Trial reportJournal of policy analysis and management : [the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management]2018
The Impact of Providing Vision Screening and Free Eyeglasses on Academic Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Title I Elementary Schools in Florida.
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Zimbabwe Eyecare And Learning: Formative Research on Hyperopia and Educational Outcomes in Primary School Children in Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.
- Approaches for delivery of refractive and optical care services in community and primary care settings.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Continued care and provision of glasses are necessary to improve visual and academic outcomes in children: Experience from a cluster-randomized controlled trial of school-based vision screening.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Trial
- Clearer Vision, Brighter Futures: Addressing Unmet Pediatric Eye Care Needs Through School-Based Vision Programs.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Will my child see me again? Addressing children's vision impairment through surgeries, optical correction, and low vision services in Northern Malawi.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Impact of uncorrected hyperopia on visual function and academic performance in preschool and school-age children.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2026Review
- A holistic approach for quantifying the value of public health programs: social return on investment (SROI) analysis of a mobile clinic as an example.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Compliance with spectacle use among schoolchildren in a school health programme in Islamabad, Pakistan.International health · 2025Article
- Implementation outcomes of a school-based visual screening program using the peek tool in low-resource settings in Pakistan.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Current status of school vision screening-rationale, models, impact and challenges: a review.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2025Review
- Access to Myopia Care in the United States-A Narrative Review.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Review
- Academic performance and musculoskeletal pain in adolescents with uncorrected vision problems.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- A large-scale analysis of refractive errors in students attending public primary schools in Mexico.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of the Spot Vision Screener using updated 2021 AAPOS guidelines.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2023Article
- Correlation between health status and academic achievement among elementary school students in North Jakarta.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- A School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) planning tool: Module to survey the magnitude and nature of local needs.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Can we scale up a comprehensive school-based eye health programme in Zambia?BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Dietary supplements in retinal diseases, glaucoma, and other ocular conditions.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022Review
- Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through improving eye health: a scoping review.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2022Article
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Abstract
More than 20 percent of all school-aged children in the United States have vision problems, and low-income and minority children are disproportionately likely to have unmet vision care needs. Vision screening is common in U.S. schools, but it remains an open question whether screening alone is sufficient to improve student outcomes. We implemented a multi-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact of vision screening, and of vision screening accompanied by eye exams and eyeglasses, provided by a non-profit organization to Title I elementary schools in three large central Florida school districts. We find that providing additional/enhanced screening alone is generally insufficient to improve student achievement in math and reading. In contrast, providing screening along with free eye exams and free eyeglasses to students with vision problems improved student achievement as measured by standardized test scores. We find, averaging over all students (including those without vision problems), that this more comprehensive intervention increased the probability of passing the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Tests (FCATs) in reading and math by approximately 2.0 percentage points. We also present evidence that indicates that this impact fades out over time, indicating that follow-up actions after the intervention may be necessary to sustain these estimated achievement gains.
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