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Vision loss: a public health problem

WEBA recent report from Prevent Blindness America and the National Eye Institute (NEI) draws attention to what may hitherto have been a large blind-spot for improving the quality of …

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Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care: Where Do We Go from …

WEBIn Part 1 of the paper, we discuss what is known about disparities in vision and eye health and eye care. We first categorize these disparities by sociodemographic …

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Impact of Health Literacy on Eye Health Disparities

WEBDisparity in health literacy is a fundamental factor behind why preventable vision loss disproportionately impacts certain communities. Lower health literacy has …

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The Importance of Health Literacy in Addressing Eye

WEBDisparities in eye health and eye care frequently result from a lack of understanding of ocular diseases and limited use of ophthalmic health services by …

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Vision and Public Health: Framing a Purpose for Our Work

WEBThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report “Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow”1 offers an invaluable …

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Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Vision Care Access and

WEBHealth disparities resulting from the inequitable distribution of resources within health care may lead to worse outcomes for subsets of the population.1 …

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Data Sources for Evaluating Health Disparities in Ophthalmology

WEBData provide an opportunity to discover disparities and inequities that may otherwise be unrecognized. Within the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) …

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Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care

WEB3. Disparities in Access to Vision and Eye Care Access to vision and eye care remains one of the greatest unmet health needs in the United States. Race, ethnicity, income, …

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The Importance of Health Literacy in Addressing Eye Health …

WEBThe Importance of Health Literacy in Addressing Eye Health and Eye Care Disparities Hilda Capó, MD,1 Jane C. Edmond, MD,2 Chrisfouad R. Alabiad, MD,1 Ahmara G. …

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The 2021 National Eye Institute Strategic Plan

WEBThese NEI core areas coincide with the clinical divisions of most ophthalmology and optometry departments. In developing the new strategic plan, we …

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Cataract in the Adult Eye Preferred Practice Pattern®

WEBEvidence-based update of the Cataract in the Adult Eye Preferred Practice Pattern® (PPP) guidelines, describing the prevalence, risk factors, and natural history of cataract …

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Global Trends in Blindness and Vision Impairment

WEBWe provide global estimates of the prevalence of corneal blindness and vision impairment in adults 40 years of age and older and examine the burden by age, …

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Guidelines on Diabetic Eye Care

WEBDiabetes mellitus (DM) is a global epidemic and affects populations in both developing and developed countries, with differing health care and resource levels. …

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Ensuring Information Integrity in the Electronic Health Record: The

WEBThe electronic health record (EHR) was introduced in part to improve patient safety. However, a report by the Institute of Medicine from 2012 suggests that safety outcomes …

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Comprehensive Adult Medical Eye Evaluation Preferred Practice …

WEBOverall, the prevalence of POAG for adults aged 40 and older in the United States was estimated to be about 3.05% in 2013. Prevalence studies suggest that POAG will …

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Barriers to Access

WEBDisparities in access to eye care persist despite ongoing efforts to address well-established barriers to comprehensive eye care and screening services. The …

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Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics with Pediatric …

WEBVision screening and regular eye care can help detect and treat potentially irreversible vision impairment. This study aims to investigate the associations between …

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Improving Access to Eye Care

WEBResults: Four key themes regarding access to eye care from both patient and eye care professional per- spectives emerged in the literature: (1) barriers and facilitators to …

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Patient Accessibility to Eye Care in the United States

WEBThe 2-step floating catchment area approach was used to newly define eye care shortage areas (patient accessibility score [PAS], higher being worse accessibility) …

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