ICF' Introduction and training program in Norway

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ICF. Introduction and training program in Norway

• Asbjørn Haugsbø, Senior Adviser

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Conditions for using ICF in Norway

• Be adapted to the organisation of the national
  Health and Social Services
• The services for disabled people are based on the
  principles of integration and decentralisation.
• A national plan for rehabilitation will be
  presented at the end of 2005.
• ICF is a valuable language to communicate between
  professional people, Health and Social services
  authorities and organisations
• International communication

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HISTORY OF ICF IN NORWAY

• ICIDH was not in use in Norway
• May 2001 WHOs General Assembly approved ICF
• October 2001 Decision to translate ICF into
  Norwegian
• May 2003 Translation and back- translation of
  short and full version finished
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History of ICF in Norway

•       January February 2004
• Contract for publication signed with WHO
• Short and full version published in book version
• Electronic version available
• National guidelines published
• National launching conference

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Responsibility placed on the Directorate for
Health and Social Affairs

• Making a plan for implementation
• Ensuring that planned activities are carried out
• Communication with WHO
• Establish a national professional advisory group
• Establish available professional services for
  daily use of the ICF

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Main areas for use of ICF

• Rehabilitation in institutions. Assessing
  functions and collecting data
• Home based care of the elderly
• Working life. Assessing functions and working
  capacity
• National Insurance. Assessing functions in
  rehabilitation and permanent disability
• Education and Research. Universities, High
  Schools, Research institutions
• Basis for financing Health Services (DRG) ?

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Projects and Development work Activities in 2005

• Work out a plan for rehabilitation based on The
  overall aim of ICF
• Preparing use of ICF in reporting of data from
  rehabilitation activities
• Translation of ICF for children and youth (ICF
  CY)
• Establish professional networks in the Health
  Regions
• Follow up Regional conferences
• Core sets. Take part in international cooperation
  (Münich)
• Support to National projects
• Cooperation with other Nordic and Baltic
  countries (Uppsala centre)

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Training program

•   National guidelines, published as book and
  electronic version
•   Produced material for use in educational work
  (power point etc)
•   Support to users from advisory group and
  Norwegian centre for Medical Informatics (KITH)

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Training program

•  Arranged a national launching conference 29
  January 2004
• Arranged 5 regional conferences.Targets
• -      Leaders of Health and Social services
• -      Personnel working with rehabilitation
• -      and disabled people
• -       Personnel working with rehabilitation
  and health insurance
• -       Personnel working with care of the
  elderly
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Launching conference. Program

• History of ICF and perspectives for the future
• Presentation of ICF
• Registration of functions based on ICF in a
  hospital
• ICF used in rehabilitation, habilitation and care
• ICF used in National Health Insurance and by
  National Labour Authorities
• Participation and disability
• ICF used in education and research

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Regional conferences. Program

• Day 1. Common program all 5 regions
• History of ICF and perspectives for the future
• Presentation of ICF. Structure, components and
  codes
• Presentation of guidelines and electronic tools
• ICF and Core sets
• Application of ICF in research
• ICF in studies of children with cerebral palsy
• ICF used in the National Health Insurance and by
  the Labour Authorities

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Regional conferences. Program

• Day 2. Separate program for each region,
  Examples
• ICF as a conceptual model used in a thesis for
  the doctorate
• ICF and outcome measures
• Group work. ICF in practical work
• Experience with ICF used in rehabilitation
• Practical use of ICF in registration of patients
  functions
• Short presentations of local projects where ICF
  is used

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Presentations available on the Internet

• English language www.nordclass.uu.se
• Randi Wågø Aas, Glen Thorsen ICF. Introduction,
  structure, components, codes
• Margreth Grotle Application of ICF in research
• Sigrid Østensjø ICF in studies of children with
  cerebral palsy
• Asbjørn Haugsbø Implementation and training
  program in Norway
• Norwegian language. Lectures from Regional
  conferences.
• www.kith.no/icf
• www.nordclass.uu.se