ICF is the WHO framework for measuring health and disability at both individual and population levels. ICF was officially endorsed by all 191 WHO Member States in the Fifty-fourth World Health Assembly on 22 May 2001(resolution WHA 54.21) as the international standard to describe and measure health and disability. (link)Environmental Factors are of relevance for this class. Environmental factors cover:
- Products and Technology
- Natural Environment and Human-Made Changes to Environment
- Support and Relationships
- Attitudes
- Services, Systems and Policies
Identify issues and recommend changes in the design of these environmental factors coupled if necessary with policy development (legislative and regulatory). To make environmental changes or adaptations that act to support the individual.
