ICV

Initiatives

Improving Children’s Vision: Systems, Stakeholders & Support

This project aims to increase the detection and diagnosis of visual impairment in children aged five years and younger by enhancing the capacity of state public health agencies to use and apply quality improvement principles and practices to implement universal vision screening for preschool-aged children. 

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Status:

September 2015 to August 2018

  • Who: Improvement teams in Arizona, Ohio and Wyoming
  • Funder: The project is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal Child Health Bureau and led by the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health and Prevent Blindness.
  • Our Role: Facilitate a virtual, modified Breakthrough Series learning collaborative to jointly identify challenges, interventions, implementation and measurement related to implementing universal vision screening for preschool-aged children.

If you are interested in learning more about this project, email: [email protected]