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.
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
Recommended Citation
McWilliams, Lenora; Segu, Pat; and Price, Daniel, "Sight for success: An interprofessional collaborative team approach to promote childhood vision" (2019). INRC (Congress). 66.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2019/posters_2019/66
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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Acquisition
Proxy-submission
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.