Cataract services for all: Strategies for equitable access from a global modified Delphi process.

ABSTRACT: Vision loss from cataract is unequally distributed, and there is very little evidence on how to overcome this inequity. This project aimed to engage multiple stakeholder groups to identify and prioritise (1) delivery strategies that improve access to cataract services for under-served groups and (2) population groups to target with these strategies across world regions. We recruited panellists knowledgeable about cataract services from eight world regions to complete a two-round online modified Delphi process. In Round 1, panellists answered open-ended questions about strategies to improve access to screening and surgery for cataract, and which population groups to target with these strategies. In Round 2, panellists ranked the strategies and groups to arrive at the final lists regionally

SUBMITTER: Ramke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021896 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature