International Measurement of Disability

International Measurement of Disability

Purpose, Method and Application

Altman, Barbara M.

Springer International Publishing AG

05/2018

335

Mole

Inglês

9783319803647

15 a 20 dias

5562

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Dedication.- Introduction - Barbara M. Altman, Washington Group Secretariat.- I Origin of the Washington Group and Issues in Disability Data Collection.- 1 Background and Origin of the Washington Group: Improving the State of Disability Data - Julie D. Weeks, Washington Group Secretariat.- 2 Cross-national Issues in Disability Data Collection - Marguerite Schneider, South Africa.- 3 Processes and Milestones of Washington Group - Cordell Golden, Washington Group Secretariat.- II Census Questions: Purpose, Process and Testing.- 4 Purpose of an International Comparable Census Disability Measure - Barbara Altman, Washington Group Secretariat and Elizabeth Rasch, United States.- 5 Summary of Washington Group Question Evaluation Studies - Kristen Miller, United States.- 6 The Harmonized Joint Pilot Tests for 2010 Population Census Round in Latin American Countries: An Integration Experience - Alicia Berkovich, Brazil.- III Moving Forward: Extended Question Sets and Methodological Advances.- 7 Development of Disability Measures for Surveys: The Washington Group Extended Set on Functioning - Mitchell Loeb, Washington Group Secretariat.- 8 The Asian Testing Experience - Marguerite Schneider, South Africa and Andres Montes, Thailand.- 9 The Challenges of Conducting National Surveys of Disability among Children - Howard Meltzer, England.- 10 Building a "Module on Child functioning and Disability" - Roberta Crisalesi, Elena DePalma, Alessandra Battisti, and Children's Workgroup, Italy.- 11 Cognitive Analysis on Survey Questions for Identifying Out-of-School Children with Disabilities in India - Daniel Mont, England, Sathi Alur, India, Mitchell Loeb, Washington Secretariat, Kristen Miller, United States.- 12 Developing Tools to Identify Environmental Factors as Context for Disability: A Theoretical Perspective - Barbara M. Altman, Washington Group Secretariat and Howard Meltzer, England.- 13 International Comparisons of Disability Prevalence Estimates: Impact of Accounting or not Accounting for the Institutionalized Population - Emmanuelle Cambois, Carol Jagger, Wilma Nusselder, Herman Van Oyen, Jean-Marie Robine, France.- IV Conclusions: Outcomes and Place of the Washington Group Measures in International Data.- 14 The Washington Group on the Improvement of Disability Statistics Globally: Perspectives from the Philippines - Romy Virola and Jessamyn O. Encarnacion, Philippines.- 15 International census/survey data and the short set of disability questions developed by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics - Mitchell Loeb, Washington Group Secretariat.- 16 Swift and systematic? Identifying and recording disability in forced migration - Mary Crock and Laura Smith-Khan, Australia.- 17 The Washington Group's Contribution to Disability Statistics and a Look to the Future.- Jennifer Madans, Washington Group Secretariat.- 18 What if There Were No Washington Group? - Mary Chamie. and Judy Heumann, United States.
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Cooperative Testing in South America;Cross-national Issues in Disability;Discussion of issues associated with measurement among children;International Measurement of Disability;Measurement of Disability;Purpose and Use of Standardized Cross-national Question Sets;The Special Case of Children;The State of Disability Data;The Washington Group on Disability Statistics;UN Convention for Persons with Disability;United Nations Statistics Division;a better world for persons with disabilities;a new process of cognitive and field testing;aging populations in assisted living and nursing homes;childhood disability;contrast between developed and developing countries;involvement of organizations of persons with disabilities;process of working across countries in the UNESCAP project;the challenges of measuring childhood disability accurately