Vision health care providers' attitudes and experiences with preschool vision screening in Ontario

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 548-553

  Reed, Maureen J ^a   Kraft, Stephen P ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Opinion; Standards; Validity; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

OPTOMETRISTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

VISION;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTOMETRY; ORTHOPTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RETINOSCOPY; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 3142664579     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200407000-00017     Document Type: Article

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