Classifying health and wellbeing

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2 - Classifying health and wellbeing

Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to early years learners

from Part 1 - Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2024

Jane McCormack and

Sharynne McLeod

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Susanne Garvis and

Donna Pendergast

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Susanne Garvis: Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Donna Pendergast: Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland

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Summary

When we think about the health and wellbeing of children, we need a model that is holistic in its conceptualisation and comprehensive in its design, to ensure we gain the best understanding of their health needs and can provide the most effective support. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO, 2001) was developed by the WHO to provide a comprehensive and holistic framework for conceptualising health. WHO first defined health in a holistic way in 1946, regarding it as ‘the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (p. 100). WHO recognised a need to develop a framework that would enable professionals, services and governments to enact that definition. The ICF is based on a biopsychosocial framework and aims to integrate the medical and social models of health. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the components of the ICF and describe educational, clinical and research applications of the framework to early years learners.

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Health wellbeing childhood Australia early years functioning disability learners body functions context

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Information: Health and Wellbeing in Childhood , pp. 18 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009339506.003 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2024

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