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Introduction to Community Eye Health - OPTM7001
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Optometry and Vision Science
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course aims to provide an understanding of the major global initiatives regarding prevention and control of blindness, and an ability to translate these to a local level. The course includes discussion of the following: (1) the concept of 'community' (2) definitions of blindness and visual impairment (3) global initiatives of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight (4) impacts of blindness and visual impairment at global and local levels (5) issues in the prevention and control of major blinding eye diseases.

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