Health supervision of school-based myopia prevention and control

Abstract

Objective To explore the associated factors in the implementation of the random sampling inspection of the lighting institutions in kindergartens, out-of-school training institutions and primary and secondary schools in 2019 (Supervision Letter [2019] No. 314 of National Health Office) (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), and to provide reference for better implementation of the Plan. Methods A survey of school-based myopia prevention and control was conducted in 23 provincial, municipal and county-level health supervision institutions in China. The main contents of the survey focused on the introduction, implementation and implementation of the program. Results The implementation of the plan was significantly associated with the specific work organized and coordinated by the health administrative department, clear responsibility of various departments, and collaboration with educational institutions[OR(95%CI)=1.57(1.05-2.36), 0.05(0.03-0.10), 0.31(0.19-0.52), 0.03(0.01-0.09), 0.12(0.04-0.37), P Conclusion The program needs to be implemented through multiple departments and is associated with multiple factors. It is of great importance to strengthen multi-sector collaboration and clarify the responsibility of various departments for the health supervision of school-based myopia prevention and control.