How to empower communities to take action on improving eye health

As discussed earlier in this issue, we cannot assume, once appropriate services are established or useful information has been shared, that community eye health will automatically improve. There are many reasons why communities may not adopt new, healthier habits or make use of recommended eye healt...

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Main Authors: Islay Mactaggart, Paddy Ricard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2015-04-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/article/how-to-empower-communities-to-take-action-on-improving-eye-health/
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spelling doaj-e31fbe22ae8a49bcbb40fb13e9406a5c2020-11-25T02:02:15ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68331993-72882015-04-0127886466How to empower communities to take action on improving eye healthIslay Mactaggart 0Paddy Ricard 1Research Fellow in Disability and Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Islay.Mactaggart@lshtm.ac.ukEditor, Community Ear and Hearing Health, London, UK.As discussed earlier in this issue, we cannot assume, once appropriate services are established or useful information has been shared, that community eye health will automatically improve. There are many reasons why communities may not adopt new, healthier habits or make use of recommended eye health services.http://www.cehjournal.org/article/how-to-empower-communities-to-take-action-on-improving-eye-health/Planning and managementPrimary health care
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Community Eye Health Journal
Planning and management
Primary health care
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title How to empower communities to take action on improving eye health
title_short How to empower communities to take action on improving eye health
title_full How to empower communities to take action on improving eye health
title_fullStr How to empower communities to take action on improving eye health
title_full_unstemmed How to empower communities to take action on improving eye health
title_sort how to empower communities to take action on improving eye health
publisher International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series Community Eye Health Journal
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1993-7288
publishDate 2015-04-01
description As discussed earlier in this issue, we cannot assume, once appropriate services are established or useful information has been shared, that community eye health will automatically improve. There are many reasons why communities may not adopt new, healthier habits or make use of recommended eye health services.
topic Planning and management
Primary health care
url http://www.cehjournal.org/article/how-to-empower-communities-to-take-action-on-improving-eye-health/
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