Queensland, Australia

1. Functional Descriptive Taxonomy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s
injuries—ICF-CY?
SANDRA KIRKWOOD, CENTRE FOR CHILD HEALTH
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF HEALTH & BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION
All images are used in accordance with Creative Commons

2. Acknowledgement of Country

3. OUR GOAL: AVOIDING
INJURIES FOR ALL
HOSPITALISATIONS FOR
INJURY & POISONING
2013-14 (AIHW)
• 74,000 CHILDREN
AGED 0–14
• 80,000 YOUNG
PEOPLE
AGED 15–24

4. Indigenous
10-24 years
hospitalised with
injury & poisoning
8,432
AIHW: A&TSI
adolescent & youth
HWB 2018
Age in
years
Number
10-14 1,917
15-19 3,118
20-24 3,397

5. Categorising
children’s
injuries?
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander Ways
of Knowing
Most Indigenous people
aged 10-24 years are
connected to their culture.
AIHW, 2018

6. Voice of First Nations Peoples
Telling Stories—Language Description

7. World Health
Organisation
International
Classifications
ICD, ICF

8. International
Classification of
Functioning,
Disability & Health
Child and Youth
Version ICF-CY
(WHO, 2007) Merge
with ICF

10. Body Functions
and Structures
Impairments

11. Environmental
Context &
Relationships
Activities
Participation
Barriers
Facilitators

12. Personal
Factors
History, age
Race
spirituality
Traditions
Beliefs
Land / Sea

13. We Perform
our Health
Creative Expression
Thick Description
Yarning & storytelling
Deep Listening
 https://www.facebook.com/childrensheal
thqld/videos/439256650201082/

14. Can we classify injuries
functionally?
Using ICF
1,685 categories
What are benefits?
Who classifies?
Why?

15. Health condition
Body Structures
Body Functions
Activities
Participation
Environment
Personal Factors

16. Data
Sovereignty
Functional
Descriptive
Taxonomies

17. Common
Language
Consider use of
ICF to benefit
children

18. Your Views…
Classification
How to
understand,
reduce children’s
injuries trauma?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsMUeJ1PVes

19. Voices and Views—”Have your Say!”
A&TSI
representation
WHO
collaborating
centre
Discuss your health
in your own terms
Classify with ICF-CY
Note omissions
Suggest changes

20. Acknowledgements
Clinical Research Manager,
Centre for Children’s Burns
and Trauma Research
 Dr Bronwyn Griffin
Support from:
 Colleagues from Burns and
Trauma Research Group
 Queensland Children’s
Hospital staff and students
Helpful advice from:
 Queensland Aboriginal and
Islander Health Council