Outlook Newsletter

Outlook is the electronic newsletter of the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP). Outlook provides quarterly updates on eye health education, disease prevention activities, and NEHEP activities and materials.

**In the Fall 2012 Outlook Newsletter:**

	Letter From the Chair of the NEHEP Planning Committee NEHEP has an important role to play in sharing information so patients receive as much benefit as possible from new insights that emerge from research.
	NEHEP Welcomes New Planning Committee Members The NEHEP Planning Committee welcomes four new members to help advise on program development, implementation, and evaluation activities.
	Celebrate American Diabetes Month by Raising Awareness About Diabetic Eye Disease The National Eye Health Education Program provides professionals with a variety of resources in English and Spanish to help raise awareness about the need for people with diabetes to have dilated eye exams.
	NEHEP Reaches African Americans en Route Transit organizations in New York, NY, and Chicago, IL, work with NEHEP to promote glaucoma messages to African Americans.
	New Online Resource Houses Data on Leading Adult Eye Diseases New data are available from the National Eye Institute and Prevent Blindness America that shows the number of people age 40 and older with visual impairment and blindness has increased since 2000 and will continue to rise.
	NEI Launches Contest for Audacious Goals in Vision Research The National Eye Institute is sponsoring the Challenge to Identify Audacious Goals in Vision Research and Blindness Rehabilitation, a contest for the most compelling one-page ideas to advance vision science.
	Family Connect® Provides Answers For Parents of Children With Visual Impairments The NEHEP Low Vision Subcommittee worked with the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments and the American Foundation for the Blind to develop a new section on the Family Connect® website that answers questions parents often have about low vision.
	Going Blind Outreach Reaches Congress Going Blind, a feature film about coming out of the dark about vision loss, is currently airing on television across the country.
	EyeCare America Offers New Video Promoting Eye Exam Eligibility EyeCare America is offering organizations and clinicians access to a video to learn how to help individuals with eye care needs determine if they qualify for financial assistance.
	Recent Activities and Upcoming Educational Events From ASORN The American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN) has recently launched the Ophthalmology Safe Surgical Checklist and a new website.
	HVCA Spotlight: Tulare Community Health Clinic Tulare Community Health Clinic has established a program that provides diabetic eye disease and occupational eye safety education to Hispanic/Latino migrant and seasonal farm workers.
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