Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care

Angela R Elam; Victoria L Tseng; Tannia M Rodriguez; Elise V Mike; Alexis K Warren; Anne L Coleman; American Academy of Ophthalmology Taskforce on Disparities in Eye Care

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.07.010

Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care

Ophthalmology. 2022 Oct;129(10):e89-e113. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.07.010. Epub 2022 Sep 1.

Authors

Angela R Elam¹, Victoria L Tseng², Tannia M Rodriguez³, Elise V Mike⁴, Alexis K Warren⁵, Anne L Coleman⁶; American Academy of Ophthalmology Taskforce on Disparities in Eye Care

Collaborators

American Academy of Ophthalmology Taskforce on Disparities in Eye Care:
Ugochi Aguwa, Chrisfouad Alabiad, Cesar Briceno, Hilda Capo, Melissa Contreras, Jane Edmond, Ann-Margret Ervin, Tamara Fountain, David Friedman, James Gao, Lynn Gordon, Joy Harewood, Ken Kitayama, O'Rese Knight, Aaron Lee, Paul Lee, Gary Legault, Kristen Nwanyanwu, Mildred Olivier, Cesar Perez-Gonzalez, Jessica Randolph, Ahmara Ross, Ruth Shoge, Sharon Solomon, Basil Williams, Fasika Woreta, Charles Wright, Nazlee Zebardast

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Center for Eye Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: aelam@med.umich.edu.
² UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
³ Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
⁴ Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

Abstract

Significant disparities in vision health and eye care exist. To achieve health equity, we must understand the root causes and drivers of health disparities and inequities, including social determinants of health and systemic racism.

Keywords: Access; Disparities; Eye care; Health equity; Social determinants of health; Vision health.

Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care

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