Eye health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities : the report of a review commissioned by the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Family Services, Dr. Michael Wooldridge / Hugh R. Taylor
Published
Canberra, ACT : Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services, 1997
Canberra : Department of Health and Family Services, 1997
xii, 142 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Contents
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Primary eye health care -- Specialist eye health care -- Refractive error and the provision of glasses -- Cataract -- Diabetic retinopathy -- Trachoma -- Othe eye conditions -- Economic copst of eye disease -- Environmental health issues in remote and rural Aboriginal communities -- A National Information Network -- References -- Appendices : Written submission received -- Organisations and individuals contacted by the review -- Schedule of visits -- Data collection methodology -- Ophthalmic equiptment requited by a regional services -- Steering committee members and meeting times -- Attendees at the stakeholders workshops
Summary
Argues that the components and resources needed for successful delivery of eye health to Indigenous people are available; political will and commitment needed for implementation; detailed state of primary health care, specialist eye health care, diabetic retinopathy, trachoma, cataracts and other conditions by State
Analysis
Aborigines
Diabetes
Federal issue
Health services
Interstate comparisons
Torres Strait Islanders
Trachoma
Vision
Notes
On cover and t.p.: Uwankuru palya ngalkalpai = Better vision for all
