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Washington Group on Disability Statistics |
Current
Objectives,
as Modified at First Meeting
As the first order of business, the Washington Group examined the objectives established by the planning committee. At the completion of the sessions and discussions, the group revisited the objectives and refined the wording to better represent the conclusions that had been reached. The following objectives were accepted enthusiastically by the participants and were used to guide the development of a work plan:
To
guide the development of a small set(s) of general disability measures,
suitable for use in censuses, sample based national surveys, or other
statistical formats, which will provide basic necessary information on
disability throughout the world.
To
recommend one or more extended sets of survey items to measure disability
or principles for their design, to be used as components of population
surveys or as supplements to specialty surveys. These extended sets of
survey items will be related to the general measures.
Measures identified in
objectives 1 and 2 will be culturally comparable to the extent possible.
The ICF model, a useful framework to assist in the development of
these measures, will be utilized in developing the measures.
To
address the methodological issues associated with the measurement of
disability considered most pressing by the City Group participants.
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January 11, 2007
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