Role of Communities to Prevent Corneal Blindness by Tariq Masood in (TOOAJ)-Lupine Publishers
The community needs to take appropriate actions itself, as well as
actions by government and non-governmental organizations. Prevention of
corneal blindness can take place at three stages:a) Level-1 Prevention: Actions taken to prevent the onset of disease. Level-2 Prevention: Actions taken to prevent complications and the
development of visual disability due to an existing disease. Level-3 Prevention: After the immediate resolution of the problem
by surgery or other treatment, actions should be taken to reduce
existing disability from disease complications right up to the point
when some patient either seen by an eye care worker or admitted to
hospital, the community should influence and trace out the ground
reality or the actual reasons .An eye care worker must have little
control over the following:The risk factors and immediate medical causes and the contributing and social factors. The community has the capacity to influence these factors, either
through change in the behavior of individuals, or by bringing
improvements at the community level. The eye care worker's role is very
vital when they participating in programmes to reduce corneal blindness.
Progressive and active campaign of community awareness will ultimately
result to build up a role of active partner in the prevention of corneal
blindness.
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