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Inventory of current EU paediatric vision and hearing screening programmes
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Netherlands nat Norway nat Poland nat Portugal nat Romania loc
YHC, nurse + + + Nurse, GP, school + + + Ped, GP - + + GP + - + Ophth + - +
Pict 3, Lea; C 4
Lea 4, Sher 6
Pict 4, Snel 6
Sher 4, E 5; E; C 51⁄2; 6 Pict 3, Snel 4; 5
- - - - - - - - Loc. -
munic >95
Serbia nat Slovakia nat
Ophth, ped + + + Ophth, orth, ped + + +
Snel 61⁄2
- both - both
state >95 par, insur >90
Slovenia nat Spain loc Sweden nat
Ped, school + + + Ped, ophth, optom + - + Nurse + - - Ophth, orth,
Pict 3; 5 Snel 6; 7 Pict 4, Snel 41⁄2; 5 HOTV 4, KM 6
- -
- stereo - -
insur >95 par, state region >95
Switzerland loc Turkey start
ped, nurse, optic, + + + school, GP
Pict 4, Lea; E 41⁄2; 5, 51⁄2
- stereo
insur >80
UK nat
- -
region >95
Ophth + + - Orth, nurse, assist + - -
E5
Sonksen; Keeler 4; 5
- -
par start
Scope = scope of vision screening programme (nat = nation-wide, loc = local), Personnel: (ophth = ophthalmologist, ped = paediatrician, school
= school physician, YHC = youth health care physician, orth = orthoptist, optom = optometrist, GP = general practitioner, optic = optician, assist = practice assistant), Pres. = preschool screening(screening before school age, school age varies across countries), Chart and age = visual acuity chart and age of testing (Pict = Picture chart, Lea = Lea Hyvarinen Chart (picture) C = Landolt C, E = Tumbling E, KM = Konstantin Moutakis, Sher = Sheridan Gardiner, Snel = Snellen), Auto. = autorefraction/ photorefraction, Also = testing of stereopsis and/or colour vision, Funding = (Insur
= health insurance, Munic = Municipalities, Par = parents), Cov. = Coverage.
Pict 3, Lea; E; C; Snel, 5; 6
munic >95
state >80
state start
state, >80 charity