Alabama clinics offer free vision screening for rural areas
May 31, 2021
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A program meant to prevent vision loss among some of Alabama s most vulnerable residents will provide free vision screening and testing in rural communities.
Offered as part of a study by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, the program already has treated more than 100 people at Cahaba Medical Care clinics in Maplesville and Marion, UAB said in an announcement, and it will expand to include a clinic in Centreville in June.
Studies have shown that poor, Black and Hispanic people are disproportionately at risk for problems that can cause blindness. In rural areas where few eye care providers work, many people delay getting eye exams, said Dr. Lindsay A. Rhodes.
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