"0 to 6 years old is a critical period for the development of children's eyeball structure and visual function. Visual development before the age of 6 affects the visual quality of children throughout their lives. " Experts from the National Health Commission said.
According to reports, eye diseases and poor eyesight occurred during this period, if not diagnosed and treated in time, may affect the development of children's eyeballs, leading to poor vision of children. Even if you put on glasses to correct it, you can't restore your normal vision, and some serious eye diseases can even lead to blindness. Therefore, 0 to 6 years old is an important period to carry out children's eye care and vision examination.
The service standard is clear. According to the characteristics of normal children's eyes and vision development at different ages, combined with the time and frequency of health management services for children aged 0-6, we provided 13 eye care and vision examination services for children aged 0-6.
According to experts from National Health Commission, children's eyesight develops gradually from birth, and eye diseases that need screening, diagnosis and intervention are different in different age groups, and the focus of eye care in different age groups is also different. The service specification focuses on the neonatal period, infancy, early childhood and preschool period, and clearly requires different examinations in different periods.
According to the service standards, eye care and vision examination services for children aged 0-6 are mainly provided by grassroots medical and health institutions such as township hospitals and community health service centers with corresponding service capabilities, or county-level medical institutions with conditions such as county-level maternal and child health care institutions.
In a community in Zhentou Street, qiaoxi district City, Shijiazhuang City, the staff of ophthalmology institutions are explaining ophthalmology knowledge to community children. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liang Zidong)
In addition, the service standard emphasizes health education, and clearly requires parents to establish awareness of myopia prevention and control, and do preventive work from an early age. It is required to guide parents to pay attention to protecting the hyperopia reserve of children aged 0 to 6, and emphasize that insufficient hyperopia reserve may develop into myopia.
"For children before the age of 6, the focus of myopia prevention and control is to form good eye habits, actively participate in outdoor activities and sports, and prevent hyperopia reserves from being consumed too soon." Experts from the National Health Commission said. (Xu Penghang)