Research on Basic Causes of Blindness
In order to carry out our mission to preserve sight, Prevent Blindness Northern California provides educational brochures and information on common ocular diseases, including glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and cataracts. First Aid for Eye Emergency and How to Safely Jump Start Car Battery stickers are also available. Prevent Blindness staff and volunteers attend Health Fairs and other events to promote awareness that early detection of vision disorders can prevent a lifetime of visual impairment.
Contributions to Prevent Blindness Northern California support our vision screening programs as well as national research programs aimed at eliminating blindness.
Including:
- research into the causes and potential prevention of ocular disease and vision loss on a population basis,
- the development and evaluation of new early detection technologies and strategies,
- evaluation of interventions designed to prevent or delay the onset of ocular diseases,
- evaluation of new approaches to screening including testing strategies, outreach to high-risk populations, follow-up protocols, and issues of patient compliance with screening recommendations,
- development and evaluation of interventions to improve compliance with chronic medical therapy for glaucoma and other disorders requiring long-term treatment,
- health services research designed to evaluate new strategies for delivery of eye care services, especially to under served populations,
- studies to document the burden of ocular disease and vision loss, and their consequences to the population.
To contribute, please contact us.