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October 15, 2025Journal of Public Health in Africa

Myopia awareness and knowledge among parents in Kumasi Metropolis and Bekwai Municipality

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SKSylvester KyeremehKMKhathutshelo Percy MashigeKNKovin Naidoo

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Overview

Descriptive study assesses myopia awareness in parents, revealing demographic influences on knowledge and preference for community-based education.

Key Points

  • Low myopia awareness was observed among parents, with only 33% indicating prior knowledge of the condition.
  • Of the aware parents, 93.81% had adequate knowledge about myopia and its implications for children's vision health.
  • Descriptive cross-sectional study utilized a semi-structured questionnaire, with double-staged cluster sampling to recruit 747 parents.
  • Community-based approaches were preferred for increasing myopia awareness, indicating a need for targeted educational interventions.

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Kyeremeh et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68efbd16d61273c8652d818dhttps://doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v16i1.1522
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