Eye Health Needs: Preserving the Eyesight of Rural and Underserved Populations
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Description
Explains the importance of vision care in health and describes how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. Features a rural Federally Qualified Health Center that has added eye care to its services and a vision van that provides care in underserved communities.
Author(s)
Kay Miller Temple
Citation
Rural Monitor
Date
01/2019
Type
Document
Organization
Rural Health Information Hub
Tagged as
Access · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health screening · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Specialty care · Vision impairment · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Georgia · Pennsylvania