Pediatric vision screening: The Colorado school nurse experience

Evaluation of Students' Vision Screening Test by School Nurse

ABSTRACT Health screening in student, such as Visual screening test usually carry out by school nurses in many rural schools in Iran. While students are in the growth age, visual acuity may be affected by growth. A Study was carried out to evaluate vision screening test on students in Hamadan, Iran. A sample of 878 pupils examined by a school nurse using E- Chart. According to the test, chil...

Pediatric Vision Screening: some General Knowledge for Pediatricians

Primary vision care is recommended for infants and young children .Childhood is critical time to prevent loss of vision and to optimize treatment so some eye disorders in children must be diagnosed at this time.To detect risk factors and visual abnormalities, the eye screening done by pediatricians and other primary care providers is necessary. The process that should occur at each child visit ...

Pediatric vision screening.

School screening for scoliosis, the Greek experience

A two year prospective study was done to assess the prevalence and distribution of various parameters associated with scoliosis in schoolchildren in northwestern and central Greece. A total of 82.901 children (41.939 boys and 40.962 girls) who were nine to fourteen years old were screened for scoliosis. The forward bending test was performed and the children in whom scoliosis was suspected were...

pediatric vision screening: some general knowledge for pediatricians

primary vision care is recommended for infants and young children .childhood is critical time to prevent loss of vision and to optimize treatment so some eye disorders in children must be diagnosed at this time.to detect risk factors and visual abnormalities, the eye screening done by pediatricians and other primary care providers is necessary. the process that should occur at each child visit ...