2. Introduction:
Primary level Services
Human resource
Equipment
Screening programs
Community Participation/Awareness(Health
Promotion)
Monitoring of services
3. VISION 2020
VISION 2020
VISION 2020
Vision 2020 will strive to make refractive services
and corrective spectacles affordable and available
to the majority of the population through primary
health care facilities, vision screening in schools
and low-cost production of spectacles. Similar
strategies will be adopted to provide low vision
services.
4. PHC vs PEC
Primary health care in relaltion to Primary
eyecare
1. Better nutrition-Prevents vitamin A deficiency
2. Water and sanitation programmes-Relevant in
trachoma control
3. Delivery of maternal and child health care-
Reduce retinopathy of prematurity
4. Health education-Prevention of eye trauma
5. IAPB MEETING IN DURBAN
IAPB Durban
IAPB MEETING IN DURBAN
Refractive services can be the entry point for
developing health care and for screening for
other diseases, eg glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy
etc.
Integration is therefore critical
6. Refractive Correction: Priority
-High Priority: < 6/18
-Moderate Priority: <6/12
-Low Priority: <6/9
-Children: < 6/12
-Adults: < 6/18
This should inform services at the primary eye
care level
7. Priority Groups
Children aged 11-15 with myopia and people over
the age of 45 years who require spectacles for near
vision
8. Refractive error in Children
Visual acuity screening of children can be
performed at community level by teachers,
health care workers etc.
11. The Importance of Primary
Eyecare
Training
Supervision
Support
Referral
This extends from from the clinic nurse at the
district and community health centre to the eye
nurse at the district hospital and the eye doctor
at the regional hospital.
12. Primary Level Services
Community Level
Primary Level Services
Services provided:
Screening programs
Case Finders
Sifting out and correcting Presbyopes
Readers for presbyopia
Referring for ocular disease
13. District Health System
District Health System
District Health System
WHO: Framework for delivery
WHO: Framework for Delivery
WHO: Framework for delivery
HEALTH
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SPECIALIST CARE (40)
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NON-
CLINIC SPECIALISED SERVICES
SPECIALIST
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14. District Hospital
•Refer to district:
Ophthalmic nurse/OCO/Optometrist/Refractionist
Treatment of Ocular Disease
Refraction including Diagnoses of astigmatism
Basic Low Vision
15. Human Resources Required
Primary Health Care nurses
Community Health Care facilitators
Community Health Care workers
Teachers, Social workers
Community representatives and structures
16. Skills needed
Recognition and primary care management of
the following:
-Eye injuries
-Refractive errors
-Eyelid swelling
-Red eye
-Cataract
-Educating patients about hypertensive and
diabetic retinopathy, trachoma etc
17. Training needs
Training Needs
-Vision assessments
-Vision screening/ School screening techniques
-Presbyopic correction
-Management of basic eye conditions eg.
conjunctivitis
18. Responsibilities
Case History
Visual Acuity
External exam with a penlight
Installation of eyedrops and ointments
(Antiallergic and antibiotic ointments and
eyedrops)
Awareness of cataract surgery, other eye
conditions etc.
19. Equipment required
Screening Tools:
Distance VA charts
Near VA charts
+2.00 spectacles (Children sreening)
Ocludder
Pinhole
Pd ruler
Torch
20. Provision of spectacles
Provision of Spectacles
spectacles
-Affordable and or subsidised
-Ready mades: Presbyopic correction
Inventory of spectacles for same day
dispensing
23. Aim of school vision testing
Aim of school vision testing
Aim of school vision testing
Amblyopia
Refractive errors
To detect eye diseases in older children
Limited by resources: human,
infrastructure and finance
24. Age of vision screening
Age of vision screening
Age of vision screening
Options:
Preschool age
Primary school age
Secondary school age
27. Community Screening
Community Screening
Community Screening
Primary health care centers
Collaboration with community based
organisations
For children in the community the same school
screening techniques should be followed.
29. Community Participation
Providing affordable (even free) and
accessible services does not guarantee
that they will be used.
-Cultural and other beliefs and/or fears
-Sense of ownership is important in
ensuring uptake of services
30. Community Participation
Access to and uptake of existing eye-care
services:
- Ensure there are no barriers or other
constraints to the use of services at the eye
unit itself.
- Develop outreach services that operate
effectively.
- Ensure adequate number of staff working in
primary eye care and in outreach facilities.
31. Community Participation
Continuation:
- Ensure that community members seek out eye-
care services when needed.
- Ensure that communities are actively involved in
eye-screening.
33. Potential approaches to increase
awareness/health promotion
Basic eye health workers and general health
staff
CBR workers
Village health workers
Survey/questionnaire/focus groups
Mass media
Traditional healers
School teachers and schoolchildren
Community groups (women’s groups,
religious groups)
34. Monitoring of services
-School children identified with refractive errors
and provided with spectacles.
-Number of adults given presbyopic corrections
-Number of referrals for refraction at the
secondary level
-Uptake of spectacles
-Number of people referred for other eye
conditions