Download or read book Refractive Errors Public Health Challenges and Interventions written by Carla Lanca and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Research Topic is Volume 2 in the Research Topic series 'Myopia: Public Health challenges and interventions'. Uncorrected refractive errors are a significant cause of impaired vision and blindness in most world populations. During early childhood, uncorrected refractive errors may affect visual development and result in amblyopia. The largest burden of refractive error is myopia which significantly increases the risk of blinding conditions such as myopic macular degeneration, glaucoma, and cataract. High myopia poses greater risks than mild or moderate myopia. Epidemiological research and advocacy have positioned uncorrected refractive errors on the global health agenda as a major public health issue. However, more research is needed to determine the full extent of the threat posed by refractive errors, to establish effective interventions and to consolidate prevention methods.

Download or read book Myopia Public Health Challenges and Interventions written by Carla Lanca and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Management of Refractive Errors Prescription of Spectacles written by Yogesh Shukla and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of refractive errors for clinicians. The text begins with an overview of the consulting room and detail on eye tests and the diagnosis of different refractive disorders including myopia, cycloplegia, presbyopia, aphakia, and more. The following chapters explain types of lenses and frames, and their suitability for correcting different ocular conditions. A complete chapter is dedicated to the management of patients with medical problems and refractive errors. Key points Practical guide to diagnosis and management of refractive errors Explains eye tests and diagnosis of different refractive disorders Details types of lenses and frames and their suitability for correcting individual conditions Complete chapter dedicated to management of patients with refractive disorders and medical problems

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Download or read book Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday communication, social activities, educational and professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation, depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social development, academic achievement, and better health across the lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general, has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing; physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered framework to guide action and coordination among various, and sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides specific examples of how population health strategies can be translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and local levels.

Download or read book Refractive Errors written by National Eye Institute and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pattern of Refractive Errors Amongst Students in Calabar Nigeria written by Emmanuel Olu Megbelayin and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blindness due to refractive errors is a substantial public health problem in many parts of the world. Its presence implies inadequate eye care services in the population concerned since treatment of refractive errors is probably the simplest and most cost effective of eye care interventions. Studies on barriers to uptake of optical services among school children are few all over the world. Yet recommendations from studies on refractive errors may not be meaningful if children with detected refractive errors do not wear glasses for one reason or another. The study contained in this book gave a succinct, yet detailed outlook of this situation in a typical urban setting in Africa's most populous nation. The meticulous research protocols and layout make this book a guiding companion for health care and allied professionals and students alike who might contemplate research work among school children anywhere in the world. Governmental and non-governmental organizations would also find this work instructive.

Download or read book South East Asia Eye Health written by Taraprasad Das and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers all aspects of eye health in South-East Asia from public health to health system to education to industry in 6 sections. The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia region comprises of 11 countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste. This region is home to 26% of world population; there is a disproportionate amount of blindness (30.6%) and visual impairment (36%). This is a first of its kind book that discusses common conditions of visual impairment and blindness in the South-East Asia region. In addition, the book documents the current eye care industry in the region and the contribution of all eye health INGOs in eye care program planning and service delivery for many decades. Majority of the countries in the South-East Asia region are categorized in ‘middle-income country’ group. This book discusses the common challenges in these countries such as, suboptimal public expenditure in health, acute shortage of skilled eye health workforce, and rudimentary health industry. The book covers the following 6 sections: 1. Geographic description and health indices of the region 2. Health system evolved over years, including universal eye health, health financing and health management information system (HMIS) 3. Common eye problems including non-communicable disease NCD (and diabetic retinopathy), neglected tropical disease NTD (and Trachoma) 4. Health workforce in the region that includes ophthalmologists, optometrists, and allied ophthalmic personnel 5. Eye health support in the region of 13 international non-government organizations (INGOs) working for decades 6. Eye health industry in the region that includes spectacles, ophthalmic devices and equipment and the pharma industry The book would be a useful resource for ophthalmologists, all public health personnel and policy makers in eye health in the South-East Asia region specifically and all ophthalmologists and scientists interested in public health all over the world as well as for program planning to reach the 'Health for All' strategy by 2030 (United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 2030).

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Download or read book Updates on Myopia written by Tien Y Wong and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book discusses basic clinical concepts of myopia, prevention of progression and surgical treatments for myopia and pathological myopia. It also summarises the latest evidence and best practices for managing myopia, high myopia and its complications. Written by leading experts, the book addresses clinical diagnosis and interpretation of imaging modalities, and various complications of myopia such as glaucoma, choroidal neovascularization, retinal degeneration and cataracts. It is a valuable comprehensive resource for general and sub-specialist ophthalmologists as well as residents and ophthalmologists in training.; This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

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Download or read book Public Health and Community Optometry written by Robert D. Newcomb and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1980 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Services for Children with Eye Problems written by American Public Health Association. Program Area Committee on Child Health and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eye Health Challenges and Solutions written by Kai Cao and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eye health is an important part of public health. It is estimated that more than 40 million people are blind and more than 550 million people suffer from mild to severe visual impairment by 2020. In addition, at least one billion people worldwide suffer from visual impairment, most of which could have been prevented. The majority of people with vision impairment and blindness are over the age of 50 years; however, vision loss can affect people of all ages. The World Health Organization reports that the top causes of blindness and vision loss include cataract, uncorrected ametropia, glaucoma, age-related macular disease, diabetes retinopathy, etc. As people's lifestyles change, the disease spectrum is evolving across the globe, and responses and strategies need to change in time. Efforts to reduce the prevalence, incidence, progression of eye diseases could have a profound impact on public health. The aim of the current Research Topic is to focus on recent and novel research trends in ocular diseases (glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, myopia, etc) and visual impairment, especially preventive strategies to avoid younger age of ocular diseases onset and vision loss. Additionally, new studies are important to identify strategies that would help better screen ocular diseases or prevent vision loss. We aim for a state-of-the-art collection of articles that will provide professionals and managers with knowledge of the risk factors, prediction, screening, management, and prevention of ocular diseases, as well as the risk factors, prediction, management, and prevention of vision loss.

Download or read book Refractive Error in School Children written by Godwin Ovenseri-Ogbomo and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally, refractive error remains a public health problem. It is one of the leading causes of avoidable blindness. One major set back in controlling this easily preventable cause of visual impairment is the lack of data on the distribution of refractive error among various population groups especially in developing countries. The present work utilizes the Refractive Error Study in Children (RESC) protocol to determine the prevalence of refractive error among school children in the Cape Coast Municipality of Ghana. It is hoped that this modest attempt will be useful for planning school eye health in the country.

Download or read book Refractive Errors Advances in Research and Treatment 2011 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refractive Errors: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about Refractive Errors in a concise format. The editors have built Refractive Errors: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Refractive Errors in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Refractive Errors: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Download or read book Hyperopia and Presbyopia written by Kazuo Tsubota and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2003-05-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining established and emerging treatments for the correction of hyperopia and presbyopia, this reference offers guidance on technologies such as thermal or conductive keratoplasty, corneal implants, laser scleral relaxation, scleral expansion rings, intraocular lenses, and LASIK modifications.