Parent, Teacher, and Student Perspectives on How Corrective Lenses Improve Child Wellbeing and School Function

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 974-983

  Dudovitz, Rebecca N ^a,b   Izadpanah, Nilufar ^c,f   Chung, Paul J ^a,b,d,e   Slusser, Wendelin ^a,b,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Corrective lenses; School performance; Screening; Visual deficits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TEST;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; POVERTY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 84949519759     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1882-z     Document Type: Article

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