Improving equity, efficiency and adherence to referral in Pakistan's eye health programmes: Pre- and post-pandemic onset [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundOver one billion people worldwide live with avoidable blindness or vision impairment. Eye Health Programmes tackle this by providing screening, primary eye care, refractive correction, and referral to hospital eye services.
Asad Aslam Khan +12 more
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Application of the precision eye health education model in myopia prevention and control in adolescents. [PDF]
Front PediatrWang Q, Zhang L, Wu Y.
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An enhanced educational intervention for improving confidence in the eye health benefits of appropriate care for age-related macular degeneration: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
Health Educ ResWang E, Doig GS, Ly A.
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Evaluating Parental Awareness Regarding the Children’s Visual Examination
Çocuk Dergisi, 2022 Objective: Objective visual evaluation are an essential part of childhood check-ups. This study aims to evaluate parental awareness, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the children’s vision screening.
İsmail Yıldız
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What the comprehensive economics of blindness and visual impairment can help us understand
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 Since the year 2000, the amount written about the economics of blindness and visual impairment has increased substantially. In some cases, the studies listed under this heading are calculations of the costs related to vision impairment and blindness at a
Kevin D Frick
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Integrating eye health into policy: Evidence for health systems strengthening in KwaZulu-Natal
African Vision and Eye Health, 2020 Background: Available evidence is that eye health care receives less attention compared to other allied health professions in public health services across South Africa, yet vision impairment is known to have significant social and economic consequences.
Lungile M. Buthelezi, Diane van Staden
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Attitude and behaviour of soft contact lens wearers toward compliance in Gauteng, South Africa
African Vision and Eye Health, 2023 Background: There are ongoing concerns regarding adherence to contact lens (CL) care regimens by wearers. Global studies evaluating behavioural trends have shown that full compliance to CL wear is rare and widespread non-compliance exists.
Tania B. Noach +2 more
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Health systems analysis of eye care services in Zambia: evaluating progress towards VISION 2020 goals. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: VISION 2020 is a global initiative launched in 1999 to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. The objective of this study was to undertake a situation analysis of the Zambian eye health system and assess VISION 2020 process indicators on ...
Blanchet, K +7 more
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Okul Öncesi Sağlık Taramalarının Değerlendirilmesi: Artvin İli Örneği
Ankara Medical Journal, 2017 Amaç: Bu çalışma Artvin Merkez Toplum Sağlığı Merkezi bölgesinde bulunan beş anaokulundaki çocukların okul sağlığı tarama programı ile sağlık durumlarının değerlendirilmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Vasfiye Güven +1 more
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The Power of Advocacy: Advancing Vision for Everyone to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals
International Journal of Public Health, 2022 Advocacy is instrumental to achieving significant policy change for vision. Global advocacy efforts over the past decades enabled recognition of vision as a major public health, human rights, and development issue.
Eva Lazuka-Nicoulaud +4 more
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