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Effect of Education Sessions of a Structured School Eye Screening Programme on Indian Schoolteachers' Knowledge and Responsibility for Children's Eye Health
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Thummalapalli, Rohit; Williams, Jachin D.; Khoshnood, Kaveh; Salchow, Daniel J.; Forster, Susan H. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: To evaluate the effect of education sessions on Indian schoolteacher awareness of childhood eye health issues, responsibility for children's eye health, and successful participation in a teacher-led eye screening health intervention programme in primary schools aimed at addressing avoidable childhood blindness in India. Design:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Vision, Vision Tests
Ohio's Comprehensive Vision Project
Bunner, Richard T. – Sight-Saving Review, 1973
A vision screening program in seven Ohio counties tested 3,261 preschool children and 44,885 school age children for problems of distance visual acuity, muscle balance, and observable eye problems. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Partial Vision, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests
Itinerant Low Vision Services
Carter, Kent D.; Carter, Constance A. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Itinerant educational consultants in New Hampshire have been specially trained to implement screening, referral, teaching and followup processes that enable partially sighted students to maximize their residual visual functioning. (LH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Itinerant Teachers, Low Vision Aids, Partial Vision
Preschool Screening of Vision: The Michigan Experience.
Radke, Edmund; Blackhurst, Robert T. – Sight-Saving Review, 1978
The article reports on a Michigan program for the screening of preschool children for visual defects. The development of the modified Snellen E for testing young children is described; other test procedures are outlined. Charts illustrate the growth of the program over a 12-year period. (PHR)
Descriptors: Eyes, Identification, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests
Vision Screening for Migrant Children
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Miller, Peter G. – Children Today, 1976
Describes the operation and results of a Title I program in northern California that has provided vision screening for more than 8,000 migrant children over a 2-year period. (ED)
Descriptors: Migrant Children, Migrant Health Services, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests
Vision Screening in a Private Agency for Blind Persons.
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McEwen, B. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
A Toledo, Ohio, private agency has provided vision screening services for preschool and school age children, adults, and the elderly. This cost effective screening and sight conservation program involves both volunteers and professionals and screened 30,150 people in 1985 at a cost of $1.50 per individual. (DB)
Descriptors: Agencies, Cost Effectiveness, Partial Vision, Program Descriptions
Community Screening for Glaucoma and Diabetes
Williams, Mary T. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Descriptors: Clinics, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Services, Program Descriptions
Eye Screening in New Jersey
Cinotti, Alfonse A.; Quinones, Mark A. – Sight-Saving Review, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests, State Programs
Neonatal Vision Screening.
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Baird, Anne S.; Hemming, Ann Marie – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1982
The article gives a select overview of the purpose, process, and procedures which are involved in neonatal vision screening. Significant responses and reactions worth noting are outlined so an evaluator might have an indication of what to look for in using such a tool. (Author)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Infants, Neonates, Program Descriptions
Assessment of Vision in the Program for the Deaf.
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Barrett, Stephen S. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
A summary of evidence regarding the prevalence of visual abnormality among deaf students, appropriate planning for and implementation of vision assessment services, and the importance of follow-up services for visually impaired deaf individuals is presented. The results of seven assessment studies based in educational programs for the deaf are…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Hearing Impairments, Incidence
The Vision Education Centre: A Multi-Level Educational Tool.
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Junghans, Barbara M.; Crewther, Sheila G. – Optometric Education, 1992
The University of New South Wales (Australia) has established the Vision Education Centre, a clinic designed to attract more pediatric patients for care by senior optometry students. The center uses interactive learning principles to teach elementary school children about optics, provides screening, and offers research opportunities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinics, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
One Giant Step for Children: Vision Screening in Duval County
Kennedy, John D. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Services, Preventive Medicine, Program Descriptions
Satellite Eye Clinic: Mississippi Delta
Johnson, Samuel B. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Services