ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Increasing Screening Follow-Up for Vulnerable Children: A Partnership with School Nurses.
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- Compliance with post-school vision screening referral: a systematic review.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2026Pooled it
- Pediatric Eye Evaluations Preferred Practice Pattern.Ophthalmology · 2023Guideline
- Clearer Vision, Brighter Futures: Addressing Unmet Pediatric Eye Care Needs Through School-Based Vision Programs.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Undiagnosed visual disorders among first-grade children in Türkiye: a school-based photoscreening cross-sectional study with cost analysis.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Enhanced school-based vision screening in Kumasi, Ghana: a pilot study to assess feasibility.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Strategies to Improve Adherence to Eye Care Referrals for Children following Vision Screening: A Scoping Review.Research square · 2025Article
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- Barriers and facilitators to using ophthalmic clinical health services following school vision screening: a mixed-methods study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Pediatric Eye Care Treatment Rates and Community Compliance to a Spectacle Provision Program in an Underserved School District in San Diego, CA.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Interventions to promote access to eyecare for non-dominant ethnic groups in high-income countries: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Effect of a complex intervention to improve post-vision screening referral compliance among pre-school children in China: A cluster randomized clinical trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2020Article
- Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia.Ear and hearingArticle
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Abstract
Approximately 20% of school-age children have a vision problem. Screening is an effective way to detect visual impairments, although only if adequate follow-up is available. Here, we evaluate the impact of hiring full-time nurses in four underserved schools on the likelihood of increasing follow-up for treatment after vision screening. First, we compared descriptive screening follow-up data from the intervention schools with that of five matched schools with part-time nurses in San Jose, California, from 2008 to 2012. The intervention schools had around 2800 low-income, minority children each year, and the five comparison schools had around 3445. Secondly, we conducted a qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses from 129 teachers in the nine participating schools. In the final year, 96% of the students screened and referred for possible vision problems in schools with full-time nurses were followed up and examined by a health care provider. Yet, only 67% of students screened in comparison schools were examined. Teachers in schools with full-time nurses reported that follow-up of vision problems and getting glasses for students was the most beneficial activity performed by the nurses. School nurses can effectively increase medical care coordination and follow-up of vision screening in low-income communities.
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