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Assessment of Students’ Skills in Protective and Sighted Guide Techniques: Evidence from Schools for the Blind in Ghana

Vanderpuye, Irene; Attia, Isaac; Amoako, Richard; Fofie, Douglas; Asamoah, Daniel (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

The purpose of this paper was to assess the effective usage of protective and sighted guide techniques as key orientation and mobility (O&M) skills in the two main schools for the blind (Akropong and Wa Schools for the ...
Competence in Expanded Core Curriculum Skills: Does the Level Taught Matter to the Visually Impaired?

Ntim, Edward Kofi; Gyimah, Emmanuel K. (University of Cape Coast, 2020-08)

Educating the visually impaired requires unique consideration in which they would be provided with the tools, skills, and strategies they need to develop alternative means of obtaining information. The alternative means ...
Epidemiology of Ocular Disorders and Visual Impairment among School Pupils in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

Abu, Emmanuel K.; Yeboah, Abena A.; Ocansey, Stephen; Kyei, Samuel; Abokyi, Samuel (University of Cape Coast, 2015)

The purpose of the study was to determine the epidemiology of ocular disorders and visual impairment among junior high school children in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. A cross-sectional study was conducted among ...
Inter-Regional Trends in Causes of Childhood Blindness and Low Vision in Ghana

Ilechie, Alex; Wanye, Seth; Abraham, Carl H.; Sarpong, Josiah B.; Abu, Emmanuel; Abokyi, Samuel; Morny, Enyam; Mensah, Bismark; Amoako, Maclean O.; Fosu-Gyeabour, Simon (University of Cape Coast, 2019-12)

Background: Inter-regional trends of visual loss in most developing countries remain largely unknown. We compared the causes of childhood blindness among children attending blind schools in the northern (one school) and ...
Ocular Health of the Emerging Elderly Population in Ghana: Evidence From a Peri-urban Community

Ocansey, Stephen; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Kumi-Kyereme, Akwasi; Boadi-Kusi, Samuel Bert (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

As people age, the risk of visual impairment increases because the major eye diseases that cause visual disorders are age-related. By the age of 65, 1 in 3 people suffer from some degree of eye disease that contributes to ...

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