Through our children's eyes-The public health impact of the vision screening requirements for Indiana school children

Optometry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-82

  Marshall, Edwin C ^a   Meetz, Richard E ^a   Harmon, L'erin L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's vision; School screening; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOLS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 75249099538     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2009.04.099     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health. Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health. Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (2004), The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
2. Maples W.C. A comparison of visual abilities, race and socio-economic factors as predictors of academic achievement. J Behav Optom 12 (2001) 60-65
3. American Optometric Association. Optometric clinical practice guideline: Pediatric eye and vision examination. (ed 2) (2002), American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO
4. American Academy of Pediatrics. American Association of Certified Orthoptists, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American Academy of Ophthalmology. Policy statement: eye examination in infants, children, and young adults by pediatricians. Pediatrics 111 (2003) 902-907
5. Vaughn W., Maples W.C., and Hoenes R. The association between vision quality of life and academics as measured by the College of Optometrists in Vision Development Quality of Life questionnaire. Optometry 77 (2006) 116-123
6. Orfield A. Vision problems of children in poverty in an urban school clinic: their epidemic numbers, impact on learning, and approaches to remediation. J Optom Vis Dev 32 (2001) 114-141
7. Eye Care Council. SEE TO LEARN® Program. Available at: http://www.seetolearn.com/see-to-learn.html. Last accessed January 11, 2007.
8. Leatherman S., and McCarthy D. Quality of health care for children and adolescents: A chartbook (2004), The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY
9. Donahue S.P., Johnson T.M., and Leonard-Martin T.C. Screening for amblyogenic factors using a volunteer lay network and the MTI. Photoscreener. Ophthalmology 107 (2000) 1637-1646
10. Vision Service Plan. Children's Vision Awareness Study, Quantitative Research Results, April 4, 2002. Avaliable at: http://www.getfocusedamerica.org/images/EXTERNAL_USE_REPORT.pdf. Last accessed September 23, 2009.
11. The Vision Care Institute. Global attitudes and perceptions about vision care: executive summary. The Vision Care Institute™, a Johnson & Johnson company, August 2009. Available at: http://www.thevisioncareinstitute.com/pages/globalsurvey.aspx. Last accessed September 24, 2009.
12. Ciner E.B., Schmidt P.P., Orel-Bixler D., et al. Vision screening of preschool children: evaluating the past, looking toward the future. Optom Vis Sci 75 (1998) 571-584
13. American Optometric Association. AOA survey tests public's 'Eye-Q.'. American Optometric Association News 45 2 (2006) 4-8
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Visual impairment and use of eye-care services and protective eyewear among children-United States, 2002. MMWR 54 (2005) 425-429
15. Ryskulova A., and Klein R. Visual impairment and use of eye care services among children. Am J Epidemiol 163 Suppl (2006) S13
16. Lave J.R., Keane C.R., Lin C.J., et al. Impact of a children's health insurance program on newly enrolled children. JAMA 279 (1998) 1820-1825
17. Lave J.R., Keane C.R., Lin C.J., et al. The impact of lack of health insurance on children. J Health Soc Policy 10 2 (1998) 57-73
18. Families U.S.A. No shelter from the storm: America's uninsured children (2006), Campaign for Children's Health Care, Publication No. CCHC-0601, Washington, DC
19. Appelboom T.M. A history of vision screening. J Sch Health 55 4 (1985) 138-141
20. Ciner E.B., Dobson V., Schmidt P.P., et al. A survey of vision screening policy of preschool children in the United States. Surv Ophthalmol 43 (1999) 445-457
21. Leske M.C., Rosenthal J., and Soroka M. Vision screening requirements under 52 Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) programs. Public Health Reports 96 (1981) 404-409
22. Campbell L.R., and Charney E. Factors associated with delay in diagnosis of childhood amblyopia. Pediatrics 87 (1991) 178-185
23. Wasserman R.C., Croft C.A., and Brotherton S.E. Preschool vision screening in pediatric practice: a study from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) Network. Pediatrics 89 (1992) 834-838
24. Hered RW, Rothstein M. Preschool vision screening frequency after an office-based training session for primary care staff. Pediatrics 2003;112e:e17-e21. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/112/1/e17.
25. Zaba J.N., Moslin R., and Reynolds W.T. Insights on the efficacy of vision examinations & vision screenings for children first entering school. J Behav Optom 14 (2003) 123-126
26. National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. A Plan for the development of state based vision preservation programs: summary of a retreat on public health vision preservation. Prevent Blindness America & National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, October 31-November 2 (2005). http://chronicdisease.org/files/public/A_Plan_forthe_Development_of_StateBased_Vision_Preservation_Programs.pdf Available at: http://chronicdisease.org/files/public/A_Plan_forthe_Development_of_StateBased_Vision_Preservation_Programs.pdf. Last accessed September 24, 2009.
27. Robinson B., Bobier W.R., Martin E., et al. Measurement of the validity of a preschool vision screening program. Am J Public Health 89 (1999) 193-198
28. Blum H.L., Peters H.B., and Bettman J.W. Vision screening for elementary schools: The Orinda Study (1959), University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA
29. Peters H.B., Blum H.L., Bettman J.W., et al. The Orinda Vision Study. Am J Optom Arch Am Acad Optom 36 (1959) 455-469
30. The Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. Comparison of preschool vision screening tests as administered by licensed eye care professionals in the Vision in Preschoolers Study. Ophthalmology 111 (2004) 637-650
31. The Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. Preschool vision screening tests administered by nurse screeners compared with lay screeners in the Vision in Preschoolers Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46 (2005) 2639-2648
32. The Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. Sensitivity of screening tests for detecting vision in preschoolers-targeted vision disorders when specificity is 94%. Optom Vis Sci 82 (2005) 432-438
33. American Optometric Association. Limitations of vision screening programs. Available at: http://www.aoa.org/x9650.xml. Last accessed September 24, 2009.
34. United Health Foundation. America's Health Rankings™: A Call to Action for People and Their Communities. 2007 Edition. Available at: http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2007/index.html. Last accessed June 26, 2008.
35. The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Kidsz-Level Data Online. Available at: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/index.jsp. Last accessed September 18, 2006.
36. Education Week. Quality Counts 2007: From cradle to career, connecting American education from birth to adulthood. Available at: http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2007/01/04/index.html. Last accessed January 30, 2007.
37. Starfield B., Shapiro S., Weiss J., et al. Race, family income, and low birth weight. Am J Epidemiol 134 (1991) 1167-1174
38. Adler N.E., Boyce T., Chesney M.A., et al. Socioeconomic status and health: the challenge of the gradient. Am Psychol 49 (1994) 15-24
39. Backlund E., Sorlie P.D., and Johnson N.J. The shape of the relationship between income and mortality in the United States-evidence from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Ann Epidemiol 24 (1996) 12-20
40. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 2006 HHS Poverty Guidelines. Available at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml. Last accessed July 12, 2006.
41. American Educational Research Association. American Psychological Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education. The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999), American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC
42. Indiana Optometric Association. Indiana School Vision Screening Guidelines. (ed 3) (2000), Indiana Optometric Association, Indianapolis, IN
43. Lyon D.W., and Meetz R. The past, present, and future of the school screening programs at Indiana University School of Optometry and in the state of Indiana. Indiana Journal of Optometry 4 1 (2001) 12-15
44. Division of Reading Effectiveness. Vision Summary Report, 1978-1979. Indiana Department of Education (1979)
45. Kulp M.T., and Schmidt P.P. Visual predictors of reading performance in kindergarten and first grade children. Optom Vis Sci 73 (1996) 255-262
46. World Health Organization. Sight test and glasses could dramatically improve the lives of 150 million people with poor vision. News Release WHO/55; 11 (October 2006)