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Remodeling the ICF [PDF]

Disability and Health Journal, 2019
This viewpoint deals with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2001. We argue that there is a need to revise and update the ICF, starting from its conceptual model. The scope of the viewpoint goes beyond the disability field as it argues for changes to the ICF that could ...
Sophie Mitra, Tom Shakespeare
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Use of physical activity by occupational therapists and speech-language therapists in KwaZulu-Natal [PDF]

South African Family Practice
Background: Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in rehabilitation by promoting emotional well-being, functional independence, and both physical and cognitive recovery.
Onika Makaula, Ntandoyenkosi L. Msomi, Andrew J. Ross   +2 more
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EXAMINATION DIRECTIONS AS A COMPONENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, FOR CHILDREN WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DISEASES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH

Клінічна та профілактична медицина, 2023
Introduction. The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, by its order No. 810-22 of April 9, 2022, approved the International Classification of Functioning, Limitations of Vital Activities and Health (ICF) as National Classifier NC 030:2022.
N. O. Ivasyk
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Rehabilitation diagnosis of patients with mine-explosive wounds of the lower leg based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2023
Mine-explosive wounds at the level of the lower leg are accompanied by significant functional disorders, leading to long-term disability, and in some cases – to disability.
O.E. Dorofieieva, K.S. Yarymbash, O.A. Glinyana, Yu.V. Syomych, I.T. Skrypchenko   +4 more
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Neural network reconstructions for the Hubble parameter, growth rate and distance modulus

European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2023
This paper introduces a new approach to reconstruct cosmological functions using artificial neural networks based on observational measurements with minimal theoretical and statistical assumptions.
Isidro Gómez-Vargas, Ricardo Medel-Esquivel, Ricardo García-Salcedo, J. Alberto Vázquez   +3 more
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Evaluating malaria programmes in moderate- and low-transmission settings: practical ways to generate robust evidence

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Many countries have made substantial progress in scaling-up and sustaining malaria intervention coverage, leading to more focalized and heterogeneous transmission in many settings.
Ruth A. Ashton, Debra Prosnitz, Andrew Andrada, Samantha Herrera, Yazoumé Yé   +4 more
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Understanding the Impact of General Vaccine Attitudes on the Intent for Early COVID-19 Vaccination

Vaccines, 2023
Despite relatively high rates of population spread, morbidity and mortality, the adoption of COVID-19 vaccines among the eligible populations was relatively slow.
John Boyle, Glen Nowak, Rachel Kinder, Ronaldo Iachan, James Dayton   +4 more
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People Who Inject Drugs and have tuberculosis: Opioid Substitution Therapy improves treatment outcomes in Ukraine

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is one of the pillars of harm reduction strategies for People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). It should be an integral part of tuberculosis (TB) care to increase the uptake, compliance and effectiveness of ...
Tetiana Fomenko, Anna Meteliuk, Larysa Korinchuk, Olga Denisiuk, Garry Aslanyan, Zahedul Islam, Rony Zachariah   +6 more
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Identification of candidate categories of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) for a Generic ICF Core Set based on regression modelling [PDF]

, 2006
Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the framework developed by WHO to describe functioning and disability at both the individual and population levels.
Chatterji, Somnath, Cieza, Alarcos, Geyh, Szilvia, Kostanjsek, Nenad, Stucki, Gerold, Üstün, Bedirhan T.   +5 more
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Are new national malaria strategic plans informed by the previous ones? A comprehensive assessment of sub-Saharan African countries from 2001 to present

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background New national malaria strategic plans (NMSPs) should build upon the achievements and challenges identified during the implementation of previous plans, but there is limited research on the transition process between NMSPs.
Andrew Andrada, Samantha Herrera, Yazoumé Yé   +2 more
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