Chinese expert consensus on comprehensive public health intervention for myopia prevention and control in children and adolescents

Abstract

The effective implementation of myopia prevention and control interventions is the foundation of achieving the goal of myopia prevention and control in China. However, relevant guidance documents for the implementation and evaluation of myopia prevention and control interventions are still lacking. Therefore, after in-depth research and summarizing relevant practical experiences, the Vision Health Branch of Chinese Association for Student Nutrition and Health Promotion and the Public Health Ophthalmology Branch of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association discussed and proposed the Chinese expert consensus on comprehensive public health intervention for myopia prevention and control in children and adolescents. The consensus develops a theoretical framework of comprehensive intervention actions for myopia prevention and control from the perspective of public health, creates six comprehensive intervention actions, including the establishment of vision health records and myopia risk assessment, evaluation of vision care related behaviors and the development of proper eye-use behaviors, health education for teachers, students and parents, improvement of reading and writing environment at home and school, 2 hours of daytime outdoor activities, hierarchical management and medical orthosis of myopia, and proposes a system of indicators for the implementation and effectiveness evaluation of myopia intervention actions, so as to provide a cost-effective and universally appropriate public health prescription for myopia prevention and control in children and adolescents.