healthy eyes healthy people: making vision a health priority vision in children and adolescents
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Healthy Eyes Healthy People: Making Vision a Health Priority
Vision in Children and Adolescents
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The Healthy Vision Program is…
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Vision is an essential partof everyday life.
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The Healthy Vision Program includes…
• Examination and prevention
• Eye disease
• Injury and safety
• Vision rehabilitation
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Examination and prevention• Comprehensive
dilated eye exams for all children
• Impairment due to refractive error
• Impairment in children and adolescents
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Reduce blindness andvisual impairment in
children and adolescentsaged 17 years and under.
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What are the most common vision problems in children?
• Refractive errors are the most common vision problems in children and adolescents.
• Refractive error occurs when the eye doesn’t correctly bend, or refract, light as it enters the eye.
• About 25 percent of children aged 12 to 17 have some type of refractive error.
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What are some other common vision problems in children?
• Amblyopia(lazy eye)
• Strabismus (misaligned eyes)
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What are possible symptoms of visual impairment?
• Trouble seeing the blackboard or other distant objects clearly.
• Holding reading material closer than normal.
• Losing one’s place when reading.
• Squinting or frowning.
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How are vision problems detected?
Eye examinations, as recommended by your family physician or eye care professional, can detect visual impairment as it develops.
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How are vision problems treated?
• Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and other refractive errors in children and adolescents can usually be corrected with prescriptive contact lenses or eyeglasses.
• There are treatments for other visual impairments such as amblyopia.
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What can parents do to protect their children’s vision?
• Check with your eye care professional or family physician about the appropriate eye exam schedule for your child.
• Make sure your child always wears protective eyewear for sports and household chores.
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Children’s Activity Books
• The National Eye Institutehas developed activity booksto educate children about eye health and safety.
• Order the activity books through the NEI Website at www.nei.nih.gov/activitybooks/.
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Visit the Healthy People Website
http://healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.as
px?topicid=42
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Contact the National Eye Institute
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive MSC
Bethesda, MD 20892–3655
Telephone: 301–496–5248
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.nei.nih.gov
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Make Vision a Health Priority