Providing free vision services on the school campus was perceived to remove financial and logistical barriers to obtaining corrective lenses¶
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Evidence · 1 study · qualitativer3·q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Adult participants reported that free, school-based delivery removed barriers including cost, navigating the healthcare system, taking time off work, and transportation. → Dudovitz 2016
Evidence¶
Dudovitz 2016¶
Dudovitz, R. N., Izadpanah, N., Chung, P. J., & Slusser, W. (2016). Parent, Teacher, and Student Perspectives on how Corrective Lenses Improve Child Wellbeing and School Function. Maternal and Child Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-015-1882-z
q2 · i? · qualitative · r3
Focus-group findings from parent and teacher groups; barriers were "perceived for children with and without health insurance" and felt to contribute to lack of access in low-income communities.
"All adult groups cited how providing free services in school removed financial and logistical barriers to students receiving corrective lenses. In addition to paying for the eye exams and glasses, participants described challenges identifying that a child has a visual deficit, navigating the healthcare system to find an optometrist, parents taking time off of work, finding transportation to access health services"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Participants perceived that receiving corrective lenses improved classroom attention, task persistence, and willingness to practice academic skills — related
- Serving multiple students within a school and letting students choose frames were perceived to reduce stigma and increase willingness to wear glasses — related
- Participants described significant psychosocial stress related to uncorrected poor vision, with different etiologies for parents, teachers, and students — related
- Participants perceived that uncorrected visual deficits reduced students' classroom focus, perseverance, and class participation — related
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Providing free vision services on the school campus was perceived to remove financial and logistical barriers to obtaining corrective lenses |
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Providing free vision services on the school campus was perceived to remove financial and logistical barriers to obtaining corrective lenses |
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2016 |
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