Social determinants of health encompass the quality of an individual's social and physical
environment and its effect on health outcomes. Disparities in these social and environmental …

Importance The adverse impact of visual impairment and blindness and correlations with
socioeconomic position are known. Understanding of the effect of the substantially more …

Purpose To assess vision health disparities in the United States by race/ethnicity, education,
and economic status. Design Cross-sectional, nationally representative samples. Methods …

Besagar et al1 used the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a state-based
telephone interview survey coordinated by the US Centers for Disease Control and …

Purpose To review the existing knowledge on vision health disparities in major adult vision
health outcomes (age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma …

BACKGROUND: Community health centers (CHCs) are nonprofit community-based
providers of primary and preventative health care for medically underserved populations. At …

Conclusions As we continue on the journey of addressing disparities in eye care and vision
health, it is imperative to know where we currently stand to move our field forward in an …

4. Chou CF, Barker LE, Crews JE, et al. Disparities in eye care utilization among the United
141 States adults with visual impairment: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance …

This narrative review summarizes the literature on factors related to eye care access and
utilization in the United States. Using the Healthy People 2030 framework, this review …

Importance Although racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in visual impairment have
been described in adults, few studies have focused on the adolescent population, which …