VISION CENTRES VISION CENTRES (operated by female staff)
RESEARCH Mission for Vision has been actively involved in primary research to identify the gaps in delivery of primary eye-care services and determine workable solutions for appropriate eye health care. With the help of MFV's technological innovation PRISM - Patient Related Impact Studying Mechanism, we have been able to gather evidence on various dimensions of eye health systems. This data is particularly useful to understand the effectiveness of our programmes and mould the eye health interventions based on the needs of the community.
Out of the total
We conducted this study with the aim of understanding whether a dedicated vision centre (VC), managed exclusively by women staff, would improve access to primary eye health services amongst women and girls in tribal and remote rural communities in Maharashtra. The uptake of primary eye care services and other regular parameters at an all-women VC were assessed and compared with the standard VC model.
Out of the total
9,730
20,542
57.2%
61%
patients screened at the two VCs,
Women Healthcare Providers and Uptake of Primary Eye Care Services
(operated by male staff)
(5,563) were women and girls. The refractions done and cataract cases identified were
patients screened at the two VCs,
(12,531) were men. The refractions done and cataract cases identified were
15.7%
8.3%
6% (582)
2.2% (462)
(1,527) and respectively, of which over
60%
were women.
(1,706) and
of which about
61% were men.
On the whole, the uptake of screening services and identification of refractive errors and cataract cases were significantly higher amongst women clients at the VC that were manned and operated by female staff as compared to the standard VC, where the uptake of screening services was significantly GROUND highest for the male subjects.
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