Canadian Society for International and Public Health Ophthalmology

Community Health: Dealing with Disparity in Eye Care

Friday June 10, 2011, 1330-1500
Oak

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify options for cataract surgery in low income countries.
• Discuss issues of inequity and disparity of eye care services across Canada and around the world.
• Describe existing and potential strategies to alleviate these problems of inequity.
• Identify glaucoma management issues in low income African countries.

1330	Introduction Simon Holland
1335	Cataract surgery in low income countries - SICS or phaco? Colin Cook
1345	Discussion
Free Papers
1350	Did delisting eye care services in Ontario reduce access to eye care services? Yaping Jin, Yvonne M. Buys, Wendy Hatch, Graham Trope
1357	Canadian Uncorrected Refractive Error Study - the Brantford pilot study Keith D. Gordon, Barbara E. Robinson, Desmond Fonn, Craig Woods, Deborah Gold, Yunwei Feng
1404	Inequities in eye care utilization among Canadian adolescents: Evidence from the Canadian community health survey Kunyong Xu, Graham Trope, J. Ray Buncic, Yaping Jin
1411	Discussion
1415	Glaucoma management in low income African countries Colin Cook
1425	Discussion
1430	Ophthalmic outreach services in the Yukon Janette Lindley, Robert Woods, Doug Hamilton
1440	Discussion
1445	Public health agencies: An asset to Canadian ophthalmology David Patrick, Rick Mathias
1455	Discussion and Conclusion Simon Holland