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Italian experience - PURPOSE: To present the preliminary results of training courses on the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) prepared
by Italian WHO FIC CC and to report on strategies for ICF dissemination among
primary health care (PHC) workers in Mavalane Health Area, Maputo, Mozambique.
METHODS: A participant-observer description of ICF principles introduction and
development of ICF-CY modified checklists in Mavalane health area according to a
person-environment interaction classification (PEIC) tree. RESULTS: The first ICF
courses were held at Mavalane hospital and involved 25 health workers and 24
members of the health committee acting in the local area. The courses were
prepared having as a framework the theoretical principles of the UN Convention of
rights of persons with disabilities and the ICF bio-psychosocial model. The
trainers adapted and modified the course materials to increase the applicability
of the protocol to the cultural and social reality of Mozambique, eventually
applying the person-environment interaction classification (PEIC) tree.
CONCLUSIONS: The very first phase of this project indicates that the use of the
ICF checklist is feasible also in a crowded and busy environment like some PHC
units of a developing country. However, data collection require a simpler and
lighter to use data compilation tool. The proposed new checklist, which includes
a PEIC tree, makes easier the compilation and the collection of data.

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