Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction

Presbyopia is age-related loss of accommodation that gradually impairs near vision. Few studies have examined the burden of presbyopia in the United States of America (USA) and none have examined it in economically disadvantaged or minority populations, in which there are increased rates of visual i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Thomas Wubben, Gregory Wolfe, Christopher Guerrero, Wanda Jettka Korcz, David J Ramsey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2014-07-01
Series:	Community Eye Health Journal
Subjects:	Refractive errors Accessibility Attitudes Presbyopia Resource-poor settings United States of America
Online Access:	http://www.cehjournal.org/article/near-visual-acuity-in-an-inner-city-hispanic-community-understanding-the-barriers-and-benefits-of-correction/

id	doaj-2b4f153c0c97480bbe6e102a3508ef63
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-2b4f153c0c97480bbe6e102a3508ef632020-11-25T01:57:57ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68331993-72882014-07-0127864142Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correctionThomas Wubben 0Gregory Wolfe 1Christopher Guerrero2Wanda Jettka Korcz 3David J Ramsey4MSc/PhD student, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. twubben1983@yahoo.comOptometrist: Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton, USA.Physician: Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.Clinical instructor: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.Vitreoretinal fellow: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.Presbyopia is age-related loss of accommodation that gradually impairs near vision. Few studies have examined the burden of presbyopia in the United States of America (USA) and none have examined it in economically disadvantaged or minority populations, in which there are increased rates of visual impairment and decreased use of eye care services. http://www.cehjournal.org/article/near-visual-acuity-in-an-inner-city-hispanic-community-understanding-the-barriers-and-benefits-of-correction/Refractive errorsAccessibilityAttitudesPresbyopiaResource-poor settingsUnited States of America
collection	DOAJ
language	English
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	Thomas Wubben Gregory Wolfe Christopher Guerrero Wanda Jettka Korcz David J Ramsey
spellingShingle	Thomas Wubben Gregory Wolfe Christopher Guerrero Wanda Jettka Korcz David J Ramsey Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction Community Eye Health Journal Refractive errors Accessibility Attitudes Presbyopia Resource-poor settings United States of America
author_facet	Thomas Wubben Gregory Wolfe Christopher Guerrero Wanda Jettka Korcz David J Ramsey
author_sort	Thomas Wubben
title	Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction
title_short	Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction
title_full	Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction
title_fullStr	Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction
title_full_unstemmed	Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction
title_sort	near visual acuity in an inner city hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction
publisher	International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series	Community Eye Health Journal
issn	0953-6833 1993-7288
publishDate	2014-07-01
description	Presbyopia is age-related loss of accommodation that gradually impairs near vision. Few studies have examined the burden of presbyopia in the United States of America (USA) and none have examined it in economically disadvantaged or minority populations, in which there are increased rates of visual impairment and decreased use of eye care services.
topic	Refractive errors Accessibility Attitudes Presbyopia Resource-poor settings United States of America
url	http://www.cehjournal.org/article/near-visual-acuity-in-an-inner-city-hispanic-community-understanding-the-barriers-and-benefits-of-correction/
work_keys_str_mv	AT thomaswubben nearvisualacuityinaninnercityhispaniccommunityunderstandingthebarriersandbenefitsofcorrection AT gregorywolfe nearvisualacuityinaninnercityhispaniccommunityunderstandingthebarriersandbenefitsofcorrection AT christopherguerrero nearvisualacuityinaninnercityhispaniccommunityunderstandingthebarriersandbenefitsofcorrection AT wandajettkakorcz nearvisualacuityinaninnercityhispaniccommunityunderstandingthebarriersandbenefitsofcorrection AT davidjramsey nearvisualacuityinaninnercityhispaniccommunityunderstandingthebarriersandbenefitsofcorrection
_version_	1724971467837276160

Near visual acuity in an inner city Hispanic community: understanding the barriers and benefits of correction

Similar Items