
Prevent Blindness Ohio offers free glaucoma resources to patients and professionals
Key Takeaways
- Prevent Blindness Ohio provides free educational resources on glaucoma, including fact sheets, financial assistance, and social media graphics.
- The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Expert Series features expert discussions on glaucoma, covering public health and patient resources.
These resources include downloadable fact sheets, glaucoma financial assistance resources, shareable social media graphics, and a dedicated webpage.
A recent press release from Prevent Blindness Ohio (PBO) alerted readers to the availability of free educational resources about glaucoma to patients, care partners, and professionals.
These resources include downloadable
PBO also offers instruction on how to effectively instill eye drops that includes a
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Glaucoma and Public Health ” with Karen Allison, MD, MBA, FACS, a member of the board of directors of Prevent Blindness and the Chief of Glaucoma, Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester. - “
Understanding Glaucoma ” and “Information and Resources for Glaucoma Patients ” featuring Constance Okeke, MD, MSCE, who is a glaucoma specialist at Virginia Eye Consultants, and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. - “
Focus on Eye Health Patient Story: Glaucoma ” with Prevent Blindness Associate Director of Eye Health Services, Tasha R. Lockridge, who describes her glaucoma diagnosis and treatment journey.
A recent study1 that provides the prevalence rates of glaucoma in the US also reported the substantial variations in the prevalence rates across demographic subgroups, US states, and counties in 2022. The study was conducted by
To increase the awareness of the study’s findings, PBO created social media graphics in English and Spanish, and a
A video series supporting this study and glaucoma awareness was launched with two presentations: “
Another free program offered by PBO and Responsum Health is “
To help promote this free resource,
Amy Pulles, President & CEO of PBO, said, “Our various glaucoma resources are offered free to the public and professionals to help empower patients with the information needed to work with their eye care professional to help protect vision from the ‘sneak thief of sight.’”
More information and materials on glaucoma can be
Reference
Ehrlich JR, Burke-Comb Z, Wittenborn JS, et al. Prevalence of glaucoma among US Adults in 2022. Ophthalmology. 2024;142:1046-1053;doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.3884
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