Comparing key informants to health workers in identifying children in need of surgical eye care services

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Shija, Fortunate ^a   Shirima, Sylvia ^a   Lewallen, Susan ^a   Courtright, Paul ^a  

^a Good Samaritan Foundation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Health worker; Key informant; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE CARE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KEY INFORMANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STRABISMUS; TANZANIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84857448107     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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