A Step in Preventive Vision Care - The Screening of Young Children

Abstract

It has often been said that the hallmark of a true health care profession is the effort put forth to eliminate the need for its own services.
The objective can be reached in only one way -by becoming involved in prevention. For optometry, this implies the prevention of visual problems whether applicable to school performance, indus­trial production or general well-being in daily life.
The N.S.O.A. recipe is a good example of optometric involvement in preventive care and public health care and education of the public in vision care.