4172.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Patient Education Strategies to Prevent Vision Loss

The most difficult, and most important, step in preventing blindness is reaching the people at the most risk with appropriate, understandable information. This session will present several methods of vision and eye health education.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: The participant will learn about several different methods for eye health education for hard-to-reach populations.
Organizer(s):Elaine Yatzkan, OD
12:30 PM"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
Dr Norma K Bowyer, OD, MS, MPH, Dr Dan Bintz, OD
12:45 PMProcess for the Development of Culturally Appropriate Publications
Wanda Parham, MPA, Arlen Rosenthal, MA, Adrienne Y Semidey, Rikki Welch, Karen Silver, MPH
1:00 PMMultifaceted Approaches for the Evaluation of an Educational Exhibit
Arlen Rosenthal, MA, Adrienne Y Semidey, MA, Wanda Parham, MPA, Ewa Carlton, Jean Horrigan
1:15 PMQualitative Research Methodology for Hard-to-Reach Populations
Adrienne Y Semidey, MA, Arlen Rosenthal, MA, Ed Briggs, D Div, Rosemary Janiszewski, MS, CHES
1:30 PMUse of evidence-based practice guidelines to improve patient care, patient education and disease screening
Valarie L. Conrad, OD, MPH, Pamela Boyce, OD
Sponsor:Vision Care Section
Cosponsors:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA