WHO OFFERS GOVERNMENTS MODEL TO ASSESS HEALTH TRENDS AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW standardised statistical analysis system is now available for public policy makers that help track the impact of environmental change on the health and well-being of children and young people.
Developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), it mirrors a similar system it has long offered governments for assessing the health of adults.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY), said a note from the WHO, takes "snapshot views of population health using such parameters as ...
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