World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 93.27: Management of Low Vision in Children Report of a World Health Organization Consultation

By E. K. Chapman

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 93.27: Management of Low Vision in Children Report of a World Health Organization Consultation
Author:	E. K. Chapman
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Chapma, B. E. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 93.27. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
In 1981, the World Health Organization (WHO) held its first meeting on the Use of Residual Vision. That meeting produced recommendations on definitions, practice and services. Since then there have been a number of developments. New resource materials have been produced for training, there is an increase in the manufacture of low vision devices, more countries now have low vision centres, statistics are a little more accurate and there is increasing acceptance of a behavioural/functional rather than a medical basis for the concept of low vision. In 1991, the WHO Progamme Advisory Group on the Prevention of Blindness, at its ninth meeting in Banjul, Republic of the Gambia, recommended that focus should be given on children with low vision to facilitate their development and education. It was felt that improved data on the needs and numbers were needed, as well as a new definition of low vision, based on functional vision. This report summarizes some outstanding working papers presented, by invitation, at a WHO consultation in July 1992, hosted in Bangkok, Thailand, by the International Council for Education of the Visually Handicapped. The meeting format was based on discussion following a summary outline of each paper. In order to convey the essence of the evidence, arguments and decisions, all this information has been arranged into a number of sections. Each summarizes one major theme of the meeting and highlights suggestions for good practice. This report brings together much of the current thinking in this field, which is newly emerging, and considerably more is known than has yet been written down. A purpose of this report is to encourage action to strengthen low vision services and practice, by providing the information needed to make decisions. It is now the responsibility of the reader to use this information. The beneficiaries are those children who cannot overcome the challenges of their visual impairment without the additional help that can be provided.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS E!LE FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . MAGMTUDE OF THE PROBLEM OF LOW VISION. AND ITS SPECIFICCAUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF LOW VISION . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 . EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 . CURRENT STATUS OF LOW WSTON CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 . IDENTIFICATION OF CASES OF LOW VISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 6 . ASSESSMENT OF LOW VISION IN CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7 . STRATEGIES FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF LOW VISION USE INCHTLDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8 . HUMAN RESOURCES FOR LOW VISION CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ANNEX 1. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 ANNEX 2. SELECTED INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 ANNEX 3 . LIST OF ESSENI@L EQUIPMENT FOR LOW VISION CARE . . . . . . 43 ANNEX 4 . EXAMPLES OF LOW VISION CARE UNDERTAKEN BY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44