Referral outcomes from a vision screening program for school-aged children.

CONCLUSIONS: This program discovered and addressed potentially vision-threatening conditions in underserved children susceptible to amblyopia by offering social worker services and financial support to enable referred children to complete an eye examination. Contact by the social worker required consent. Obtaining such consent proved to be a barrier to connecting children with the recommended consultation.
PMID: 32771327 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology - August 5, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Silverstein M, Scharf K, Mayro EL, Hark LA, Snitzer M, Anhalt J, Pond M, Siam L, Tran J, Hill-Bennett T, Zhan T, Levin AV Tags: Can J Ophthalmol Source Type: research