Eye Care Delivery Newswire
This biweekly newswire reports on cutting-edge research publications on eye care and global health delivery. Designed to update Unite For Sight’s partner eye clinics on recent research, this free email publication is also available to others who request a subscription to the newswire.
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The August 2010 Eye Care Delivery Newswire reported on these recent publications:
- Mbeh et. al. “Traditional healers and diabetes: results from a pilot project to train traditional healers to provide health education and appropriate health care practices for diabetes patients in Cameroon.” Global Health Promotion, Supp (2): pp 17 – 26, (2010).
- Dupas, P. “What Matters (and What Does Not) in Households’ Decision to Invest in Malaria Prevention?” American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, vol. 99 no. 2, pp 224-230, (May 2009).
- Ramke et. al. “Stated and Actual Willingness to Pay for Spectacles in Timor-Leste.” Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 16, pp 224 – 230, (July – August 2009).
- Baruwa et. al. “Reversal in Gender Valuations of Cataract Surgery After the Implementation of Free Screening and Low-Priced High-Quality Surgery in a Rural Population of Southern China.” Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 15, pp 99-104, (March-April 2008).
The July 2010 Eye Care Delivery Newswires reported on these recent publications:
- Briesen et. al. “Understanding why patients with cataract refuse free surgery: the influence of rumours in Kenya,” Tropical Medicine and International Health, Vol. 15 No. 5, 534 – 539 (May 2010).
- Stone, J. “An Objective Evaluation of Eyedrop Instillation in Patients with Glaucoma,” Arch Opthalmol, 127(6):732-736 (2009).
- Courtright et. al. “Reaching rural Africans with eye care services: findings from primary eye care approaches in Rubavu District, Rwanda.” Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 15 no. 6, pp. 692 – 696 (June 2010).
- Holley, C. & Lee, P. “Primary Care Provider Views of the Current Referral-to-Eye-Care Process: Focus Group Results.” The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. ,(2009).
- Polack et. al. “The Impact of Cataract Surgery on Activities and Time-Use: Results from a Longitudinal Study in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines.” PLOS One, vol. 5, no. 6, (June 2010).
- Neena et. al. “Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in India.” PLOS One, vol. 3 no. 8, (August 2008).
- Ayanniyi et. al. “Refractive ocular conditions and reasons for spectacles renewal in a resource-limited economy.” BMC Ophthalmology, vol. 10, no. 12, (2010).
- Omawale, J.M. & Alamgir Houssain. “How to make an eye unit child friendly.” Community Eye Health, 23(72):18-19, (2010).
- Muller, A., Keefe, J., & Taylor, H. “Changes in eye care utilization following an eye health promotion campaign.” Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 35: 305-309, (2007).