Eye Health Promotion

Eye Donation
CHO MODULE ON EYE CARE- PAGE 9- 13
SN MODULE ON EYE CARE- PAGE 10- 12
Learning Objectives
At the end of the session the participants should be able to understand-
• The concept of eye health promotion
• The healthy practices for eye care/health
• General health messages for eye care
• Special eye care messages for mothers and caregivers for their children
• Eye Donation
• Role of CHO and SN in Eye health promotion and in eye donation
Eye 👁‍🗨 Health Promotion focuses on

Prevent eye problems from occurring in individuals by helping them

Preventing adopt healthy eye care practices .

Diagnosis Early detection of eye problems in individuals and help them get
and treatment prompt treatment so that the disease is controlled at an early stage.

Educating Educating the community by spreading simple messages

 NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY
OUTREACH
Create awareness

• About common eye diseases and treatment methods

Helps to reach the rural poor

• Ignores treatment due to:
• Lack of money
• Lack of transportation facilities
• No one to accompany them
• Daily wage earning families
Helps to reduce curable blindness

Train the ophthalmologist and paramedical staff in compassionate patient

care
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Healthy Eyes 👀 : Care In specific
situations
Situations
If you have an eye injury, if your eyes are painful
or if your vision suddenly becomes poor.
If you have diabetes
If you have a relative with glaucoma
If your eyes come in contact with any chemicals or
substances that burn or sting
If you have problems seeing small nearby objects
or when reading.
Action for Care
Go to the hospital immediately.
Complete eye examination at least once a year,
and check your blood sugar regularly.
Have an eye examination for glaucoma at least
once a year.
Immediately rinse your eye with clean water for
at least 15 minutes.
Go to your nearest health care facility as soon as
possible. You may need glasses for near work.
 Healthy Eye messages for mothers and caregivers for their
children
1.Clean their eyes immediately after birth.
2.A baby with eye discharge needs treatment immediately.
3.Make sure all mothers/caregivers report if child is not looking at them, or at stimuli after age of 6 weeks, or not looking straight.
4.Mobilise the mother/caregivers for screening of children for eye care by RBSK team.
5.Children should not play with or near sharp objects to avoid eye injuries.
6.Avoid applying ‘kajal’ or ‘surma’ in the eyes of the children.
7.Promote early and exclusive breastfeeding for six months.
8.Mothers and children should be fully immunized including against rubella and measles.
9.Regular vitamin A supplementation of pre-school children from age of 9 months is important for good vision and healthy
growth.
10.
Children should eat foods rich in Vitamin A to keep their eyes healthy.
11.
Children should be made secure while travelling by taking all possible preventive measures of having eye injuries.
20-20-20 rule of eye care
Reading –
page 10
(CHO
module)
Eye Donation

Eye donation refers to donation of which part of the eye?

Let us read more about

eye donation from the
module
Myths and Facts of eye donation

1- Only those who have pledged their eyes can donate them after death.

2- Pledging of eyes is not important, the consent of the family member is essential, without which an eye
cannot be removed.
3- Removal of eyes does not produce any disfigurement of the face.
4- Eye donation interferes with, or delays customary final rites

5- All donor eyes are acceptable irrespective of donor’s age, including eyes of premature/ still born babies.

6- Only the cornea is used for transplantation

7- Selling or buying of human eyes is illegal

8- Eyes can be donated by a live person.

Myths and Facts of eye donation: Answers

1- Only those who have pledged their eyes can donate them after death. MYTH
2- Pledging of eyes is not important, the consent of the family member is essential, without which an eye
cannot be removed. FACT

3- Removal of eyes does not produce any disfigurement of the face. FACT

4- Eye donation interferes with, or delays customary final rites. MYTH

5- All donor eyes are acceptable irrespective of donor’s age, including eyes of premature /
still born babies. FACT
6- Not the entire eye, Only the cornea is used for transplantation. FACT

7- Selling or buying of human eyes is illegal. FACT

8- Eyes can be donated even by a live person. MYTH

Role of CHO and SN in eye donation

1. Along with ASHA, ANM/MPW, VHNSC members, support

groups, etc. help motivating community members for eye
donation.
2. Organize community meetings to educate people about eye
August 25th to September 8th
donation.
3. Organize pledge ceremonies on important village days/ festivals is observed as National eye donation
about eye donation. Remember, every year August 25th to fortnight all over our country every
September 8th is observed as National eye donation fortnight all
year.
over our country every year.
4. Facilitate whenever required, for willing family to donate eyes of
the deceased persons. Inform the PHC-MO/concerned health
facility regarding such families and make necessary
arrangements.
Evaluation

1. The process of taking corneas out of the face takes less than ____ minutes and corneas must be donated within

_____ hours of death.

2. A person suffering from diabetes cannot donate their eyes. True/False

3. Unclean hands can spread infection to the eyes. True/False

4. Regular ____ of pre-school children from age of 9 months is important for good vision and healthy growth.

5. Persons with which disease should get regular eye examination done?

6. If you have a _______ have an eye examination for glaucoma at least once a year.
Answers
1. The process of taking corneas out of the face takes less than 20 minutes and corneas must be donated within 6 hours of death.

2. A person suffering from diabetes cannot donate their eyes. True/False

3. Unclean hands can spread infection to the eyes. True/False

4. Regular vitamin A supplementation of pre-school children from age of 9 months is important for good vision and healthy

growth.

5. Persons with which disease should get regular eye examination done? Diabetes, Hypertension

6. If you have a relative with glaucoma, have an eye examination for glaucoma at least once a year.
Thank you