Abstract:Background
We aimed to explore the role of parental health beliefs in parent seeking of eye examinations for their children, using the Health Belief Model.
Methods
In this quantitative correlational survey study, 100 parents who presented to Barzilai University Medical Center in July 2021 to perform an eye examination to their child completed a questionnaire.
Results
Only 29.6% of the parents knew that a vision screening is performed in first grade, and 10% of the parents did not know where to access eye … Show more
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