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Community Health
New Analysis Indicates Community Health Centers Lack Resources to Provide Poor and Rural Communities With Much Needed Vision Care Services
March 14th, 2009
A new analysis from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services indicates that a lack of access to eye care services for residents in rural and low-income areas has become a major public health crisis in America. The report "Assessing the Need for On-Site Eye Care Professionals in Community Health Centers" analyzed the services provided by community health centers across the country, and revealed that visual health and access to comprehensive eye exams for rural and low-income populations is severely lagging. Rural and low-income populations are at greater risk for undiagnosed and untreated eye and vision problems and are less likely to...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-03-14)
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