An Eye on Vision: Seven Questions About Vision Screening and Eye Health—Part 4

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 351-354
Author(s):  
P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin ◽  
Kira Baldonado ◽  
Susan Cotter ◽  
Bruce Moore ◽  
Geoffrey E. Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Critical Line ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Vision Screening ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
Convergence Insufficiency

Current evidence-based and best-practice vision screening and eye health approaches, tools, and procedures are the result of revised national guidelines in the past 3 years and advances in research during the past 18 years. To help the busy school nurse with little time to keep up with changes in children’s vision practices and a growing body of literature, the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness is providing answers to seven questions that are often received from the field. Topical areas are (1) instrument-based screening and stereopsis, (2) optotype-based screening if child is referred from instrument-based screening, (3) next steps if a student’s glasses are scratched or broken, (4) critical line screening with a threshold eye chart, (5) full threshold screening if student does not pass critical line screening, (6) holding a ruler beneath line of optotypes to identify, and (7) convergence insufficiency screening in the school setting.

An Eye on Vision: 20 Questions About Vision Screening and Eye Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin ◽  
Kira Baldonado ◽  
Geoffrey E. Bradford ◽  
Susan Cotter ◽  
Bruce Moore
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
School Nurse ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Vision Screening ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Muscle Imbalance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
Growing Body

Current evidence-based and best practice vision screening and eye health approaches, tools, and procedures are the result of revised national guidelines in the past 3 years and advances in research during the last 16 years. To help the busy school nurse with little time to keep up with changes in children’s vision practices and a growing body of literature, the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness is providing answers to 20 questions received most often from the field. Question topics are: (1) arranging the screening environment, (2) occluders to cover the eyes during vision screening, (3) optotype-based screening at distance, (4) optotype-based screening at near, (5) instrument-based screening, (6) muscle imbalance screening, (7) referrals, and (8) vision screening certification.

An Eye on Vision: Five Questions About Vision Screening and Eye Health—Part 3

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 279-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin ◽  
Kira Baldonado ◽  
Susan Cotter ◽  
Bruce Moore ◽  
Geoffrey E. Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Vision Screening ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Screening Guidelines ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
Referral Criteria ◽  
Growing Body

Current evidence-based and best practice vision screening and eye health approaches, tools, and procedures are the result of revised national guidelines in the past 3 years and advances in research during the past 18 years. To help the busy school nurse with little time to keep up with changes in children’s vision practices and a growing body of literature, the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness is providing answers to five questions that are often received from the field. Topical areas are: (1) instrument-based screening for children ages 6 years and older, (2) stereoacuity screening and Random Dot E, (3) binocular distance visual acuity screening, (4) a 2-line difference between the eyes as part of referral criteria, and (5) state vision screening guidelines excluding evidence-based tools.

An Eye on Vision: Five Questions About Vision Screening and Eye Health—Part 2

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 210-213
Author(s):  
P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin ◽  
Kira Baldonado ◽  
Susan Cotter ◽  
Bruce Moore ◽  
Geoffrey E. Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Vision Screening ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Color Vision Deficiency ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
Near Visual Acuity ◽  
Deficiency Screening

Current evidence-based and best practice vision screening and eye health approaches, tools, and procedures are the result of revised national guidelines in the last 3 years and advances in research during the past 18 years. To help the busy school nurse, with little time to keep up with changes in children’s vision practices and a growing body of literature, the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness is providing answers to five questions that are often received from the field. Topical areas include (1) which numbers to record when using a 10-foot chart, (2) instrument-based screening and visual acuity, (3) screening children who wear glasses, (4) referring children who do not pass color vision deficiency screening, and (5) conducting near visual acuity screening monocularly or binocularly.

An Eye on Vision: Five Questions About Vision Screening and Eye Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-149
Author(s):  
P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin ◽  
Kira Baldonado ◽  
Geoffrey E. Bradford ◽  
Susan Cotter ◽  
Bruce Moore
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
School Nurse ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Vision Screening ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Screening Guidelines ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
Email Address ◽  
Health Experts

Current evidence-based and best-practice vision screening and eye health approaches, tools, and procedures are the result of revised national guidelines in the past 3 years and advances in research during the past 18 years. In providing answers to the five questions in this article, the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness used published, peer-reviewed research; vision screening and eye health national guidelines; and consensus-based best practices from eye care professionals and public health experts. The answers may differ from your state or district vision screening guidelines and mandates. This is the second installment of the “An Eye on Vision” frequently asked questions section that will appear in future editions of NASN School Nurse. To review the first installment, see the March 2018 edition of NASN School Nurse. The authors encourage vision screeners to submit their vision screening and eye health questions to the email address that appears at the end of this article.

Interceptive orthodontics – current evidence-based best practice

Dental Update ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 442-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity R Borrie ◽  
David R Bearn
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Interceptive Orthodontics

scholarly journals Outcome Priorities Among Evidence-Based Dementia Caregiving Programs: A Closer Look

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
Sara Powers ◽  
Alyssa Ciancibello ◽  
Rachel Schaffer ◽  
David Bass ◽  
Morgan Minyo
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Dementia Caregivers ◽  
Depressive Symptomology ◽  
Dementia Caregiving ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Theory ◽  
Evidence Based Programs

Abstract Currently, the Best Practice Caregiving website provides information on 231 published studies from 44 dementia caregiving evidence-based programs that have demonstrated beneficial outcomes for dementia caregivers within health care and community-based settings. Across all programs, a total of 34 biopsychosocial outcomes were identified. Supported by the commonly used stress-related frameworks (e.g., Stress-Health Process, Cognitive Behavioral Theory) for which the programs were developed, the most frequently utilized program outcomes included: 1) Caregiver stress, strain, and/or burden (84.1%); 2) Caregiver depressive symptomology (79.5%); and 3) Caregiving efficacy, skills, and/or confidence (63.6%). The least common programmatic outcomes included: 1) Access to support information/Community service use (9.1%); 2) Unmet needs (6.8%); and 3) Respite/break from care (2.3%). The lesser utilized outcomes provide critical insight into current evidence-based programmatic priorities and ways in which professionals can seek to fill gaps in dementia caregiving interventions. Discussion will also focus on future directions of caregiver-related outcome assessments.

Tools for managing feline problem behaviours: Owner understanding and involvement

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1015-1023
Author(s):  
Vicky Halls
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Human Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
Specific Behaviour ◽  
Problem Behaviours ◽  
Referral Practice

Practical relevance: Good communication skills are at the heart of best practice for veterinarians and behaviourists (be they veterinarians/nurses/technicians with specialist behaviour training and qualifications or clinical animal behaviourists). Hence gaining an understanding of how to engage clients to become involved in their pets’ treatment, both medical and behavioural, is relevant to all who work in this field. Clinical challenges: Poor communication skills can be responsible for owners’ lack of compliance regarding both medical treatment and implementation of behavioural protocols. Evidence base: Much of the evidence-based information on effective communication comes from the fields of human psychology and psychotherapy, human medicine and business, with only a limited amount coming from the veterinary field. Therefore, some opinions expressed in this article are based on the author’s experience of treating cases in a cat-specific behaviour referral practice over the past 20 years and her work as a humanistic counsellor. Audience: Any veterinarians, veterinary nurses or technicians who are involved in the diagnosis or treatment of problem feline behaviour in practice would benefit from knowledge of what promotes and also hinders owner understanding and involvement.

Meeting the Best Practice for Hearing Aid Verification in Children: Challenges and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-894
Author(s):  
Nur Azyani Amri ◽  
Tian Kar Quar ◽  
Foong Yen Chong
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Fitting Hearing Aids

Purpose This study examined the current pediatric amplification practice with an emphasis on hearing aid verification using probe microphone measurement (PMM), among audiologists in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Frequency of practice, access to PMM system, practiced protocols, barriers, and perception toward the benefits of PMM were identified through a survey. Method A questionnaire was distributed to and filled in by the audiologists who provided pediatric amplification service in Klang Valley, Malaysia. One hundred eight ( N = 108) audiologists, composed of 90.3% women and 9.7% men (age range: 23–48 years), participated in the survey. Results PMM was not a clinical routine practiced by a majority of the audiologists, despite its recognition as the best clinical practice that should be incorporated into protocols for fitting hearing aids in children. Variations in practice existed warranting further steps to improve the current practice for children with hearing impairment. The lack of access to PMM equipment was 1 major barrier for the audiologists to practice real-ear verification. Practitioners' characteristics such as time constraints, low confidence, and knowledge levels were also identified as barriers that impede the uptake of the evidence-based practice. Conclusions The implementation of PMM in clinical practice remains a challenge to the audiology profession. A knowledge-transfer approach that takes into consideration the barriers and involves effective collaboration or engagement between the knowledge providers and potential stakeholders is required to promote the clinical application of evidence-based best practice.

LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Messinger
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Victim Services ◽  
Public Health Threat

Many nations today recognize intimate partner violence (IPV) in romantic-sexual relationships as a major public health threat, yet not all victims are treated equally. Contrary to myths, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and queer (LGBTQ) people are more likely to experience IPV than heterosexual-cisgender people. Unfortunately, LGBTQ victims face major barriers to reaching safety in a world that too often stigmatizes their identities and overlooks their relationships when forming victim services and policies. Offering a roadmap forward, LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence: Lessons for Policy, Practice, and Research is the first book to synthesize nearly all existing research from the past forty years on this pressing issue. At once highly organized and engaging, it provides evidence-based tips for academic and nonacademic audiences alike.

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