3255.0 Vision and Its Impact on Learning including School Vision Screening, Vision As A Part Of Wellness Goals And Alternative Methods Of Delivering Vision Care To Children at Schools

Monday, October 27, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Jean E. Ramsey, MD,MPH

12:30 PM
Measurement of impact of uncorrected hyperopia and/or astigmatism on low-income preschoolers' cognitive abilities in the context of a community outreach program
Anne-Catherine Roch-Levecq, PhD, Barbara L. Brody, MPH, Ronald G. Thomas, PhD and Stuart I. Brown, MD
12:50 PM
New England Eye/Renaissance School Vision Center (NEERSVC): A partnership between the New England Eye Institute (NEEI) and Boston Renaissance Charter Public School (BRCPS)
Catherine A. Johnson, OD
     
1:10 PM
Accuracy of vision measurement by ancillary personnel among rural Chinese secondary school children: The X–PRES Study
Abhishek Sharma, MBBS, MMed, Nathan Congdon, MD, MPH, Mingzhi Zhang, MD, Liping Li, PhD and Dennis S. C. Lam, MBBS, MD
1:30 PM
Visual impairment and use of eye care services among U.S. children
Asel Ryskulova, MD, PhD, MPH and Richard Klein, MPH
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Vision Care Section
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, School Health Education and Services

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