4351.0 Barriers and Facilitators to Access to Eye Care

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
National, state, and local data could help identify disparities in eye diseases, vision conditions, and access to eye care that can inform and advance national, state, and local policies. This session discusses vision and eye health disparities, identifies the reasons given for not seeking eye care, and describes supply and demand of eye care services within and outside the country.
Session Objectives: 1) Describe health disparities in accessing eye care services; 2) Demonstrate the need to reduce vision health disparities: 3) Provide evidence for public health policy and decision making
Moderator:
John E. Crews, DPA

2:30pm
Use of vision rehabilitation and adaptive devices among adults with visual impairment
Asel Ryskulova, MD, PhD, MPH, Rebecca Hines, MHS and Rosemary Janiszewski, MS, CHES
2:50pm
Racial disparity of eye exam among the US work-age population with diabetes: 2002-2009
Qian Shi, Yingnan Zhao and Lizheng Shi
     
3:10pm
Ocular Findings among Low-Income Uninsured Adults: Relation to Healthy People 2020 Vision Objectives
Janis Ecklund Winters, OD
     
3:30pm
Planning for the Supply of Eye Care Providers
Mort Soroka, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Vision Care Section
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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