The issue of parents' willingness to participate in preventive measures of children’s ophthalmic pathology occurrence
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https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2024.2/01Keywords:
awareness of parents about manifestations of ophthalmic pathology in children, readiness to participate in preventive measuresAbstract
The purpose of writing the publication was to analyze the results of a sociological study of the parents willingness to participate in measures to prevent the development of visual analyzer pathology in their children. Research materials and methods. The primary material for writing the publication was the results of a sociological study based on specially developed questionnaires surveying parents regarding their awareness and willingness to participate in preventive programs to preserve vision from childhood (422 questionnaires in total). The survey was conducted voluntarily and anonymously. Research methods were: medical-statistical, sociological, content analysis, system approach and system analysis. Research results. Low awareness of parents regarding the early signs detection of the visual impairments development in children of different ages was revealed. The research identified sources that enjoy the greatest trust among the population, which will be able to supplement the information provision of the population with tools. There is a need for systematic preventive examinations in educational institutions and/or state preventive programs, which, according to parents, will contribute to the prevention of ophthalmological pathology in childhood. Conclusions. The results of the conducted sociological research made it possible to identify the problem of low awareness of parents in whose families children grow up, about the trends, causes and first manifestations of visual impairment in childhood. Having significant problems with awareness of the signs and consequences of the occurrence of ophthalmopathology in childhood, parents prefer to rely on doctors, educators, state preventive programs and regular preventive examinations and, not ready to fully participate in comprehensive measures to prevent visual impairment from childhood, just as they are not ready to fully take responsibility for the formation of healthy vision functions in their own children. The revealed results are a valuable basis for making balanced management decisions, the formation of regional programs, development of complex systemic measures for the implementation of a modern medical and organizational approach to solving the specified problem.
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