Female Community Health Volunteers

The goal of this interventional comparative study is to see if one day eye health orientation to Female Community Health Volunteers will increase footfall of patients in a Vision Center. Total of 58 Female Community Health Volunteers of Dipayal Silagadhi Municipality will receive eye health education. There is one Vision Center at Dipayal Silagadhi. Similarly there is one Vision Center at Chainpur Bajhang. Here FCHV will not receive one day eye health orientation. Currently both Vision Centers provide similar number of services. We shall compare and see if there will be any change in the number of people coming to these vision center. Female Community Health Volunteers in Dipayal Silgadhi will be asked to refer eye patients to the nearest Vision Center. They will be given 1. Eye health orientation session 2. Referral slip