The PEN Fa’aSamoa initiative : an integrated platform for hearing and vision screening in Samoa

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dc.contributor.author Kaspar, Annette
dc.contributor.author Swanepoel, De Wet
dc.contributor.author Pifeleti, Sione
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-02T10:57:07Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-02T10:57:07Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.abstract Global efforts are underway to reduce hearing and vision disorders worldwide, especially those due to avoidable causes among children living in low and middle-income nations. The strategies recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) Prevention of Deafness and Blindness Division are comprehensive, and include addressing medical causes such as otitis media and trachoma, as well as implementing public health measures such as routine childhood immunization programs, improved general health and nutrition, and upgrades in environmental health and living standards. Given the well-known adverse effects of hearing and vision disorders on speech, language, literacy and learning development, school-based health screening programs are further recommended to enable early intervention and optimal management for any hearing and vision concerns identified. en_US
dc.description.department Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being en_US
dc.description.uri https://journals.sagepub.com/home/GPH en_US
dc.identifier.citation Kaspar, A., Swanepoel, D.W., Pifeleti, S. 2023, 'The PEN Fa’aSamoa initiative : an integrated platform for hearing and vision screening in Samoa', Global Pediatric Health, vol. 10, pp. 1-4. DOI: 10.1177/2333794X231203504. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2333-794X
dc.identifier.other 10.1177/2333794X231203504
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96762
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sage en_US
dc.rights © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. en_US
dc.subject Child en_US
dc.subject Pacific Islands en_US
dc.subject Hearing en_US
dc.subject Vision en_US
dc.subject SDG-03: Good health and well-being en_US
dc.title The PEN Fa’aSamoa initiative : an integrated platform for hearing and vision screening in Samoa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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