Table 2.
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Document review | N/Aa | Policies that could support implementation of primary eye care (PEC) | |||
In primary health care (PHC) facilities |
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Structured questionnaire A | Heads of facilities, which can be any cadre | Facility practices that could support PEC implementation | ||
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Structured questionnaire B | Community health extension workers | Health promotion practices that could support PEC implementation | ||
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Observational checklist A | Heads of facilities | Equipment, consumables, infrastructure, and register data that could support PEC implementation in facilities | ||
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Observational checklist B | Community health extension workers | Equipment, consumables, infrastructure, and register data that could support health promotion of PEC | ||
In purposively selected facilities |
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In-depth interviews A | Heads of facilities | PHC experiences; extent to which PEC can be implemented in their facilities | ||
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Structured questionnaire C | Village health workers | Perspectives on PEC promotion and prevention | ||
In each district |
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In-depth interviews B | District PHC supervisors | PHC management experiences; extent to which PEC could be implemented in their districts |
aN/A: not applicable; participants were not involved in the review of the document.