Open AccessStrengthening Indigenous eye care in Australia and New Zealand through a Leaders in Indigenous Optometry Education Network
Author(s) -
Bentley Sharon A.,
Anstice Nicola S.,
Armitage James A.,
Booth Jason,
Dakin Steven C.,
Fitzpatrick Garry,
Herse Peter,
Keay Lisa,
McKendrick Allison M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/1753-6405.13080
Subject(s) - indigenous , optometry , eye care , medicine , geography , ecology , biology
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 89 © 2021 The Authors This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. The leaders of optometry schools in Australia and New Zealand/ Aotearoa aim to establish a Leaders in Indigenous Optometry Education Network (LIOEN) dedicated to strengthening Indigenous eye care through better educating optometry students and increasing the number of Indigenous optometrists.