PURPOSE: To establish the prevalence of the ametropias and eye diseases, in the year 2001, within a preschool and school children in the city of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: Transversal observational study during an ocular health campaign in public education schools. The children that have shown visual acuity lower than 0.8 or other abnormally were referred by trained volunteers to evaluation by ophthalmologists from the Benjamin Constant Institute. RESULTS: From the 1.800 children who were examined, […]

OBJECTIVE: The object of this study was recognized the knowledge about vision illness and low vision between teachers and the relationship between ophthalmologists and school. METHODS: Descriptive survey, including questions to 230 teachers who were working at fundamentary I schools, in Santo André city – SP. RESULTS: Hundred twenty-three questions (53,5%) were answered. When the teachers were asked about some training on how to deal with students vision illness; 21,1% answered confirmed the training; 95,9% believe that the students have […]

PURPOSE: The study objective is to determine the prevalence of amblyopia and amblyopiogenic factors in children from 3 to 6 years old at a health family program assisted community in Morro do Alemão-RJ. METHODS: A preschool children ocular evaluation cross sectional study will be submitted to an ophthalmic screening exam.The positive results were confirmed by oftalmologic examination under cicloplegia inside of the health centre. Were applied a semi-structure questionnaire to the health members of the health centre team and to […]

OBJECTIVES: To describe and analyze the prevalence of refractive errors among first-graders in state schools of Passo Fundo, main city of the northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul State. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 1608 first-graders in 26 elementary state schools of Passo Fundo, evaluated in 2004. The data were collected by the CEAE (Specialized Center for Student Assistance), which was in charge of the screening at the schools, and by the specialized service, to which those students with abnormal […]

PURPOSE: To estabilish the prevalence of the ametropias and eye diseases, in the year 2001, within a preschool and school population in Alto da Boa Vista favelas (slum), in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: Transversal observational study during an ocular health campaign in public education schools. The children that have shown visual acuity fewer than 0.8 or abnormally were referred by trained volunteers to avaliation by ophthalmologists from the Benjamin Constant Institute. RESULTS: From the 1800 children […]

PURPOSE: Ocular health promotion activities are increasingly performed by medical institutions in order to provide assistance for patients in need and to promote blindness prevention. To meet these aims, it is necessary to organize the activity considering all the staff and equipment involved, and the logistic in the process. The present study analyses three ophthalmological programs to identify the factors related to a successful social program. METHODS: Observational descriptive study including three ocular health campaigns carried out in 2005. RESULTS: […]