Decreasing Uncorrected Refractive Error in the Classroom Through a Multifactorial Pilot Intervention

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-30

  Kodjebacheva, Gergana ^a,b   Maliski, Sally ^b,c   Yu, Fei ^b,c   Oelrich, Faye ^b   Coleman, Anne L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood early intervention; elementary; eye care; health education; parent family

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL NURSING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84892404213     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840513486009     Document Type: Article

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