Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services in central Kenya: a rapid exploratory sequential mixed methods study

Luke N Allen, Sarah Karanja, Michael Gichangi, Cosmas Bunywera, Emmaculate Muturi, Dickson Gachobi, Purity Kathure, Elizabeth Mutile Muasa, Lorna Mutwiri, Lorna Kajuju, Faith Kagwiria, Benjamin Ntabathia, Hillary Rono, David Macleod, Min Kim, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Nigel M Bolster, Andrew Bastawrous

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002856
Published: 2026-07
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjph-2025-002856,
  title = {Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services in central Kenya: a rapid exploratory sequential mixed methods study},
  author = {Luke N Allen and Sarah Karanja and Michael Gichangi and Cosmas Bunywera and Emmaculate Muturi and Dickson Gachobi and Purity Kathure and Elizabeth Mutile Muasa and Lorna Mutwiri and Lorna Kajuju and Faith Kagwiria and Benjamin Ntabathia and Hillary Rono and David Macleod and Min Kim and Malebogo Tlhajoane and Matthew J Burton and Jacqueline Ramke and Nigel M Bolster and Andrew Bastawrous},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Public Health},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjph-2025-002856},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-002856}
}

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TI  - Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services in central Kenya: a rapid exploratory sequential mixed methods study
AU  - Luke N Allen
AU  - Sarah Karanja
AU  - Michael Gichangi
AU  - Cosmas Bunywera
AU  - Emmaculate Muturi
AU  - Dickson Gachobi
AU  - Purity Kathure
AU  - Elizabeth Mutile Muasa
AU  - Lorna Mutwiri
AU  - Lorna Kajuju
AU  - Faith Kagwiria
AU  - Benjamin Ntabathia
AU  - Hillary Rono
AU  - David Macleod
AU  - Min Kim
AU  - Malebogo Tlhajoane
AU  - Matthew J Burton
AU  - Jacqueline Ramke
AU  - Nigel M Bolster
AU  - Andrew Bastawrous
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Public Health
DO  - 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002856
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Allen, L. N., Karanja, S., Gichangi, M., Bunywera, C., Muturi, E., Gachobi, D., Kathure, P., Muasa, E. M., Mutwiri, L., Kajuju, L., Kagwiria, F., Ntabathia, B., Rono, H., Macleod, D., Kim, M., Tlhajoane, M., Burton, M. J., Ramke, J., Bolster, N. M., & Bastawrous, A. (2026). Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services in central Kenya: a rapid exploratory sequential mixed methods study. BMJ Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-002856

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