Eye Health Education Unit
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Eye Health Education Unit
The eye health education unit of department is pro-actively engaged in developing IEC materials of common eye problem. Various IEC materials like small booklets, pamphlets, posters, Audio-visual movie pertaining to eye care have been developed. Community leaders, parents and guardians, school teachers are main target for eye health education. Community ophthalmology has initiated health education activities for patients utilizing out-patient and inpatient services at the institute. This is in addition to the already ongoing health education activities at the primary eye care clinics. The topics for health education are wide ranging such as general eye care, care of spectacles, refractive error, care after cataract surgery, glaucoma, retinoblastoma, retinopathy of prematurity etc. These are undertaken in conjunction with faculty and residents from respective sub-specialties, optometrists, nurses and medical social workers of RP Centre. Faculty from the department were involved in the NPCB program on sensitization of Doctors/Paramedics about the eye donation and its importance as well as the vital information related to eye donation and delivered talks on the same during the Eye Donation Fortnight 2020.
Posters :-
Cataract, Refractive Error, Presbyopia, General Eye Care, Conjunctivitis, Vitamin 'A', Eye Donation
Magnitude of Trachoma NPCB Survey (2014-2015)
Recent Contributions in Community Eye Health Research
RPC Model of Low Vision & Rehabilitation Services
Excellence in Primary Eye Care
Vision Delhi- A Primary Eye Cate Initiative (1st April to 31st March)
Health Education Pamphlets on Primary eye care:
Health education booklet on PEC (http://www.aiims.edu/images/depart/RPC/Books/Booklet%20RPC-28%20June%202014%20Output.pdf)
Training Manuals on Primary eye care
1. Training of School Teachers for School Vision Screening to Prevent and Control Childhood Visual Impairment and Blindness
2. Manual on Training of Trainers for Volunteers in Primary Eye Care
3. Vision Screening Card for Schools
4. Vision Screening Card for Primary Eye Care
