title: A preventive approach to vision care emphasizing detection and treatment in early life.
abstract: This paper examines the evidence available in vision literature which provides a basis for preventive activities. Those areas where prevention may be possible and the procedures to be applied so as to effect prevention are discussed. The article suggests that definitive proof for prevention may result if practitioners carry out careful evaluations of the recommended preventive procedures and make the results available to their colleagues.
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy