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Barriers to the uptake of eye care services: A cross-sectional survey from rural and urban communities. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
PurposeTo explore the barriers to the uptake of eye care services in urban and rural communities in Papua New Guinea.MethodsThis was a population-based cross-sectional descriptive study and involved multi-stage sampling.
Bismark Owusu-Afriyie, Nancy Peter, Felix Ivihi, Issac Kopil, Theresa Gende   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A systemic review of barriers to accessing paediatric eye care services in African countries. [PDF]

Afr Health Sci, 2021
Alrasheed SH.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Utilization of Secondary Eye Care Services in Western Kenya. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019
Background: Eye care provision is currently insufficient to meet the population’s eye health needs in Kenya. Many people remain unnecessarily visually impaired or at risk of becoming so due to treatable or preventable conditions. A lack of access and awareness of services are key barriers, in large part due to their being too few eye care providers in ...
Rono MMed HK, Macleod D, Bastawrous A, Wanjala E, Gichangi M, Burton MJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Economic evaluations of eye care services for Indigenous populations in high-income countries: a scoping review. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Nejatian MM, Sincari A, Alam K, Li I, Razavi H.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Availability of Eye Care Services and Management Strategies for Ocular Conditions in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal. [PDF]

Clin Optom (Auckl)
Mosololi R, Sukati V, Nkoana P.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Building consensus for the development of child eye care services in South Darfur State of Sudan using the Delphi technique [PDF]

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2018
Background: Global estimates suggest there are almost 19 million visually impaired children worldwide, most of whom reside in poor countries, with the major cause being treatable.
Saif H. Alrasheed, Kovin S. Naidoo, Peter C. Clarke-Farr, Kamal H. Binnawi   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Improving access to eye care services in Ghana using community health structures

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: To improve access to appropriate eye health care services within the community health structures in Ghana, pre- and post-intervention studies were carried out to explore the feasibility of integrating primary eye health into the community ...
Anthony Ofosu, Ivy Osei, Maria Hagan, Leticia Biekro, Albert K. Awedoba, Boateng Wiafe   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Commentary: Population-based assessment of barriers for the uptake of eye care services among elderly people: Findings from rapid assessment of visual impairment studies from Telangana, India. [PDF]

Indian J Ophthalmol, 2022
Kulkarni S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Enhanced patient counselling and SMS reminder messages to improve equitable access to community-based eye care services in Meru, Kenya: An embedded, pragmatic, individual-level, two arm, equity-focused, Bayesian RCT within an adaptive platform trial [PDF]

Allen LN, Kim MJ, Gichangi M, Macleod D, Carpenter J, Tlhajoane M, Karanja S, Bolster N, Bunywera C, Rono H, Merletti F, Tadesse D, Odero K, Munyendo D, Njeru A, Murira S, Omoga T, Mutinda A, Burton M, Bastawrous A.   +19 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Integrating eye care into Community Health Centers: a framework for advancing vision equity in underserved communities [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
Vision health is a critical yet often overlooked component of comprehensive primary care, particularly for underserved populations. Patient access to eye care services enhances workplace productivity, household income, and employment opportunities ...
Angelica C. Scanzera, Diane Russo, Susan A. Primo, Judes Fleurimont, Justin H. Markowski   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources