant to disability and functioning can be developed, assembled and related.

2.1    Components of the ICF

2.2    Classifications and codes

2.3    The ICF and the WHO family of international classifications

2.4    History and development of the ICF

2.5    Overview of potential and intended uses

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