ArticleAfrican health sciences2021
Availability of low vision services and barriers to their provision and uptake in Ghana: practitioners' perspectives.
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- Low vision services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
- Barriers to assistive technology uptake among persons with disabilities in selected urban districts in Ghana.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Accessibility and challenges to ophthalmic instruments acquisition among optometry students in Ghana.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- A review of optical and digital aids for magnification techniques in low-vision rehabilitation.Journal of biological methods · 2025Review
- Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services in Saudi Arabia: A Nationwide Survey of Optometrists on Current Status and Future Directions.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Optometrists' perceptions of vision impairment services in public hospitals of Limpopo province.African journal of disability · 2025Article
- Scope of optometry practice in Trinidad and Tobago: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Barriers and facilitators in the referral pathways to low vision services from the perspective of patients and professionals: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Editorial: Infectious diseases and NCDs persist despite concerted effort.African health sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundProvision and uptake of low vision services are essential.
objectiveTo assess the availability of low vision services and barriers to their provision and uptake in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions of Ghana from the perspective of eye care practitioners.
methodsA descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional study design using semi-structured questionnaires was used to collect information from eye care practitioners selected from 58 eye care facilities in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions of Ghana.
resultsForty-four eye care practitioners from Ashanti region and 10 from Brong Ahafo region responded to the questionnaire. Seventeen (34%) of the 50 eye care facilities who reported having patients seeking low vision services in their facilities provided such services. Lack of low vision devices (94.4%) and equipment (87%) were reported to be the main barriers to the provision of low vision services. Major barriers to low vision services uptake were lack of awareness (88.7%), high cost (70.4%) and social unacceptability of low vision assistive devices (59.3%).
conclusionLack of adequate low vision services and barriers to their provision and uptake impact negatively on efforts to prevent visual impairment and blindness in Ghana.
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