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Role of optometrist in public health
1. Presented by:- Kunjvihari (B.optom 2nd year)
Guided by:- Dr. Kamal Pant Sir
Uttar Pradesh University Of Medical Sciences
Saifai Etawah [UP]
2. Uttar Pradesh university of medical sciences Saifai Etawah (UP
What is optometry?
Optometry is a HealthCare profession that is autonomous,
educated & regulated (licensed/registered), & optometrists are
the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye & visual system
who provide comprehensive eye & vision care, which includes
refraction & dispensing, detection/diagnosis & management of
disease in the eye, & the rehabilitation of conditions of the
visual system.
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Fully qualified optometrist with a minimum of four years of
training are qualified to :
• Prescribe the latest advances in spectacle lenses including
progressive, aspheric & safety/protective spectacles based
on the visual needs of the patient.
• Prescribe rigid & soft contact lenses including
orthokeratology, frequent replacement, & extended wear
contact lenses.
• Conduct complex contact lens fitting for paediatric eye
conditions, keratoconus, postsurgical complications, eye
trauma & corneal ectasia.
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• Prescribe vision therapy, vision training or orthoptic
treatment for children with learning problems or common
binocular vision disorders, including strabismus &
amblyopia.
• Provide low vision & rehabilitative services-vidion aids
assisting visually impaired people to use their functional
vision more effectively.
• Detector diagnose ocular conditions & associated
systemic health conditions, & refer them to appropriate
health care & professionals.
• Offer counselling services on preventive vision care.
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Comprehensive eye exams
• It includes a series of tests. There is much more
to an eye exam than checking how well a
person can see & determining the eye glass
prescription & refraction).
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Public Health
• Public health is defined as the science of protecting &
improving health of people in their communities,
achieved by : promoting healthy lifestyles,
researching disease & injury prevention & detecting,
preventing & responding to infectious diseases.
• Optometrist certainly have the ability & training to
serve as public health clinicians.
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Main principles of Public health
• Diagnose & investigate health problems in the community.
• Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
• Evaluate effectiveness, assesbility & quality of personal &
population –based health services.
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• Public health optometry is an art & science of preventing
visual impairment & promoting visual health through
organized efforts & informed choices of society.
• The public health optometry program not only provides
access to eye care but also addresses social & economic
barriers that prevent these group of patients from
accessing services.
• It is also an opportunity to educate the community on eye
care & address conditions such as cataract, refractive
errors & diabetic eye diseases.
Public health optometry
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Role of optometrist in public health
• Address the burden of visual impairment, more specifically
the uncorrected refractive errors & presbyopia.
• Prevent vision loss from diseases such as diabetes, age
related maculopathy & glaucoma.
• Provide vision care & rehabilitation at remote areas &
primary health level.
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1. Prevent : Trachuama , red eye, diabetic retinopathy, myopia
progression.
2. Protect : Eye injury, UV radiation, smoke exposure.
3. Promote : Eye health literacy, community screening & school
vision screening, eyehealth promotion.
4. Provide : Primary & comprehensive eye care at primary care
center’s, optical center’s, eye clinics, eye hospitals, teaching
& research institutions(public & private).
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Summary
There are a wide role of optometrist in public health :
• Providing screening and vision care services at secondary
and tertiary levels .
• Detection and management of potentially blinding diseases
such as cataract , diabetes and glaucoma .
• prevent from trachoma , red eye ,diabetic retinopathy ,
myopia progression .
• Protect the eye from eye injury , UV radiation , smoke
exposure .
• Promote the eye health literacy , community screening &
school vision screening , eye health promotion .
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References:
References from internet :-
1. https://www.optometrists.ab.ca/web/AAO/Doctors/Role_of_Optometrists/AAO/Doctors/Role_of_
Optometrists.aspx?hkey=f3a68490-1950-46ee-ab3c-dad2ebef8326
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1705887/#:~:text=Providing%20screening%20a
nd%20vision%20care,and%20vision%20care%20service%20delivery
3. https://www.slideshare.net/ChibuzorEmereole/vision-health-an-integral-part-of-public-health-
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Guided by:- Dr. Kamal Pant Sir
Uttar Pradesh University Of Medical Sciences
Saifai Etawah [UP]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/roleofoptometristinpublichealthkunjspresentation1-230604155751-71fc1e1f/85/Role-of-optometrist-in-public-health-1-320.jpg)
