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Implementing paediatric vision screening in urban and rural areas in Cluj county, Romania
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Data analysis of screening results
Urban & rural
There were many outliers among nurses when it came to referral rates – both very low and very high referral rates – and also other indications that the protocol was not always followed correctly.
Coverage
On-site interviews with nurses
Urban Rural
Most parents consented to having their child screened.
Data analysis of screening results
Urban Rural
81% (Cluj-Napoca) and 82% (small cities) of eligible children were screened.
Most parents did not bring their children to the doctor’s office for screening. Most family doctors’ nurses who went on to screen in kinder- gartens said that they only found small numbers of children there.
25% of eligible children were screened. Screening took place in 24 out of 75 rural communes.