Technical capacities needed to implement the WHO's primary eye care package for Africa: results of a Delphi process.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to establish the technical capacities needed to deliver the WHO African Region's primary eye care package in primary healthcare facilities.

Design

A two-round Delphi exercise was used to obtain expert consensus on the technical complexity of each component of the package and the technical capacities needed to deliver them using Gericke's framework of technical feasibility. The panel comprised nine eyecare experts in primary eyecare in sub-Saharan Africa. In each round panel members used a 4-point Likert scale to indicate their level of agreement. Consensus was predefined as ≥70% agreement on each statement. For round 1, statements on technical complexity were identified through a literature search of primary eyecare in sub-Saharan Africa fr

SUBMITTER: Aghaji A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7986885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature