Open AccessAccuracy of visual assessment by school teachers in school eye screening program in Delhi
Author(s) -
Rohit Saxena,
Praveen Vashist,
Radhika Tandon,
Ravindra Mohan Pandey,
Amit Bhardawaj,
Vimla Me
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.149269
Subject(s) - referral , medicine , optometry , childhood blindness , eye care , school teachers , diabetic retinopathy , primary care , visual impairment , family medicine , eye examination , pediatrics , visual acuity , psychology , ophthalmology , mathematics education , retinopathy of prematurity , psychiatry , pregnancy , endocrinology , biology , genetics , diabetes mellitus , gestational age
Although school eye screening is a major activity of the National Program for Control of Blindness, inadequate evidence exists about accuracy of school teachers in screening.