Preventive Blindness and Social Work: Exploring the Needs and Scope from Rural Indian Perspective with Special Reference to Cataract Patients
Preventive blindness, cataract surgery, rural perspective, social work intervention
Prevalence of cataract related blindness in India accounts for 62.2 per cent of the blindness. As catarct develops with ageing which gradually reduces the quality of vision, factors causing cataract is preventable with early detection and timely surgery of it with the replacement of the old lens with the intraocular lens. The National Programme on Conrol of Blindness (NPCB) in India stresses on expanding cataract surgery to rural and tribal areas by availing modern medical facilities in the sector. This requires the social work interventions on various levels to achieve the programme objectives. To understand the pre-surgery and post surgery status of the cataract patients and to discuss the possible scope of social work intervention, this study was carried out in a backwa district of Odisha state. For the study data was collected through interview schedule and informal discussions with key informants. The study found pre-surgery psychological barriers and quality of services as constraints to achieve programme objectives and suggests the social work means for proper implementation of the programmes.
"Preventive Blindness and Social Work: Exploring the Needs and Scope from Rural Indian Perspective with Special Reference to Cataract Patients ", IJSDR - International Journal of Scientific Development and Research (www.IJSDR.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.341 - 348, March-2021, Available :https://ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2103055.pdf
Volume 6
Issue 3,
March-2021
Pages : 341 - 348
Paper Reg. ID: IJSDR_193059
Published Paper Id: IJSDR2103055
Downloads: 000347043
Research Area: Engineering
Country: Sambalpur, Odisha, India
ISSN: 2455-2631 | IMPACT FACTOR: 9.15 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2016
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