By Malika Cruickshank, MPH Candidate, NCCVEH Intern Good vision is essential for children to thrive in their learning environments. Vision problems can significantly impact a child’s academic performance, social interactions,
November
4
2024
2024
- Healthy Eyes, Healthy Lives: Community Approaches to Children’s Vision
- Alcon Children’s Vision Center Named Recipient of 10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
- NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia
- New Mapping Tool Provides Data for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
- Seeing and Hearing Children’s Vision Needs
- Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Parents, Professionals, and Government Leaders on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids
- Call for Nominations Issued for the 2024 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
- Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health
- My Story: Unyielding, Unapologetic, Unbroken
- Low Vision: The Challenge of Not Getting a Driver’s License
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Celebrates 15th Anniversary in 2024
2023
- National Center Updates
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Danielle Crull, ABOM, owner of A Child’s Eyes, and The Truffles the Kitty Organization, as Recipient of the 9th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
- Prevent Blindness Issues Call for Nominations for the 2023 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
- Low Vision – There’s More Than Meets the Eye
2022
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Dr. Donny W. Suh, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, as Recipient of the 8th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
- Summer Intern Blogs, 2022
- Call for Nominations Issued for the 2022 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
2021
- The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Convenes New Children’s Vision Equity Alliance
- Call for Applications to the Prevent Blindness A.S.P.E.C.T. Patient Engagement Program
- Prevent Blindness Updates Considerations for Conducting Children’s Vision Screenings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Shavette L. Turner, Prevent Blindness Georgia, as Recipient of the 7th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
- UCSF Study: Eyeglass Compliance for Preschoolers.
- Ask the Author with Dr. Alejandra de Alba Campomanes
2020
- New Online Resource to Educate Public on Importance of Good Vision
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health Publishes Considerations for Children’s Vision Screening During the Covid-19 Pandemic
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Logan Newman, East High Vision Care Program, as Recipient of the 6th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
- The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Issues New Report Outlining the Current State of Children’s Vision and Eye Health
- National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness to Release Considerations for Community Vision Programs
- Webinar: Vision Screening Tools for Children From Birth to Age 3
- Covid-19 Update and Children’s Vision News
- Children’s Vision Screening During Distancing
- COVID-19 and Vision Update
- 2020 Bonnie Strickland Award Call for Nominations
September
24
2024
Alcon Children’s Vision Center Named Recipient of 10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has announced the recipient of the tenth annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award” as the
September
17
2024
NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report, Myopia: Causes, Prevention and Treatment of an Increasingly Common Disease Prevent Blindness congratulates the NASEM Committee
September
10
2024
New Mapping Tool Provides Data for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
New Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Health Map and Corresponding Report Provides Public, Professionals and Policy Makers with First-ever County and State-level Data on Children’s Vision Issues Prevent Blindness is debuting
August
6
2024
Seeing and Hearing Children’s Vision Needs
Key Takeaways from the 2024 Focus on Eye Health Summit By: Olivia Pincus, MPH Candidate, George Washington University The 2024 Focus on Eye Health Summit, with the theme Being Seen
July
30
2024
Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Parents, Professionals, and Government Leaders on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids
Prevent Blindness Provides Opportunities for Awareness and Action in Support of New Legislation to Provide Much-needed Funding for Children’s Vision Programs in the United States Prevent Blindness has once again declared
May
23
2024
Call for Nominations Issued for the 2024 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award recognizes significant efforts by an individual or group of individuals to improve public health approaches for children’s vision and eye health
May
14
2024
Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health
Prevent Blindness urges House and Senate to quickly pass “Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act” to improve access, diagnosis, and treatment for kids ages 2-17 Prevent Blindness applauds
May
8
2024
My Story: Unyielding, Unapologetic, Unbroken
Basim served as an intern with the NCCVEH this academic year while completing his Master of Public Health degree from Northwestern University. He shares his personal journey living with Stargardt
February
6
2024
Low Vision: The Challenge of Not Getting a Driver’s License
Stephanie Klas, mother of two sons with visual impairment and member of the Advisory Committee to the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness, offers this
