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 Neurology of Vision and Visual Disorders written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurology of Vision and Visual Disorders, Volume 178 in the Handbooks of Neurology series provides comprehensive summaries of recent research on the brain and nervous system. This volume reviews alterations in vision that stem from the retina to the cortex. Coverage includes content on vision and driving derived from the large amount of time devoted in clinics to determining who is safe to drive, along with research on the interplay between visual loss, attention and strategic compensations that may determine driving suitability. The title concludes with vision therapies and the evidence behind these approaches. Each chapter is co-written by a basic scientist collaborating with a clinician to provide a solid underpinning of the mechanisms behind the clinical syndromes. Reviews the neurological underpinnings of visual perception disorders Encompasses the cortex to the retina Covers functional organization, electrophysiology and subcortical visual pathways Discusses assessment, diagnosis and management of visual perception disorders Includes international experts from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Singapore, and the UK and US

Download or read book Visual Impairments written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-17 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When children and adults apply for disability benefits and claim that a visual impairment has limited their ability to function, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to determine their eligibility. To ensure that these determinations are made fairly and consistently, SSA has developed criteria for eligibility and a process for assessing each claimant against the criteria. Visual Impairments: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits examines SSA's methods of determining disability for people with visual impairments, recommends changes that could be made now to improve the process and the outcomes, and identifies research needed to develop improved methods for the future. The report assesses tests of visual function, including visual acuity and visual fields whether visual impairments could be measured directly through visual task performance or other means of assessing disability. These other means include job analysis databases, which include information on the importance of vision to job tasks or skills, and measures of health-related quality of life, which take a person-centered approach to assessing visual function testing of infants and children, which differs in important ways from standard adult tests.

Download or read book Developmental Visual Dysfunction written by Rhoda P. Erhardt, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA and published by Erhardt Developmental Products. This book was released on 1990-11-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows 3 case studies of children with cerebral palsy: mild, moderate, and severe, from infancy to adulthood. Traditional frames of reference from medical, educational, and developmental models are presented to create a functional approach to the assessment and management of the motor components of vision. The wire coil bound edition of 210 pages contains 134 photographs and illustrations which help to clarify normal and atypical development of vision, and suggest ways to integrate intervention programs into home, school, and community activities.

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction written by Richard Langton Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction Limits of vision written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1. Visual optics and instrumentation, edited by W. N. Charman. v.2. Evolution of the eye and visual system, edited by F.R. Cronly-Dillon and R.L. Gregory. v .3. Neuroanatomy of the visual pathways and their development, edited by B. Dre her and S.R. Robinson. v.4. The neural basis of visual function, edited by A.G. Leventhal. v.5. Limits of vision, edited by F.F. Kulikowski, V. Walsh and I.F. Murray. v.6. The perception of colour, edited by P. Gouras. v.7. Inherited and acquired colour vision deficiencies, edited by D.H. Foster. v.8. Eye movements, edited by R.H.S. Carpenter. v.9. Binocular vision, edited D. Regan. v.10. Spat ial vision, edited by D. Regan. v.11. Development and plasticity of the visual system, edited by F.R. Cronly-Dillon. v.12. Visual agnosias, by O-F. Grüsser an d T. Landis. v.13. Dyslexia, edited by F.F. Stein. v.14. Pattern recognition by man and machine, edited by R.F. Watt. v.15. The Man-machine interface, edited by F.A.F. Roufs. v.16. The susceptible visual apparatus, edited by F. Marshall. v.17. Index.

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction written by Richard Langton Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Visual Impairment and Blindness written by Giuseppe Lo Giudice and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blindness and vision impairment affect at least 2.2 billion people worldwide with most individuals having a preventable vision impairment. The majority of people with vision impairment are older than 50 years, however, vision loss can affect people of all ages. Reduced eyesight can have major and long-lasting effects on all aspects of life, including daily personal activities, interacting with the community, school and work opportunities, and the ability to access public services. This book provides an overview of the effects of blindness and visual impairment in the context of the most common causes of blindness in older adults as well as children, including retinal disorders, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular or corneal degeneration.

Download or read book Vision and the Brain written by Amanda Hall Lueck and published by AFB Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cerebral visual impairment (also known as cortical visual impairment, or CVI) has become the most common cause of visual impairment in children in the United States and the developed world. Vision and the Brain is a unique and comprehensive sourcebook geared especially to professionals in the field of visual impairment, educators, and families who need to know more about the causes and types of CVI and the best practices for working with affected children. Expert contributors from many countries represent education, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, ophthalmology, optometry, neuropsychology, psychology, and vision science, and include parents of children with CVI. The book provides an in-depth guide to current knowledge about brain-related vision loss in an accessible form to enable readers to recognize, understand, and assess the behavioral manifestations of damage to the visual brain and develop effective interventions based on identification of the spectrum of individual needs. Chapters are designed to help those working with children with CVI ascertain the nature and degree of visual impairment in each child, so that they can "see" and appreciate the world through the child's eyes and ensure that every child is served appropriately.

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction Evolution of the eye and the visual system written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction Evolution of the eye and the visual system written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1. Visual optics and instrumentation, edited by W. N. Charman. v.2. Evolution of the eye and visual system, edited by F.R. Cronly-Dillon and R.L. Gregory. v .3. Neuroanatomy of the visual pathways and their development, edited by B. Dre her and S.R. Robinson. v.4. The neural basis of visual function, edited by A.G. Leventhal. v.5. Limits of vision, edited by F.F. Kulikowski, V. Walsh and I.F. Murray. v.6. The perception of colour, edited by P. Gouras. v.7. Inherited and acquired colour vision deficiencies, edited by D.H. Foster. v.8. Eye movements, edited by R.H.S. Carpenter. v.9. Binocular vision, edited D. Regan. v.10. Spat ial vision, edited by D. Regan. v.11. Development and plasticity of the visual system, edited by F.R. Cronly-Dillon. v.12. Visual agnosias, by O-F. Grüsser an d T. Landis. v.13. Dyslexia, edited by F.F. Stein. v.14. Pattern recognition by man and machine, edited by R.F. Watt. v.15. The Man-machine interface, edited by F.A.F. Roufs. v.16. The susceptible visual apparatus, edited by F. Marshall. v.17. Index.

Download or read book Visual Impairment written by Ian Laurence Bailey and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 1990 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general, down-to-earth look at the common forms of vision loss and their impact on the individual. Explains the different aspects of visual impairment, describes adaptive techniques and devices, and provides information on available resources and services in a concise and easy-to-understand manner for busy professionals and visually impaired people and their families.

Download or read book Impaired Vision written by Edward de Haan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented book that discusses a decades long journey of understanding vision and visual impairment through working with patients with brain damage Edward de Haan, a noted clinical vision researcher for the last 35 years, explains how the healthy brain deals with visual information and reveals how he learned to appreciate what it means to be visually impaired. Through discussions of fascinating case studies, he shows that visual deficits are individually unique. Some patients perceive the world without color, some see objects in a distorted manner, whilst others will claim that they can still see although they are demonstrably blind. The author details his experiences with these patients to demonstrate the manner in which patient work is a unique and vital part of discovering how the brain processes visual information. In doing so, Impaired Vision offers a review of the clinical symptoms related to visual impairment and highlights that the patient study method has not lost any of its relevance in our increasingly high-tech world. This important book: Explores the various clinical phenomena in visual impairment after brain damage Demonstrates the effectiveness of the patient study method for understanding visual deficits after brain damage Contains comprehensive coverage of the variety of symptoms that are manifest in patients with visual impairment Includes compelling case studies of visually impaired patients Written for a general audience but of interest for students, researchers and clinicians, Impaired Vision contains fascinating case studies that offer an understanding of the symptoms that are associated with visuals deficits of brain damage.

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evolution of the Eye and Visual System Vision and Visual Dysfunction written by Richard Langton Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vision and Visual Dysfunction written by John R. Cronly-Dillon and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Neurology of Vision written by Jonathan D. Trobe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-29 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Neurology of Vision sets out the principles and information needed to understand and manage disorders of the visual pathways in the brain. The author divides vision into three components. The optical component addresses the eye's ability to properly focus light on the retina. The retinocortical component converts light into neural signals in the retina, transmitting them to the primary visual cortex. Finally, the integrative component converts this simple visual information into more complicated forms. The symptoms and signs, testing methods, and diseases of each part of the visual system are presented using this unique, structural component approach. A final chapter discusses the visual manifestations of psychiatric disturbances. The book is heavily illustrated with over 150 beautifully rendered line illustrations, 50 radiographic brain images, and 60 retinal photographs. Case studies with teaching questions are also included, to further the reader's knowledge and test understanding.