A rapid appraisal of factors influencing utilization of primary eye health services among the residents in a rural community.

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dc.contributor.authorPrakash, Shama
dc.contributor.authorKaur, Manpreet
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Bikramjeet
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Abhishek
dc.contributor.authorGoyal, Pooja
dc.contributor.authorSurana, Avinash
dc.contributor.authorGoel, Shewtank
dc.contributor.authorPanesar, Sanjeet
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Anurag Ambroz
dc.contributor.authorChaturvedi, Richa
dc.contributor.authorsingh, Lalit kumar
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-16T10:21:11Z
dc.date.available2015-10-16T10:21:11Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.description.abstractBackground: Identification of factors affecting utilization of primary eye health services would help the government and other eye care providers to address inequity issues in their eye care program. Aim: Therefore this study was planned to find out barrier to utilization of eye health services among people living in rural western Uttar Pradesh. Material and methods: The current community based cross-sectional survey which involved both qualitative and quantitative methods, was conducted among the residents. A total of 216 study subjects participated in the study. Factors in the supply side influencing utilization of eye health services by people from the community were sought through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Key Informant Interview (KII). Results: Almost 80% of the respondents had agriculture as their major occupation and > 1/4th were from lower caste community. Regarding the seeking of eye care services, 52.4% respondents who gave a positive history of an eye problem in the family told they attended the nearest health facility; CHC, PHC or SC while 19.2% did actually go to the eye health center. Only 4.8% respondent did not seek any service. Among 112 respondents who were aware of one or other eye diseases, 74.6% identified dirty things fallen into the eyes as the cause of an eye problem followed by 50.3% of the respondents who pointed out injury to the eyes as the culprit. For emergency problem in the eyes 79.2% respondents told that they sought services from health facilities without delay, while 15.4% gave priority to starting household treatment. Conclusion: Raising awareness of the community about eye diseases and the services available together with strengthening of primary eye health services available at the local health facilities could help bring eye health services in closer proximity to the rural population.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPrakash Shama, Kaur Manpreet, Singh Bikramjeet, Singh Abhishek, Goyal Pooja, Surana Avinash, Goel Shewtank, Panesar Sanjeet, Singh Anurag Ambroz, Chaturvedi Richa, singh Lalit kumar. A rapid appraisal of factors influencing utilization of primary eye health services among the residents in a rural community. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2015 Apr; 2(4): 83-89.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-0026 (P)
dc.identifier.issn2394-0034 (O)
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/164590
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://iaimjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/13-A-rapid-appraisal.pdfen_US
dc.subjectFactorsen_US
dc.subjectUtilizationen_US
dc.subjectPrimaryen_US
dc.subjectEye health servicesen_US
dc.subjectCommunity.en_US
dc.titleA rapid appraisal of factors influencing utilization of primary eye health services among the residents in a rural community.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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