Visual Acuity Screening in North Indian Schools: Testing Accuracy and Cost of Alternate Screening Models.

Purpose: Our study compares the sensitivity, specificity and cost of visual acuity screening as performed by all class teachers (ACTs), selected teachers (STs) and vision technicians (VTs) in north Indian schools.

Methods: Prospective cluster randomized control studies are conducted in schools in a rural block and an urban-slum of north India. Consenting schools, with a minimum of 800 students aged 6 to 17 years, within a defined study region in both locations, were randomised into three arms: ACTs, STs or VTs.

Door-to-door Screening as a New Model Augmenting School Eye Screening: Reaching Out to School Age Children in the Midst of a Pandemic.

Purpose: Explore door-to-door eye screening in India as a model to reach school age children in need of eye care, especially during school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods: Children between 5 and 18 years were screened in an urban-slum of Delhi from September 2020 to March 2021. Screening included capturing ocular complaints, visual acuity and conducting a torchlight examination.

Correction: Effect of Door-to-Door Screening and Awareness Generation Activities in the Catchment Areas of Vision Centers on Service Use: Protocol for a Randomized Experimental Study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/31951.].

Effect of Door-to-Door Screening and Awareness Generation Activities in the Catchment Areas of Vision Centers on Service Use: Protocol for a Randomized Experimental Study.

Background: A vision center (VC) is a significant eye care service model to strengthen primary eye care services. VCs have been set up at the block level, covering a population of 150,000-250,000 in rural areas in North India. Inadequate use by rural communities is a major challenge to sustainability of these VCs.