Rehabilitation and Health Assessment (eBook)

Applying ICF Guidelines

DEd PhD CRC Elias Mpofu, PhD Thomas Oakland (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
760 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-5735-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Mpofu and Oakland have given us a volume of exceptional clarity, depth, and breadth, one whose utility extends well beyond rehabilitation psychology. As such, Rehabilitation and Health Assessment: Applying ICF Guidelines will be an outstanding text for courses in assessment at all levels of professional preparation and will serve as a valued reference source for future research in a wide variety of fields."e;--PsycCRITIQUESInstructor's Guide Available to Qualified Instructors! The World Health Organization's ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health) has undergone dramatic changes in the past decade, requiring that disability be understood in light of contextual, social, and personal factors. This examination of ICF guidelines provides a comprehensive survey of assessment tools, emerging technologies, and procedures necessary for personalizing rehabilitation and health care interventions.Editors Mpofu and Oakland have gathered an international team of experts to set forth this masterful volume-dedicated to helping students, researchers, and practitioners advance their understanding of test use, assessment, and measurement, using the framework and philosophy presented in the ICF model. With this book, readers will learn how to apply ICF guidelines effectively, by expanding their knowledge of:Professional issues, such as ethical quandaries, cultural and diversity considerations, and working with children and youthCutting-edge assessment technologies, such as virtual world tools, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and pre-scored health status instrumentsAssessments of patients' adaptation to disability, such as measures of pain, forgiveness, self-efficacy and resilience, spirituality, and moreMeasures of participation, including physical and functional performance, community integration, sexual functioning, and recreational activities

Inhalt

"Foreword - Norman L. Berven
Preface - Elias Mpofu, and Thomas Oakland
Part 1: Professional Issues in the ICF Context
1.Concepts and Models in Disability, Functioning, and Health
2.Development and Health Assessment in Rehabilitation with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health for Children and Youth
3.Ethical Considerations in Applying the ICF
4.Measures of Culture and Diversity in Rehabilitation and Health Assessment
Part 2: Measures and Procedures
5.Item Response Theory and Computer Adaptive Testing
6.Real and Virtual World Tools for Objectively Measuring Function During Everyday Activities
7. Healthcare Quality Assessments
8. Economic Evaluations with Pre-Scored Health Status Instruments
9. fMRI: functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
10. Measuring the Physical Environment
11. Measures of Assistive Technology Predisposition and Use
12. Assessing Universal Design in the Physical Environment
13. Assessment of Capacity
14. Life Care Planning Evaluation
15. Rehabilitation Outcome Assessment in Program Evaluation
Part 3. Measures of Adaptation and Adjustment
16. Assessment of Adaptive Behavior Development in Young Children
17. Acculturation Measures
18. Assessment of Values
19. Measures of Subjective Wellbeing
20. Pain Assessment
21. Application and Assessment of Interpersonal Forgiveness
22. Self-Efficacy and Resilience Measures
23. Assessment in Rehabilitation and Health: Spirituality and Religiosity
24. Measures of Perfectionism
Part 4. Measures of Participation
25. Measures of Functional Performance
26. Assessment of Community Integration
27. Social Safety Net Assessments
28. Sexual Functioning Assessments
29. Assessing Recreation and Leisure Participation
30. Health Literacy Assessment
Part 5: Looking ahead
31. Trends in Rehabilitation and Health Assessment
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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.8.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Rehabilitation
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-5735-1 / 0826157351
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-5735-5 / 9780826157355