title: The ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)--a Swiss army knife? Accessibility and disability in a Scandinavian disability magazine (SDM)--a quantitative content analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study describes the extent to which the concept of accessibility and accessibility issues has been reported in a national Scandinavian disability magazine. In this study particular attention is paid to how the compatibility between the various domains of the international classification - International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) - has been covered in the magazine over a decade. Furthermore, other types of descriptions that the magazine has made of accessibility for people with physical disabilities are considered.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study is based on a quantitative content analysis of a total of 326 articles from the Swedish disability magazine (SDM); 450 text pages published during the years 2000-2009. The magazine's coverage has been comprehensive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More than half of the studied texts were news items about various accessibility issues. Every third article can be characterised as a news article or feature article. The most frequently reported of the ICF domains consist of two perspectives: environmental accessibility and civil rights. Public opinion articles in the form of letters to editors and editorials focused on accessibility have a low frequency. Likewise, research reports are few. The study has included a review of illustrations and photographs. The illustrations are generally of high quality, reinforcing the disability message of the article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Jorgen.Lundalv@socwork.gu.se
authors.forename: Jörgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lundälv
authors.forename: Per-Olof
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Törnbom
authors.forename: Katharina Stibrant
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sunnerhagen
mesh_terms: D001107:Architectural Accessibility / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013548:Sweden