Evaluation of an eye health program: The vision initiative

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-135

  Ferraro, John G ^a   Mazzoni, Leanne L ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a   Vu, Hien T ^a   Constantinou, Marios ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment costs; Australia; Public eye health program; Rapid assessment methodology; The Vision Initiative; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MYDRIASIS; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645652215     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580500545717     Document Type: Article

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