Shah, PeterCross, Vinette2008-01-082008-01-082006Eye, 20(9): 988-9970950-222X1644002210.1038/sj.eye.6702130http://hdl.handle.net/2436/15811Metadata onlyThe inter-relationship between health-care research, policy and service development is convoluted and difficult to articulate. This paper describes a framework for planning research into a range of ophthalmic conditions differentially associated with specific ethnic groups. It discusses the utility of the 'Shah-Cross Model' in mapping development of a glaucoma research project, and communicating its implications for local eye-care policy and ophthalmic services directed towards detection and management of primary open-angle glaucoma in the African-Caribbean population in the UK.enOpthalmic servicesShah-Cross ModelAfrican-CaribbeansEyecare policyUKGlaucomaBlindnessJournal articleEye: Journal of Royal College of Ophthalmology