Visual Difficulty and Employment Status in the World

Harrabi, Hanen; Aubin, Marie-Josée; Zunzunegui, Marı́a Victoria; Haddad, Slim; Freeman, Ellen E.

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“…In this study only 28.8% were competitively employed, majority of whom were government workers. This was less than 37% in Bell's study in the United States and 64% of Harrabi et al during a global survey 15 . The rate of competitive employment is lower in this study because employers were most likely ignorant of the capabilities of the educated blind 7 and also because the major workplaces found in this community are factories and might not be conducive for the visually disabled to work in as also documented in New Zealand 16 .…”

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The Impact of Blindness on the Socio Economic Lives of Young Adults in South Western Nigeria

Onabolu¹,

O²,

Ebonhor³

2019

IJCRR

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Background: Rehabilitation of the blind in developing countries is usually focused on education for employment purposes with little attention to social life. Yet it is known that the blind have dreams and aspiration that are dampened by their disability. This study examined how rehabilitated blind adults cope socially with their disability.Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study amongst registered members of the Nigerian Association of the Blind, Ogun State Chapter. Sixty-six adults were recruited and subjected to a validated interviewer administered questionnaire. Results:Age range was 17-68 years with mean of 38.51±11.97 years. There were 42 (63.7%) males and 36 (54.5%) were married. Majority of those that were married 29 (80%) had 3 children each and 35(53%) lived in rented/institutional apartments where they either partially or fully paid for rent. 25(37.88%) participants had attained tertiary education. 50% were self-employed and 19(28.8%) were engaged in competitive employment. 44.8% of the self-employed earned less than 19000 naira per month ($52.6) while those in paid employment earned up to 72000 Naira per month ($193.9). Conclusion:Despite rehabilitation, the earning capacity of the blind adult is low. Blindness has a negative impact on social lives even after rehabilitation.

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The Impact of Blindness on the Socio Economic Lives of Young Adults in South Western Nigeria

Onabolu¹,

O²,

Ebonhor³

2019

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“…Multistage stratified cluster sampling was used . The country was divided into six regions: eastern, northern, northeastern, middle‐southern, southwestern and northwestern (excluding the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions).…”

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Hospital organizational environment and staff satisfaction in China: A large‐scale survey

Cai

Deng

et al. 2016

Int J of Nursing Practice

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The aims of the study are to explore the satisfaction of health-care staff in Chinese public hospitals with different aspects of their organizational environment and to identify factors affecting this satisfaction. The satisfaction of hospital staff members with organizational environment could be associated with the quality of patient care and patients' satisfaction. The design of the study is in the form of a survey. A questionnaire survey was performed from April to November 2008 to collect demographic characteristics of hospital staff members and analyse which organizational environment factors (hospital security policy and professional care, environmental security, safety of operations and management of human resources) influence staff satisfaction. Hospital members' satisfaction scores were high for hospital security policy and professional care but lower for safety of operations, the security of the environment and management of the human resources (lowest). Multivariate analysis identified that hospital size (large hospitals scoring highest), department (non-clinical department such as administrative or logistics department), professional title (student), position (administration) and years of employment (<3 years) were independently positively associated with overall satisfaction with organizational environment (P < 0.05). These results indicated that in China, hospital staff members were mostly dissatisfied with the administration and management of human resources. The organizational environment of hospitals should be improved to improve staff satisfaction.

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“…Hence, their ability to find employment and support themselves and provide for their families is diminished [13]. However, there was no previous study on the prevalence and associated factors of VI among adults at a community level in Ethiopia as well as in the study area.…”

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Prevalence and associated factors of visual impairment among adults at Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia.

Assefa

Admas

Adimasu

2020

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Background: Visual impairment refers to presenting distance visual acuity worse than 6/18 in the worst eye. It remains a global challenge that greatly affects the mobility, social participation and the quality of life of the people. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of visual impairment among adults aged 18 years. Methods:A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Debre Berhan town.Systematic random sampling method was employed to select the study participants from adult's aged ≥ 18 years. Data were collected by interview with a pre-tested semi structured questionnaire. Both anterior and posterior segment ocular examinations were done by Optometrists and Ophthalmologist.After all ocular examinations adult's aged ≥ 18 years with presenting Visual acuity of < 6/18 in the worst eye were considered as visually impaired. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify the determinant factors and p value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: A total of 416 participants were enrolled in the study with a 98.6% response rate. The prevalence of visual impairment among adults aged 18 years was 16.8% (95% CI: 13.5%-20.2%).Aged > 64 years (AOR=12.18, 95%CI: 4.47-33.20), illiterates AOR=3.02, 95% CI: 1.36-6.72), previous eye trauma (AOR=4.44, 95% CI: 1.64-12.04), family size > 5 (AOR: 4.44, 95% CI: 1. 43-13.75) and family history of eye problem (AOR=7.02, 95% CI: 1.95-25.22) had statistically significant association with visual impairment. Conclusions:Prevalence of visual impairment among adults was found to be a significant public health problem. Older age, illiterates, previous eye trauma, large family size and family history eye problem were positively associated with visual impairment.

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Visual Difficulty and Employment Status in the World

Cited by 42 publications

References 30 publications

The Impact of Blindness on the Socio Economic Lives of Young Adults in South Western Nigeria

The Impact of Blindness on the Socio Economic Lives of Young Adults in South Western Nigeria

Hospital organizational environment and staff satisfaction in China: A large‐scale survey

Prevalence and associated factors of visual impairment among adults at Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia.

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