Finding children who are blind

Community Eye Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 62, 2007, Pages 30-31

  Muhit, Mohammad A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 34447520505     PISSN: 09536833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Muhit MA, Shah SP, Gilbert CE, Hartley SD, and Foster A. The key informant method: a novel means of ascertaining blind children in Bangladesh. Br J Ophthalmol. First published online on 12 April 2007, http://bjo.bmj.com/cgi/ content/abstract/bjo.2006.108027v1
2. Boye J. Validating key informant method in detecting blind children in Ghana. J Comm Eye Health 2005;18(56): 131.
3. Kalua K. Use of key informants in determining the magnitude and causes of childhood blindness in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi. J Comm Eye Health 2007;20(61): 8.
4. Gilbert CE, Foster A, Negrel AD et. al. Childhood blindness: a new form of recording causes of vision loss in children. Bull World Health Org 1993;71: 485-489.