The prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment among New Zealand children in a community with significant socioeconomic disadvantage: is current preschool vision screening effective?

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The prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment among New Zealand children in a community with significant socioeconomic disadvantage: is current preschool vision screening effective?

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AIM:To examine the prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment and evaluate the efficacy of B4 School Check (B4SC) vision screening, in a cohort of predominantly New Zealand Māori and Pacific children from a community with socioeconomic disadvantage. METHOD:A cross-sectional investigation of children in the Welcome-to-School study. Participants received a comprehensive eye examination at six to seven years of age. Refractive error and amblyopia were identified and compared with B4SC ...

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2020-4-24

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Findlay, Rebecca / Black, Joanna / Anstice, Nicola / Burge, Alison / Leversha, Alison

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/53859

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Humans / Amblyopia / Refractive Errors / Vision Screening / Prevalence / Risk Factors / Cross-Sectional Studies / Socioeconomic Factors / Child / New Zealand / Female / Male / 1117 Public Health and Health Services / 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry / Clinical / Public Health / Prevention / Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision / Brain Disorders / Clinical Research / Pediatric / Eye / 2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors / 11 Medical and Health Sciences

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