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child's first Eye Health Exam! |
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| As participants in the InfantSEE program, we look forward to helping you make
the most of your child's future, by providing eye
assessments to your children within six to twelve months
of life. |
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| As you think about your child's developmental
milestones, remember to consider your child's eye
health. Because vision plays a major role in infant
development, visual health must be checked early and
regularly. In fact, the American Optometric Association
recommends that children receive their first
comprehensive eye assessment at 6 months of age. With
the Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
promising multi-year support, InfantSEE has the
potential to ensure early childhood wellness care to
include a professional eye and vision assessment as a
necessary step in an infant's overall health and
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"As parents, we regularly take our children to
the dentist to help prevent cavities. Likewise, we
should take our babies to the optometrist to help
prevent potential eye and vision problems. Given my
family's experience managing vision problems that were
not caught early, I strongly encourage all parents with
babies to visit an optometrist for an InfantSEE
assessment during the first year of their child's life
and I applaud AOA for providing parents this
opportunity." - Former President Jimmy Carter. |
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One in every 10 children is at
risk from undiagnosed eye and vision problems, yet
only 13 percent of mothers with children younger than 2
years of age said they had taken their babies to see an
eye and vision care professional for a regular check-up
or well-care visit. Moreover, many children at risk for
eye and vision problems are not being identified at an
early age, when many of those problems might be
prevented or more easily corrected. Some 4.02 million
children were born in 2004, according to the U.S. Census
Bureau. In approximately 4 percent, strabismus will
develop, and amblyopia will develop in 3 percent'this
equates to as many as 100,000 infants born each year who
are at risk for serious eye and vision problems. |
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An InfantSEE assessment between 6
and 12 months of age is recommended to determine if
an infant is at risk for eye or vision disorders. Since
many eye problems arise from conditions that can be
identified by an eye doctor in the infant's first year
of life, you as a parent can give your infant a precious
gift with an InfantSEE assessment in addition to the
wellness evaluation of the eyes by your pediatrician or
family practice doctor. |
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Early
intervention is critical to
successful and cost-effective
treatment. Despite the nation's
present system of preschool
vision screening, there is a
need for professional infant eye
and vision assessments.
Sadly, during the course
of their young lives, most
children probably never see an
eye care specialist who can
provide the kind of professional
eye assessment necessary to
identify critical eye and vision
problems at an early stage, and
provide the necessary care and
treatment. |
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We have stepped forward to accept our public health role and make a
significant contribution in the area of infants' eye and vision
health. The American Optometric Association, with The Vision Care
Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. as a working
partner, has launched InfantSEE, a first-of-its-kind national
program to provide children professional eye and vision care earlier
in life. The program will address the early childhood segment of the
pre-school population, providing no-cost infant eye and vision
assessments before the age of one year.
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