Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific People experience worse health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. No population-based eye health survey has been conducted, and eye health services do not generate routine monitoring reports, so the extent of eye health inequality is unknown. This information is required to plan equitable eye health services. In this scoping review, we aimed to summarise the nature and extent of the evidence reporting vision impairment, its main causes and access to eye health services by ethnicity in New Zealand.

Methods

This scoping review was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. An information specialist conducted a search on MEDLINE and Emba

SUBMITTER: Rogers JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812767 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature