ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Traditionally, optometric services have been limited to practitioners' offices or clinical settings. Recently more optometric practitioners have ventured out of the office to provide eye care to those who otherwise would not receive such care. This report discusses the need to provide eye care to prison inmates. It also addresses the nature of vision and eye problems more common among the prison population and the need for mandated eye care for the inmates.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The changing demographics of our population dictate that in the future optometrists will care for increasing numbers of older patients. Significant numbers of these elders will reside in long-term care facilities. Optometry curricula have begun to respond to this need by training students currently enrolled in colleges of optometry to provide eye care in the nursing home setting.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The need for optometric vision care for handicapped people is discussed. The high incidence of functional vision problems among the disabled population is presented. A vision clinic operated jointly by the New England College of Optometry and the Cotting School, a school for physically disabled children, is described. Suggestions for achieving successful involvement with the vision care of disabled people are presented.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The purpose of this report is to describe a vision care program, utilizing optometry as the primary vision care provider, for patients unable to obtain care in traditional ways. The impact of this program upon the community, its impact upon an educational curriculum, and the program itself are discussed. The program provides a model for delivery of health care to patients who would otherwise go without care.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Migrant vision care, although encompassing only a small percentage of the population, presents a unique opportunity to the profession through the schools and practitioners. The need for care has been shown through several demonstration projects; viable practice modes have been developed that offer cost-effective care to this population.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Optometry plays a key role in the provision of vision care services at the San Bernardino Juvenile Hall (SBJH), where 400 juvenile offenders, aged 12 to 18 years, are incarcerated. This program in San Bernardino, California, was established in 1979 by a practicing optometrist with support from federal, state, and local funding agencies. It operates as an outreach clinical program to train senior students of the Southern California College of Optometry for professional practice opportunities in a nontraditional setting. An important component of the SBJH program is an ongoing clinical research program to study the relation between vision problems and juvenile delinquency, and the effect of vision training on the rehabilitation of delinquent youths. Preliminary data indicate a reduction in the recidivism rate for this population group.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

During the 1987 Academy Meeting, a joint Optometric Education/Public Health and Occupational Optometry Symposium was held on The Delivery of Optometric Care in Nontraditional Settings. Papers were presented on prison systems, long-term care facilities, schools for the mentally/physically handicapped, home eye care services, migrant work program, and juvenile detention facilities. This paper is an overview of care delivered in nontraditional settings, including important health care and demographic considerations, brief summation of the nontraditional populations presented, the impact on optometric education, and implications for optometric manpower needs.

ISSN:1040-5488    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1989

数据来源: OVID