Compliance of Schoolchildren in Getting and Wearing Glasses.

Summey, Pamela S.

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ERIC Number: EJ216108

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1978

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Compliance of Schoolchildren in Getting and Wearing Glasses.

Summey, Pamela S.

Sight-Saving Review, v48 n2 p59-69 Sum 1978

The study assesses the impact of a visual screening effort using the Ophthalmetron (a device which permits rapid screening for refractive error) on 550 kindergarten through eighth-grade students. Findings showed that only 38 percent of those children referred to an ophthalmologist actually went. (PHR)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eyes, Junior High Schools, Partial Vision, Preschool Education, Screening Tests, Vision Tests, Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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