Causes of childhood visual impairment and unmet low-vision care in blind school students in Ghana

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Ntim Amponsah, C T ^a   Amoaku, W M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind; Childhood blindness; Low vision; Residual vision; Traditional medicine; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GHANA; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SPECTACLES; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL AID; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SCHOOLS; SENSORY AIDS; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 52649093446     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9134-x     Document Type: Article

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