A multi-country look at care and implications of diabetic retinopathy and vision impairment: Perspectives of adults with diabetes and health care providers

3080.0
Vision Health: A Global Perspective

Monday, November 2, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Oral

Session Objectives: Implementation of vision health from a global perspective

Moderator:

Bhagya Segu, optometrist

8:30am

Primary eye care services provided at the primary health facilities: Evidence from Cross River State, Nigeria
Bernadine Ekpenyong, OD, MPH, PhD, FNCO, Antor O. Ndep, DrPH, CHES, Nwakuso Aruotu, OD and Nelson Osuchukwu, OD, MPH, PhD

8:50am

ROC711 School-based Intervention Program on Myopia Prevention – a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Taiwan
PEI-Chang WU, 77317123, Ken-Kuo Lin, Meng-Ling Yang, CHI-Chin SUN, Chien-Neng Kuo, Hsiu-Mei Huang, YI-Chieh Poon, Chueh-Tan Chen, PO-Chiung Fang, I-Hui Yang, Hun-Ju Yu, Chia-Ling Tsai, Chau-Yin Chen, Jou-Chen Huang, PEI-Chen WU, Shu-Ti Chiou* and YI-Hisn Yang*

9:10am

Immigration Status and Utilization of Optometry Services in the United States
Fernando Wilson, PhD, Yang Wang, MHEM and Jim Stimpson, PhD

9:30am

A multi-country look at care and implications of diabetic retinopathy and vision impairment: Perspectives of adults with diabetes and health care providers
Tongtan Chantarat, MPH, CLC, Ebele Benjamin, MPH, RN, David Chaney, PhD, MSc, RN, RNT, Peter Ackland, M.Phil, Maya Scherer, MPH and Jane Barratt, MSc, PhD

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

Organized by: Vision Care
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, International Health, Socialist Caucus

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

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