| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (PAL) (72 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm |
| Summary |
The recent AIHW report "Eye Health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people"(May 2011) found that the leading causes of vision loss include uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy. Up to 94% of this vision loss is preventable or treatable |
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Eye -- Disorders |
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Visual perception |
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Vision disorders |
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Aborigines, Australian -- Eye diseases |
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Aborigines, Australian -- Vision disorders |
| Notes |
Program presenters. Chair: Dr Norman Swan - Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National and Tonic on ABC24 TV Dr Tim Henderson - Eye Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital, NT Ms Anna Morse - Optometrist, Project Manager, Aboriginal Eye Care, International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) Ms Barbara O'Connor - Indigenous Regional Eye Health Coordinator, Woolloongabba, QLD Professor Hugh R. Taylor AC - Harold Mitchell Professor of Indigenous Eye Health, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne |
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Funding for this program has been provided by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the IOOF Foundation, the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and Allergan |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
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Eye -- Diseases.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care.
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Visual perception.
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Vision disorders.
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| Author |
Swan, Norman.
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Henderson, Tim.
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Morse, Anna
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O'Connor, Barbara.
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Taylor, Hugh R.
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