Vision and eye health in children 36 to <72 months: proposed data definitions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To recommend a standardized approach for measuring progress toward national goals to improve preschool children's eye health.

Methods

A multidisciplinary panel of experts reviewed existing measures and national vision-related goals during a series of face-to-face meetings and conference calls. The panel used a consensus process, informed by existing data related to delivery of eye and non-eye services to preschool children.

Results

Currently, providers of vision screening and eye examinations lack a system to provide national- or state-level estimates of the proportion of children who receive either a vision screening or an eye examination. The panel developed numerator and denominator definitions to measure rates of children "who completed a vision screening

SUBMITTER: Marsh-Tootle WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4274339 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature