Baja visión en Colombia: una situación invisible para el país/Low vision in Colombia: an invisible situation for the country

The objective of this study was to analyze the regulations regarding the issue of eye care in the country, as an important and key aspect in the study of the potential access to services for low vision rehabilitation in Colombia. A qualitative, descriptive study that approached the visual health pol...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista de la Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública 2015-01, Vol.33 (1), p.22
Hauptverfasser: Oviedo, María C del Pilar, Hernández, Martha L P, Ruíz, Myriam R
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Sprache:spa
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to analyze the regulations regarding the issue of eye care in the country, as an important and key aspect in the study of the potential access to services for low vision rehabilitation in Colombia. A qualitative, descriptive study that approached the visual health policies while taking into account the theoretical model proposed by Andersen et al. A total of 38 interviews with professionals in health service-providing institutions and government agencies were conducted in six Colombian cities. The analysis, took into account the stages of the policy and the interviews were analyzed using the methodological design proposed by Taylor & Bogdan. Low-vision is invisible for visual health policies. This has a negative effect on the recognition of it as a social problem that needs to be addressed, therefore the general system for social security in health has no coverage of any sort for rehabilitation.
ISSN:0120-386X
2256-3334