ACTIVITY NUMBER 2

REFRACTIVE ERRORS INTRODUCTION

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Purpose: To structure the content of their final project “the newspaper” about refractive errors by means of writing a paragraph.

A.      Discuss with your partner the following question and share with the class

1.       Do you think refractive errors cause blindness?

B.      Read de following paragraph

The global initiative, Vision 20/20: The Right to Sight, established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, has created valuable and effective collaborations of organizations involved in a wide range of eye care and community healthcare activities aimed at the elimination of avoidable blindness and impaired vision.

Vision 2020’s major priorities are cataract; trachoma; onchocerciasis; childhood blindness, and refractive error and low vision. These have been selected not only because of the burden of blindness that they represent but, also, because of the feasibility and affordability of interventions to prevent and treat these conditions. It is only recently that uncorrected refractive error has achieved prominence as a major cause of functional blindness and significantly impaired vision, as a result of landmark population-based studies in adults, children and in post-cataract patients. Apart from individuals who have taken an active role in the elimination of diseases such as onchocerciasis or have been in cataract teams, optometrists have had little opportunity to take part in the front line elimination of four of the major, preventable blindness-producing conditions targeted by Vision 20/20. The realization of the impact of uncorrected refractive error has provided the opportunity for optometry to play a major part in alleviating vision loss for those most in need.

1.       What would be an ideal title for the reading?

2.       What it is the main idea of the reading?

 

3.       What would be the reason why refractive defects cause blindness? Select the right option, based on the reading:

a.       There is a big part of the population that doesn`t have access to a pair of glasses

b.      Because with glasses we can improve the vision

c.       Refractive errors don`t cause blindness

d.      Refractive errors can cause cataract, trachoma and onchocerciasis

4.       Think of this question: How could you contribute as an optometrist to reduce blindness?

·         Make a list of the possible ways to contribute as an optometrist to reduce blindness

·         Share your ideas with your class partners

·         Think of sentences that expand each contribution, don’t forget to use the transition words: and / so / as a consequence, in collaboration with, by creating, by helping, etc.

Keep this information in mind to create tour newspaper!!!