141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

3070.0
Children's vision and eye care needs

Monday, November 4, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Jeff Todd, JD

8:30am
Children's visual acuity testing: A nationally representative study of prevalence and locations   
Kathleen S. O'Connor, MPH and Rosa Avila, MSPH
8:45am
Results of a survey investigating knowledge of vision problems and recommended frequency of care that administered to children prior eye examinations   
Sandra Block, OD M Ed MPH, Melissa Suckow, OD, Kathleen O'Leary, OD and Valarie Conrad, OD, MPH, ARM
     
9:00am
Addressing barriers to vision care in the Philippines: A locally designed model to meet a global health challenge   
Innes Boland, MPH
     
9:15am
Epidemiology of pediatric visits to an eye emergency room   
Ann P. Murchison, MD, MPH and Jurij Bilyk, MD
9:30am
Vison development - then and now   
Glen T. Steele, OD FCOVD FAAO
     
  

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

Organized by: Vision Care Section
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, Maternal and Child Health

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

See more of: Vision Care Section