Arbuckle R D
Soc Sci Med. 1983;17(22):1789-92. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90393-3.
This paper outlines briefly the background of the International Eye Foundation and the origins of the Kenya Rural Blindness Prevention Project (KRBPP). It examines in some detail the major objectives of the project and the activities which have contributed toward the achievement of those objectives. Objectives of the KRBPP include the strengthening of therapeutic services in rural areas, motivating a re-orientation toward preventive education and away from exclusively curative services and the development of appropriate educational and promotional materials on primary eye care and blindness prevention. The activities of the project have included the development of mobile rural blindness prevention units, the provision of training to health workers at all levels, curricula development for use in health training institutions and the development of a variety of educational and promotional materials for use by health workers, school teachers, students and the general public. It is suggested that the KRBPP can serve as a model for the development of similar national blindness prevention projects throughout the developing world.
本文简要概述了国际眼库基金会的背景以及肯尼亚农村失明预防项目（KRBPP）的起源。它详细审视了该项目的主要目标以及为实现这些目标所开展的活动。KRBPP的目标包括加强农村地区的治疗服务，推动从单纯的治疗服务重新转向预防教育，并开发有关初级眼保健和失明预防的适当教育及宣传材料。该项目的活动包括组建流动农村失明预防小组，为各级卫生工作者提供培训，开发供卫生培训机构使用的课程，以及为卫生工作者、学校教师、学生和公众开发各类教育及宣传材料。有人认为，KRBPP可为发展中世界其他国家开展类似的失明预防项目提供范例。
