Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for 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. Here we outline the protocol for a scoping review to report the nature and extent of the evidence reporting vision impairment, and the use of eye health services by ethnicity in New Zealand.

Methods and analysis

An information specialist will conduct searches on MEDLINE and Embase, with no limit on publication dates or language. We will search the grey literature via websites of relevant government and se

SUBMITTER: Rogers JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442104 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature