Impact of diabetic retinopathy awareness training on community health workers' knowledge and referral practices in Fiji: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Sharan Ram (Author), Masoud Mohammadnezhad (Author), Komal Ram (Author), Prarthana Dalmia (Author), Moneeta Pal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs) are effective in raising awareness about diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy (DR). In Fiji, CHWs were trained in a 1-day diabetic retinopathy (DR) awareness to provide communities with adequate basic knowledge about diabetes and DR to improve awar...