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Children, even young children, are able to learn preventive health practices that can lead to a regimen of healthy lifestyle choices that will enhance their quality of life and potentially reduce the need for certain types of health care as they grow older. Unfortunately, most children are only exposed to information in the school curriculum about their eyes as vision relates to the five senses of the body. Aside from the educational efforts of the Save Our Sight Grantees, little or no information is presented to Ohio’s nearly 2 million school children and their caretakers/teachers regarding the importance of vision health and safety and eye care, what to do in case of an eye injury, or how to prevent eye injuries that may result in permanent vision impairment or even blindness in one or both eyes.
Guided by the National Health Education Standards, the National Science Education Standards and the Standards for Technology Literacy, Prevent Blindness Ohio has developed programs that will increase awareness among Ohio’s children and their caretakers of the importance of eye health and safety by providing hands-on learning opportunities that will enable them to make wise, informed decisions about how to keep their eyes healthy and safe throughout their lifetime.
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