IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v12y2015i3p3293-3300d46972.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Awareness and the Arguments for and against the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health among Representatives of Disability Organisations

Author

Listed:
  • Jörgen Lundälv

    (Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
    Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden)

  • Marie Törnbom

    (Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
    Research Group for Rehabilitation Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Per Dubbsgatan 14, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Per-Olof Larsson

    (Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Katharina S. Sunnerhagen

    (Research Group for Rehabilitation Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Per Dubbsgatan 14, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden)

Abstract

Disability organisations have not been engaged in the debate about the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in Sweden. We wanted to know representatives’ attitudes about the ICF. The aim of the study was to elucidate the arguments for and against the ICF among representatives of disability organisations. The study consisted of eighteen representatives (from six disability organisations) that answered electronic questionnaires. The questionnaires involved ten open questions about the arguments for and against the ICF. The answers of the questionnaires have been categorized according to qualitative content analysis. Our results indicated four themes: awareness, arguments for and against, influence and the future. More than half of the representatives had very limited awareness of the ICF. There was an explicit criticism of individual classification but more positive comments about classification on an aggregated level. The most important issue for representatives was influencing social policy in society, not learning and spreading information about the ICF.

Suggested Citation

  • Jörgen Lundälv & Marie Törnbom & Per-Olof Larsson & Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, 2015. "Awareness and the Arguments for and against the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health among Representatives of Disability Organisations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-8, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:3:p:3293-3300:d:46972
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/3/3293/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/3/3293/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:3:p:3293-3300:d:46972. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.