Vision rehabilitation workforce in Italy: a country-level analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research and monitoring of human resources available for vision rehabilitation services has been a neglected area of work in the past. This study aims to offer an overview of the vision rehabilitation workforce available in Italy, in order to profile the distribution and number of human resources for vision rehabilitation.

Methods

Data on the available vision rehabilitation professionals were collected from the yearly report on the state of implementation of policies relating to the prevention of blindness, education and vision rehabilitation, according to a law which was passed by the Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Health Prevention. The report presents a review of all professional workers dealing with low vision rehabilitation centers in Italy between

SUBMITTER: Amore F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11526560 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature