Abstract

Participants will gain a better understanding of the infrastructure and support needed to improve visual outcomes for school age children. The session will provide insight about the process, benefits and barriers of inter-professional collaborations between large institutions when developing, organizing, and implementing a vision screening program for elementary students.

Author Details

Lenora McWilliams, PhD, MS, RN, College of Nursing, University of Houston, Sugar Land, Texas, USA; Pat Segu, OD, College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; Daniel Price, PhD, The Honors College, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Sigma Membership

Phi Chi

Lead Author Affiliation

University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Inter-professional Collaboration, Promoting Childhood Vision, Vision Screening

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Sight for success: An interprofessional collaborative team approach to promote childhood vision

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Participants will gain a better understanding of the infrastructure and support needed to improve visual outcomes for school age children. The session will provide insight about the process, benefits and barriers of inter-professional collaborations between large institutions when developing, organizing, and implementing a vision screening program for elementary students.