Children's eye health

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New research shows that only 30% of kids always wear sunglasses on sunny days and more than a third of parents believe a hat or cap offers the same protection as sunglasses.

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Chris Steele FCOptom, new Clinical Editor of Acuity, on change as a positive factor

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Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?

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The College's position on the use of Chloramphenicol POM in paediatric populations.

More on examining children

CCEHC makes recommendations for children who have missed out on vision screening due to COVID-19.

Should you examine young patients without a parent or carer present?

How much information should you disclose to young patients and their parents?

A young patient's mother is insistent that he doesn't need spectacles but, in your opinion he should be wearing them. What should you do?

Should you re-examine a HES patient who has broken her specs?

What would you do when asked to divulge information about a child patient?

Take part in our research on childhood myopia and inform future decisions on myopia management.

The College issues eye health advice as more families consider hosting their own fireworks display.

In the September issue of Optometry in Practice, we discuss the importance of establishing a new framework for eye care in special schools

This article provides optometrists with a framework to meet the eye care needs of children with significant learning disabilities.

Becky McCall looks at how the latest research has linked air pollution with eye health, and the advice to give patients on how to protect themselves.