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PREVENTION OF »BLINDNESS« Potentialities of a Systems Analysis Approach
Author(s) -
NIŽETIĆ B.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1974.tb00360.x
Subject(s) - blindness , multitude , field (mathematics) , optometry , computer science , management science , term (time) , risk analysis (engineering) , public health , medicine , engineering , political science , pathology , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , law
A multitude of activities are carried out under the label of “prevention of blindness”. A definition of this term and of related concepts is discussed with the aim of rationalizing and bringing more precision into the planning and evaluation of programmes in this field. Emphasis is placed on the importance of an appropriate eye‐health information system, of a systems‐analysis methodology for the rational planning of eye‐health services and of the necessary manpower in the field of public health ophthalmology. A definition of this field is presented and illustrated by a conceptual systems model.