Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 8 |
Descriptor
Foreign Countries | 10 |
Screening Tests | 10 |
Vision Tests | 7 |
Visual Impairments | 6 |
Preschool Children | 3 |
Vision | 3 |
Auditory Tests | 2 |
Blindness | 2 |
Children | 2 |
Community Health Services | 2 |
Correlation | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Swanepoel, De Wet | 2 |
van der Linde, Jeannie | 2 |
Bailey, N. | 1 |
Bindels-de Heus, Karen | 1 |
Chan, Henry H. L. | 1 |
Chan, Lily Y. L. | 1 |
Cheong, Allen M. Y. | 1 |
Chu, Geoffrey | 1 |
Crewther, Sheila G. | 1 |
Do, Chi-wai | 1 |
Eccles, Renata | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 10 |
Reports - Research | 7 |
Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Education Level
Early Childhood Education | 3 |
Elementary Education | 2 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Kindergarten | 1 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Preschool Education | 1 |
Primary Education | 1 |
Audience
Administrators | 1 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Strengths and Difficulties… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Wilhelmsen, Gunvor Birkeland; Felder, Marion – Improving Schools, 2022
Intact visual functions are necessary for children to reach their academic potential. In the absence of vision screening, children may have unnoticed vision disturbances and academic challenges may be attributed to other problems, such as learning or cognitive disabilities. Visual problems are detrimental to educational achievement if they are not…
Descriptors: Vision Tests, Screening Tests, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
Fuchs, Kirsty; van der Linde, Jeannie; Eccles, Renata; Swanepoel, De Wet; Graham, Marien Alet; du Toit, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Children in low-income communities are at risk for developmental delays and sensory losses. mHealth screening tools enable community health workers to detect developmental delays and sensory losses. This study aims to describe a combined (developmental and sensory -- hearing and vision) mHealth-supported screening programme conducted by community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Auditory Tests, Vision Tests
Manus, Michelle; van der Linde, Jeannie; Kuper, Hannah; Olinger, Renate; Swanepoel, De Wet – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Introduction: Globally, more than 50 million children have hearing or vision loss. Most of these sensory losses are identified late due to a lack of systematic screening, making treatment and rehabilitation less effective. Mobile health (mHealth), which is the use of smartphones or wireless devices in health care, can improve access to screening…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Visual Impairments, Screening Tests, Low Income Groups
Do, Chi-wai; Chan, Lily Y. L.; Wong, Horace H. Y.; Chu, Geoffrey; Yu, Wing Yan; Pang, Peter C. K.; Cheong, Allen M. Y.; Ting, Patrick Wai-ki; Lam, Thomas Chuen; Kee, Chea-su; Lam, Andrew; Chan, Henry H. L. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2016
A vision care-based community service subject is offered to general university students for fulfillment of a service-learning compulsory credit requirement. Here, a professional health subject is taught in a way that caters to generalist learners. Students gain basic skills they can apply to provide vision screenings for the needy population. All…
Descriptors: Community Services, Human Body, Health Education, Service Learning
Thummalapalli, Rohit; Williams, Jachin D.; Khoshnood, Kaveh; Salchow, Daniel J.; Forster, Susan H. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: To evaluate the effect of education sessions on Indian schoolteacher awareness of childhood eye health issues, responsibility for children's eye health, and successful participation in a teacher-led eye screening health intervention programme in primary schools aimed at addressing avoidable childhood blindness in India. Design:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Vision, Vision Tests
Wilhelmsen, Gunvor B – Improving Schools, 2016
Although good visual capacity is essential for children's learning, we have limited understanding of the various visual functions among school starters. In order to extend this knowledge, a small-scale study was undertaken involving 24 preschool children age 5-6 years who completed a test battery originally designed for visual impairment…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Visual Impairments, Visual Acuity, Gender Differences
Heyl, Vera; Hintermair, Manfred – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: In this study, executive function of school-aged children with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) is examined in the context of behavioral problems and communicative competence. Methods: Teachers assessed the executive function of a sample of 226 visually impaired students from mainstream schools and…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Mainstreaming, Special Schools, Executive Function
Evenhuis, Heleen; van der Graaf, Gabrielle; Walinga, Margreet; Bindels-de Heus, Karen; van Genderen, Maria; Verhoeff, Marleen; Lantau, Kathleen; van der Meulen-Ennema, Helen; Meester, Nelleke; Wienen, Lien; Schalij-Delfos, Nicoline – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Children with intellectual disabilities have an increased risk of visual impairment, caused by both ocular and cerebral abnormalities, but this risk has not been quantified. The same applies to preterm children and children with cerebral palsy with a normal intelligence. Many cases probably go unidentified, because participation of these children…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Mental Retardation, Vision Tests, Screening Tests

Bailey, N.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1989
Vision of 116 students, ages 6-19, with Down syndrome in the Brisbane (Australia) area was screened. Non-cycloplegic retinoscopy successfully assessed all the students for refractive error. Of the 99 children in special schools, about half did not show significant refractive error but 30 percent were farsighted, 14 percent nearsighted, and 21…
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification

Junghans, Barbara M.; Crewther, Sheila G. – Optometric Education, 1992
The University of New South Wales (Australia) has established the Vision Education Centre, a clinic designed to attract more pediatric patients for care by senior optometry students. The center uses interactive learning principles to teach elementary school children about optics, provides screening, and offers research opportunities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinics, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries