Learn about the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP)
For more than 20 years, NEHEP has helped health professionals raise awareness about the importance of eye health.
Find outreach materials
We have hundreds of printable fact sheets, handouts, and other materials on eye health and specific diseases and conditions.
Resources by Topic
NEHEP has developed comprehensive sets of materials and resources to help health educators reach populations who are at higher risk for eye disease and vision loss.
Eye conditions
Glaucoma
Glaucoma usually has no warning signs — and half of the people who have it don’t know it. Spread the word about how early treatment can stop the damage and help prevent vision loss.
Diabetic eye disease
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults. The good news is that regular eye exams can find problems early, when they're easier to treat.
Low vision
Low vision can make everyday life harder — but with vision rehabilitation services, many people with this condition can protect their remaining sight and stay independent.
Audiences
Older adults
The risk of eye disease gets higher as people age, but it’s not inevitable. Help older adults in your community learn how to protect their vision.
African Americans
Our Write the Vision program stresses the importance of regular eye exams for African Americans, who are at higher risk of eye diseases that cause vision loss.
Hispanics/Latinos
Our program ¡Ojo con su visión! (Watch out for your vision!) offers culturally-appropriate materials about eye health for Hispanic/Latinos audiences — including many materials in Spanish.
Healthy vision
Eye health and safety
Our Healthy Vision toolkit includes resources that encourage people to learn about protecting their vision.
NEI’s 2020 campaign
In 2020, NEI put eye health in the national spotlight with our More Than Meets the Eye 2020 campaign.
Explore NEI’s virtual reality (VR) eye disease experience
With our “See What I See” VR app, you can see what it’s like to experience vision loss from common eye diseases — including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts.
See eye health data and statistics
Find out how blindness, low vision, and other common eye conditions affect the U.S. population by age, gender, and race/ethnicity — and how experts predicts those statistics may change in the future.