4430.0 Preventing Vision Loss and Promoting Eye Health Across the Lifespan

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Preventive management and disease treatment of visual health care consumes a large proportion of the US health care budget, and easily correctable visual health problems are a major contributor to quality of life and productivity losses world wide. This session provides perspectives on eye care education and national objectives in vision loss prevention and eye health promotion.
Session Objectives: 1) Demonstrate the needs and focuses of eye care education across the lifespan; 2) Describe a better understanding of national eye health objectives;
Moderator:
Christine Harden, OD

4:30pm
Hill's Criteria for Causation and the Worldwide Fusarium Keratitis Epidemic of 2004-2006
John D. Bullock, MD,MPH,MSc
     
4:50pm
Visual impairment among adults aged ≥40 years — New Mexico, 2008
Mam Ibraheem, MD, MPH, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
     
5:10pm
Eyes that Thrive in School
Catherine A. Johnson, OD, Stacy A. Lyons, OD, Karine Martirosyan, MD, MPH and Katherine Majzoub, RN, MBA
     
5:30pm
Safety and Vision in Older Drivers: Does The Evidence Support Current Policy?
Lori L. Grover, OD and Chuck C. Shih, MHS
     

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

Organized by: Vision Care Section
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Vision Care Section
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