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Challenges in horizontal integration of eye care services into the pre-existing rural primary care structure: an operations research perspective from Nigeria

, 2017
Background . The provision of population-wide, accessible, affordable, acceptable and evenly distributed qualitative eye care services remains a recurrent challenge to eye care organizations worldwide. Objectives .
Chinyere Nkemdilim Ezisi, Obiekwe Okoye, Boniface Ikenna Eze, Nkemdilim Ezisi, Chinyere, Okoye, Obiekwe, Obinna Shiweobi, Jude, Ikenna Eze, Boniface, Chimdi Memnofu Chuka-Okosa, Jude Obinna Shiweobi, Memnofu Chuka-Okosa, Chimdi   +9 more
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Developing training programmes for eye teams [PDF]

, 2018
With the increased need for eye care services worldwide, educators must approach curriculum design and teaching in a systematic way with a clear goal in mind: education of the whole eye care team, with specific competencies, to work together effectively ...
Lynn Anderson, Golnik, Karl, Anderson, Lynn, Karl Golnik   +3 more
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Gender and blindness: eye disease and the use of eye care services.

Community eye health, 2003
Summary and Recommendations from a meeting at the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Moshi, Tanzania, June 17-21 ...
Paul Courtright, Ken Bassett
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Utilization of eye health‐care services in Australia: the National Eye Health Survey [PDF]

Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2017
AbstractImportanceNational data on eye health‐care service utilization will inform Australia's eye health policy.BackgroundTo investigate the utilization of eye health‐care services by Australians.DesignCross‐sectional survey.ParticipantsIndigenous Australians aged 40 years and older and non‐Indigenous Australians aged 50 years and older.MethodsOne ...
Joshua Foreman, Jing Xie, Stuart Keel, Hugh R Taylor, Mohamed Dirani   +4 more
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Utilisation of primary health care services in rural Bangladesh : the population and provider perspectives. [PDF]

This thesis is about the Utilisation of Maternal and Child Health Care Services (MCH) in Rural Bangladesh. Investigations have been made to identify the underlying causes of low use of the MCH services provided through the public ...
Rahman, Syed Azizur
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Utilization of eye care services among those with unilateral visual impairment in rural South India: Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS)

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
AIM: To report on the utilization of eye care services and its associated factors among those with unilateral visual impairment (VI) in a rural South Indian population.
Srinivas Marmamula, Giridhar Pyda, Rohit C Khanna   +2 more
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A community-based cross-sectional study of eye care service utilization among the adult population in southern Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2023
Background: Visual impairment, which is related to many eye diseases, is a major public health problem. If detected and treated early, it can be prevented; therefore, regular use of vision services is very important. Objective: This study aimed to assess
Hailu Merga, Desalegn Amanuel, Lata Fekadu, Lamessa Dube   +3 more
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Childhood visual impairment causes and barriers to accessing eye care: A suggested approach for Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Background: Childhood vision impairment (VI) has a significantly harmful effect on both health and social outcomes. Aim: To assess the causes of childhood VI, to determine obstacles to accessing eye care services and to develop a strategy for the ...
Saif H. Alrasheed, Zoelfigar D. Mohamed, Muhammed S. Alluwimi   +2 more
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Utilization of eye care services by elderly persons in the northern Ethekwini district of Kwa-Zulu-Natal province, South Africa

African Vision and Eye Health, 2011
Although most of the causes of visual impairment and blindness in the developing world are treatable, many people do not receive eye care attention. The appropriate use of eye care services is a key factor to reducing visual impairment and blindness in ...
K. P. Mashige, C. Martin
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Accessing Government Eye Care Services: Expriences of Children With Eye Health Conditions in Mubende, Uganda

, 2021
Background: Apart from parents reluctance towards childrens early eye-care, government eye care services are costly, few ophthalmologists are in place, yet people suffering from eye infections are increasing.
Musenyente, Elijah, Niyisabwa, Odette Tumwesigye   +1 more
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