Correcting near vision impairment and women's empowerment: a before-after mixed-methods study among older Zanzibari craftswomen.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand if presbyopia correction could empower older craftswomen entrepreneurs living in Zanzibar.

Design

Mixed-method, before-after intervention study.

Setting

Unguja and Pemba islands, Zanzibar.

Participants

209 craftswomen (weaving, tailoring and sewing, pottery and producing oil and making soaps) 40 years and older with correctable presbyopia, with no other ocular morbidities.

Intervention

Eye health assessment and near vision spectacle correction for 6 months.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Change in economic, social, psychological and political empowerment (4-point Likert scale responses) before and after correction. Odds ratios were calculated to determine the likelihood of upward movement on the Likert scale. Five focus gro

SUBMITTER: Omar F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575388 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature