Geographic areas served: New York, Connecticut and New Jersey
Programs: Public education/awareness - public awareness is a core activity of prevent blindness. We accomplish this task through various mediums - our website, social media, newsletters, public service announcements, media outreach, publications, and fact sheets. Simultaneously, we strive to stay in touch with ever-advancing new technologies to reach the public. Served over 1. 2 million people nationwide.
health education & training- with our various health education initiatives, prevent blindness educates specific populations about vision and eye health and safety. These programs can be delivered to eye care professionals, nurses, teachers, social workers, and others in the field of blindness prevention through a variety of venues and rely on both existing and customized prevent blindness resources for their content. Current programs include the diabetic eye disease educator program, the glaucoma educator program, and the healthy eyes adult education program. Served nearly 7 thousand professionals nationwide.
community service/patient support- in support of our early detection efforts, prevent blindness offers a number of patient support initiatives to assist individuals in accessing care and dealing with their various vision and eye health problems. Working with a number of partners, including vision care insurance companies, optical industry members, pharmaceutical companies, and eye care professionals, we coordinate access to donated eye exams, eye glasses, and other services for financially qualified, uninsured individuals. Through our website, we also provide a wealth of financial assistance resources. In addition, our affiliate system screened over 1. 7 million patients nationwide for early detection of eye trouble among children and adults.
research- prevent blindness is committed to promoting laboratory, clinical and epidemiological vision and eye health research. To support important advancements in the understanding of vision and eye health, we mobilize grassroots support for protecting and increasing funding for vision and eye health research through the national eye institute and the centers for disease control and prevention. We also participate in research directly through the prevent blindness investigator awards, as well as our own internal public health research-related efforts.
