Why are there defaulters in eye health projects?
Clinics
; 66(9): 1585-1589, 2011. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To identify barriers to attendance for eye examination of schoolchildren.METHODS:
Cross-sectional study. Students in grades 1-4 in elementary school in Guarulhos (Brazil) were screened and referred for ophthalmic examination in 2006. Facilities offered in this project were examination arranged during weekends, free transportation, spectacle donation and two different opportunities for exam. A questionnaire was applied, by interview, to a sample consisted of students' parents attended in a community project who missed the first call and attended the recall, to identify the reasons for non-attendance.RESULTS:
The sample consisted of 767 parents or guardians, corresponding to an equal number of schoolchildren. Personal characteristics of the students 49.2 percent male and 50.8 percent female, 60.2 percent of them had never received previous ophthalmologic evaluation. Reported reasons for no-show to the project parents had not received appropriate orientation (35.6 percent), loss of working day (20.6 percent), illness (12.4 percent), had another appointment (10.0 percent). The need for eyeglasses was higher in the recall.CONCLUSIONS:
A significant number of parents did not take their children for ophthalmological exams, even when a second opportunity was offered in projects with transportation facilities, free exams performed during weekends and spectacle donation. The main causes of absenteeism were lack of awareness and work. For 87.1 percent of the absenteeism cases, the difficulties could be overcome via improved structuring of the first call. A recall increases attendance coverage of target population by only 15.2 percent (59.3 to 74.5 percent). Notably, the eye exam campaign was the first exam for most of the absent students.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Aperfeicoar_gestao_SUS
Contexto em Saúde:
10_ODS3_salud_sexual_reprodutiva
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2_ODS3
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Estudantes
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Seleção Visual
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Oftalmopatias
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
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Programas Nacionais de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clinics
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article