Ocular health assessment of cocoa farmers in a rural community in Ghana
Cocoa farming provides employment for over 800,000 households in rural Ghana, with the country currently touted as the second largest producer of cocoa worldwide. Agriculture is one of the riskiest occupations for the eyes due to the numerous ocular hazards on farms. The authors conducted an ocular health assessment among cocoa farmers at Mfuom, a rural community in the Central Region of Ghana, to examine the ocular health status and the ocular safety measures used by cocoa farmers. A structured questionnaire was used to evaluate demographic characteristics, ocular injuries, and utilization of eye care services and ocular protection, and a clinical examination was used to evaluate their ocular status. Cocoa farmers were at high risk for ocular injuries and farm-related vision disorders and utilized eye care services and ocular protection poorly. Ocular condition identified were mainly refractive error (28.6%), cataract (20.0%), glaucoma (11.7%), conjunctivitis (13%), pterygium (2.7%), and cornea opacity (2.2%). There is a need for the introduction of an interventional eye care program to help address the ocular health challenges identified among the farmers. This can be done through collaborative efforts by educational institutions, government, and other role players in the agricultural industry to improve the quality of life of the vulnerable cocoa farmers in rural Ghana.
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2014 |
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2014 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19 |
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Journal of agromedicine - 19(2014), 2 vom: 05., Seite 171-80 |
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Englisch |
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Boadi-Kusi, Samuel Bert [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 12.11.2015 Date Revised 02.12.2018 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1080/1059924X.2014.886537 |
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