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Ascertaining the Prevalence of Childhood Disability |
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Paper by T. Hutchison and D. Gordon
Accepted for publication 17 June 2004, Child Health Department, Bath and North-east Somerset Primary Care Trust, Bath, and School for Policy Studies University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Summary:
This paper reports project findings concerning diagnosis and prevalence of disability. It is an analytical study conducted at the Community Child Health Department in the UK. The authors conclude that Diagnostic labels have limited use when collecting data about disabled children.
Keywords: childhood disability, special needs registers, OPCS disability surveys, WHO, International Classification of
Impairment, Disability and Handicap (ICIDH), WHO International Classification of Function and Health (ICF)
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| child rights, children's rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 20th anniversary CRC, health |
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