BackgroundA national eye survey was conducted in 1996 to determine the prevalence rates of blindness and low vision and their major causes among the Malaysian population of all ages. Methods-A stratified two-stage cluster sampling design was used to randomly select primary and secondary sampling units. Interviews, visual acuity tests and eye examinations on all individuals in the sampled househ...

BACKGROUND A national eye survey was conducted in 1996 to determine the prevalence of blindness and low vision and their major causes among the Malaysian population of all ages. METHODS A stratified two stage cluster sampling design was used to randomly select primary and secondary sampling units. Interviews, visual acuity tests, and eye examinations on all individuals in the sampled househol...

Background and Objectives: Parents do not have the sufficient perception of the care their suffered children receive. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between barriers to care with parents’ perceptions of primary care and quality of life in thalassemia major children in Kerman, Iran. Methods:  The study was Descriptive-analytical and Cross...

Background Vietnam’s network of commune health centers (CHCs) have historically managed acute infectious diseases and implemented national disease-specific vertical programs. Vietnam has undergone an epidemiological transition towards non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Limited data exist on Vietnamese CHC capacity to prevent, diagnose, and treat NCDs. In this paper, we assess NCD service r...

BACKGROUND Quality improvement is attracting the attention of the primary health care system as a means by which to achieve higher quality patient care. Ontario, Canada has demonstrated leadership in terms of its improvement in healthcare, but the province lacks a structured framework by which it can consistently evaluate its quality improvement initiatives specific to the primary healthcare sy...

BACKGROUND Mobile phone screens can facilitate stimulation to various components of the visual system and many mobile apps are accepted as a means of providing clinical assessments for the oculo-visual system. Although many of these apps are intended for use in clinical settings, there is a growing number of apps in eye care developed for self-tests and eye exercises for lay people. These and o...

As a hospital doctor, I rarely write about general practice unless it’s to defend, celebrate, or support it. Primary care is the engine room of the NHS and underpins its equity, efficiency, and access. But it’s underfunded, understaffed, and overstretched by rising demand. I’m breaking my “no primary care columns” rule and asking where GPs themselves think that UK general practice should go nex...

Total Health is a vision for the future and a strategy to prevent preventable disease, save lives, and make health care more affordable. Total Health means health of mind (behavior health) and health of body (physical health). To achieve Total Health we need healthy people in healthy communities. A behavior medicine specialist is a psychologist who works in the medical home with the primary car...

to identify and describe factors relating to quality of life (qol) for subjects with low vision and blindness in iran's sistan-baluchestan province, this research designed. this cross sectional study was done on subjects with vision disability who randomly selected and covered by the zahedan welfare organization, zahedan, iran. evaluations were made for the following factors related to visual i...