Publications by authors named "Anthony B Hall"
Introduction: Intervention Mapping is the protocol used by the Kilimanjaro Diabetic Programme to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based screening programme for diabetic retinopathy. Two comic strips were developed to deliver the message on the need for diabetic retinopathy screening.
Objectives: The first objective was to develop a culturally appropriate and accessible health message to promote diabetic retinopathy screening for the target audience.
Article Synopsis
- - The Kilimanjaro Diabetic Programme used the Intervention Mapping framework to create a community-centered diabetic retinopathy screening initiative, focusing on health behavior change and prevention of blindness.
- - Key methods included needs assessments, clinical trials, educational components for healthcare workers, and innovative motivational tools like comic strips, which collectively improved diabetes management in both urban and rural settings.
- - The program successfully addressed barriers to screening, established mobile retinal screening, and initiated rural clinics, demonstrating a structured approach to enhance eye health among people with diabetes.
Background: The Kilimanjaro Diabetic Programme was initiated in response to the needs of people living with diabetes (PWLD) to identify barriers to uptake of screening for diabetic retinopathy, to improve management of diabetes, and establish an affordable, sustainable eye screening and treatment programme for diabetic retinopathy. Intervention Mapping was used as the framework for the needs assessment.
Methods: A mixed methods approach was used.
Purpose: Microbial keratitis (MK) is a major cause of blindness in Africa. This study reports the epidemiology, causative organism, management and outcome of MK in people admitted to a large referral hospital in Northern Tanzania, and explores why the outcomes are so poor for this condition.
Methods: A retrospective review of all admissions for MK during a 27-month period.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of cytomegalovirus virus (CMV) retinopathy among a consecutive group of Tanzanians with AIDS with CD4 count <100 cells/μl.
Methods: Patients with HIV infection with CD4 count <100 cells/μl presenting consecutively to infectious disease services at two hospitals were examined by indirect ophthalmoscopy with fully dilated pupils. Additional clinical information was collected by interview and from patient files.
Objective: To determine the best approach to examine first-degree relatives (FDR) of glaucoma patients in a rural African setting.
Methods: Randomized controlled trial of FDR aged 40 years and older of (index) open angle glaucoma patients who presented to KCMC Hospital. Two strategies of uptake were tested.