Search Results - "Valaguru, Vijayakumar"

Making the decision to donate eyes: Perspectives from the families of the deceased in Madurai, India by Subburaman, Ganesh-Babu B, Kempen, John, Durairaj, Saravanan, Balakrishnan, Vijayakumar, Valaguru, Vijayakumar, Namperumalsamy, Venkatesh, Thulasiraj, Ravilla, Gupta, Sachin

“…Purpose: To identify factors affecting family members' decision whether to donate eye organs. Methods: A community-based case-control study based on in-home…”
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Response to comments: Making the decision to donate eye organs: Perspectives from the families of the deceased in Madurai, India by Subburaman, Ganesh-Babu, Kempen, John, Duraisamy, Saravanan, Vijayakumar, Balakrishnan, Valaguru, Vijayakumar, Namperumalsamy, Venkatesh, Ravilla, Thulasiraj, Gupta, Sachin

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Economic and social factors that influence households not willing to undergo cataract surgery by Radhakrishnan, Muralikrishnan, Venkatesh, Rengaraj, Valaguru, Vijayakumar, Frick, Kevin

“…Purpose: Literature investigating barriers to cataract surgery is mostly done from the patient's point of view. However, many medical decisions are jointly…”
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Community Health Workers for Prevention of Corneal Ulcers in South India: A Cluster-Randomized Trial by SRINIVASAN, MUTHIAH, RAVILLA, THULASIRAJ, VIJAYAKUMAR, VALAGURU, YESUNESAN, DEVANESAM, MANI, ISWARYA, WHITCHER, JOHN P., OLDENBURG, CATHERINE E., O'BRIEN, KIERAN S., LIETMAN, THOMAS M., KEENAN, JEREMY D.

“…To determine whether a community health worker (CHW) program increases referrals to local eye care providers and ultimately reduces the incidence of corneal…”
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Utilization of community-based rehabilitation services for incurably blind persons in a rural population of southern India by Vijayakumar, Valaguru, Datta, Dipankar, Karthika, Arumugam, Thulasiraj, Ravilla D, Nirmalan, Praveen K

“…To identify barriers in utilisation of community based rehabilitation (CBR) services for incurably blind persons in rural South India. A community-based…”
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Diabetes mellitus in the Tamil Nadu State-Noncommunicable diseases nurse model in diabetic retinopathy screening by Ramakrishnan, Rengappa, Abdul Khadar, Syed Mohideen, Srinivasan, Karthik, Kumar, Hariesh, Vijayakumar, Valaguru

“…Tamil Nadu is one of the states in India, where the diabetic retinopathy (DR) project was implemented in the Tirunelveli District. Aravind Eye Hospital,…”
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The key informant strategy to determine the prevalence and causes of functional low vision among children in South India by Ganesh, Sandra C., Narendran, Kalpana, Nirmal, Jeyanthi, Valaguru, Vijayakumar, Shanmugam, Sangeetha, Patel, Nish, Narayanaswamy, Prabha, Musch, David C., Ehrlich, Joshua R.

“…Purpose: To report the prevalence and causes of functional low vision (FLV) in school-age children in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India and to report our…”
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Household Preferences for Cataract Surgery in Rural India: A Population-based Stated Preference Survey by Radhakrishnan, Muralikrishnan, Venkatesh, Rengaraj, Valaguru, Vijayakumar, Frick, Kevin D.

“…Abstract Purpose: Cataract surgery is provided both by the private and public sector in India. Free cataract surgery (with minimal amenities) funded through…”
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Cluster Randomized Trial to Compare Spectacle Delivery Systems at Outreach Eye Camps in South India by Ramasamy, Dhivya, Joseph, Sanil, Valaguru, Vijayakumar, Mitta, Vinod P., Ravilla, Thulasiraj D, Cotch, Mary Frances

“…Abstract Purpose: To study the optimal method for delivery of spectacles at eye camps to maximize procurement and use. Methods: A cluster randomized controlled…”
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Cluster Randomized Trial to Compare Spectacle Delivery Systems at Outreach Eye Camps in South India: Eye Health Services by RAMASAMY, Dhivya, JOSEPH, Sanil, VALAGURU, Vijayakumar, MITTA, Vinod P, RAVILLA, Thulasiraj D, COTCH, Mary Frances

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Quality of life after community-based rehabilitation for blind persons in a rural population of South India by Vijayakumar, Valaguru, John, Rajesh K, Datta, Dipankar, Thulasiraj, Ravilla D, Nirmalan, Praveen K

“…This study aimed to determine the impact of community-based rehabilitation on the quality of life of blind persons in a rural south Indian population. We…”
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