Stakeholder perspectives on vision screening for drivers in Gauteng: Policy review implications.

IF 1.2 Q4 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Health SA Gesondheid Pub Date : 2025-02-21 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.4102/hsag.v30i0.2826
Gloria T Tamenti, Tuwani A Rasengane, Khathutshelo P Mashige
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Abstract

Background: Effective implementation of vision screening standards at driving licensing testing centres (DLTCs) necessitates adequate administrative and resource management.

Aim: To ascertain the perspectives of site managers and driver's licence examiners regarding vision screening standards at DLTCs in Gauteng province, South Africa.

Setting: The study was conducted in Gauteng province, South Africa.

Methods: A qualitative study that utilised interview questionnaires to assess site managers' and driver's licence examiners' perspectives on the vision screening standards at the DLTC sites.

Results: A total of 30 participants, comprising 15 site managers and 15 driver's licence examiners, were interviewed from 15 out of 32 randomly selected functional DLTCs in the Gauteng province. The current vision policy and driving practices have remained unchanged since their inception. The vision screening equipment utilised at DLTCs has transitioned from manually operated to automated systems. Nevertheless, frequent machine breakdowns, primarily attributed to inadequate maintenance plans, were among the most frequently reported barriers to efficient vision screening.

Conclusion: This study highlights the need to review and update vision-related policies and practices for driver licensing in South Africa. This entails establishing a Medical Advisory Board to ensure appropriate vision screening functions for driving and reliable vision screening technology. Specifically, this will include implementing a vision-related examiner's training programme with a certificate of competence, an electronic eye-testing interface, proactive equipment maintenance programmes, improved quality control mechanisms and standardisation of the vision screening process across all DLTCs.

Contribution: This study identified challenges to the effective implementation of vision screening for driving.

利益相关者对豪登省司机视力筛查的看法:政策审查的影响。
背景:要在驾驶执照考试中心有效推行视力检查标准,就需要适当的行政和资源管理。目的:确定现场管理人员和驾驶执照审查员对南非豪登省DLTCs视力筛查标准的看法。环境:本研究在南非豪登省进行。方法:采用访谈问卷的定性研究方法,评估现场管理人员和驾驶执照审查员对DLTC现场视力筛查标准的看法。结果:共有30名参与者,包括15名现场经理和15名驾驶执照审核员,从豪登省32个随机选择的功能性DLTCs中的15个中接受了采访。目前的远景政策和驾驶做法自成立以来一直没有改变。DLTCs使用的视觉筛选设备已从手动操作过渡到自动化系统。然而,频繁的机器故障,主要归因于不充分的维护计划,是最常见的障碍之一,有效的视力筛查。结论:本研究强调有必要审查和更新南非驾驶执照的视力相关政策和做法。这需要建立一个医疗咨询委员会,以确保适当的驾驶视力筛查功能和可靠的视力筛查技术。具体而言,这将包括在所有DLTCs中实施与视力相关的审查员培训计划,并颁发合格证书,电子视力测试界面,主动设备维护计划,改进质量控制机制和视力筛查过程的标准化。贡献:本研究确定了有效实施驾驶视力筛查的挑战。
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