Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status
Vision exams are critical in the pediatric population. There is scant data about the proportion of Canadian children receiving vision exams, and the barriers to preventative vision care. Parents of 357 children between the age of four and six years from one large Canadian city were surveyed, to iden...
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| author | Omri Avraham Arbiv Heather Dunlap Anand Bery Wynn Peterson Stacey Chong Aaron T Chan Eli Kisilevsky Emily Wright Kamiar Mireskandari |
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| description | Vision exams are critical in the pediatric population. There is scant data about the proportion of Canadian children receiving vision exams, and the barriers to preventative vision care. Parents of 357 children between the age of four and six years from one large Canadian city were surveyed, to identify the rate and predictors of vision exams. In this sample, 42% percent of children had a vision exam, and both parental immigration to Canada and a lower socioeconomic status were associated with a decreased rate of vision exams, while parental education was not. A Cochran-Mantel-Haentszel model was used to control for the independent effect of immigration and socioeconomic status, and identified that only low socioeconomic status was associated with a decreased rate of vision exams. We hope this research will lead to better-targeted interventions to increase the rate of vision exams in children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c649cc38b6144a6b5f728b59867d7b92022-12-21T22:01:13ZengMcGill UniversityMcGill Journal of Medicine1715-81252020-07-01161Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic StatusOmri Avraham Arbiv0Heather Dunlap1Anand Bery2Wynn Peterson3Stacey Chong4Aaron T Chan5Eli Kisilevsky6Emily Wright7Kamiar Mireskandari8University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ONUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ONDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONVision exams are critical in the pediatric population. There is scant data about the proportion of Canadian children receiving vision exams, and the barriers to preventative vision care. Parents of 357 children between the age of four and six years from one large Canadian city were surveyed, to identify the rate and predictors of vision exams. In this sample, 42% percent of children had a vision exam, and both parental immigration to Canada and a lower socioeconomic status were associated with a decreased rate of vision exams, while parental education was not. A Cochran-Mantel-Haentszel model was used to control for the independent effect of immigration and socioeconomic status, and identified that only low socioeconomic status was associated with a decreased rate of vision exams. We hope this research will lead to better-targeted interventions to increase the rate of vision exams in children.https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/77vision screeningamblyopiasocial determinants of health |
| spellingShingle | Omri Avraham Arbiv Heather Dunlap Anand Bery Wynn Peterson Stacey Chong Aaron T Chan Eli Kisilevsky Emily Wright Kamiar Mireskandari Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status McGill Journal of Medicine vision screening amblyopia social determinants of health |
| title | Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status |
| title_full | Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status |
| title_fullStr | Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status |
| title_short | Rates of Preschool Vision Exams in Toronto and the Effects of Immigration and Socioeconomic Status |
| title_sort | rates of preschool vision exams in toronto and the effects of immigration and socioeconomic status |
| topic | vision screening amblyopia social determinants of health |
| url | https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/77 |
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