Prevalence of Ocular Morbidity in 5 to 14 Years Children in an Urban Resettlement Colony of New Delhi, India

A cross sectional study to assess prevalence and pattern of ocular morbidity among pre-school children attending anganwadi centres of Hubballi taluk in South India

“…School eye screening program which was implemented as the integral part of the National Program for Control of Blindness (NPCB) and many studies done in India have focused on ocular health among school aged children. [7][8][9][10][11] The very few studies done in preschool age group have mainly focused on vitamin A deficiency but amblyopia and amblyogenic risk factors such as strabismus and significant refractive error are also the most prevalent vision disorders in them which needs attention. [12][13][14][15] Considering all above factors this study was conducted with the objective to estimate the prevalence of ocular morbidity among pre-school children and also to identify the pattern of ocular morbidity and factors associated with it.…”