This book presents a comprehensive treatise on community ophthalmology principles and practices for countries with developing and emerging economies. It is replete with chapters on basic epidemiology, health economics, basic statistics and lays the foundation of the global eye health-care programs with skills for community-based epidemiological projects in eye care. With extensive experience in conducting various epidemiological surveys funded by the Ministry of Health, WHO, Indian Council of Medical Research, etc., the editors provide practical knowledge to ophthalmologists, public health specialists, physician-scientists, researchers, eye care program managers, optometrists, and academicians involved in community ophthalmology operational studies.

Key Features:

Presents a single platform for knowing everything about community ophthalmology from statistics and epidemiology to financing in an easy and succinct manner
Serves as a robust resource and an advanced teaching tool for medical professionals
Includes well-illustrated, succinct chapters for better understanding of various aspects of public health in eye care
Provides tips and tricks for dealing with both expected and unexpected situations while conducting epidemiological research and data collection in the field.

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Yes, you can access Textbook of Community Ophthalmology by Praveen Vashist, Noopur Gupta, Suraj Singh Senjam, Vivek Gupta, Praveen Vashist,Noopur Gupta,Suraj Singh Senjam,Vivek Gupta in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2023

eBook ISBN

9781000955705

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
About the Editors
Contributors
Abbreviations
1 Concepts of Community Ophthalmology (Public Health for Eye Care)
2 Basic Epidemiology, Statistics, and Research Methodology
3 Epidemiological Principles Applied to Eye Diseases: Blindness and Visual Impairment
4 Epidemiological Research and Surveys in Eye Care
5 National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment
6 Vision 2020: The Right to Sight: A Global Initiative to Effectively Address Blindness and Visual Impairment
7 Primary Eye Care and Practices
8 Health Promotion in Eye Care
9 Ophthalmic Human Resources in the Country
10 Introduction to Health Economics
11 Low Vision and Rehabilitation
12 Management of Low Vision
13 Teleophthalmology and Digital Technologies for Primary Eye Care
Index

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