Amblyopia, deprivation and health disparities research: challenges in 2020

J Abbott^{1

2}, P Shah^{3

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham Women's & Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK. joseph.abbott1@nhs.net.
² Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research, Institute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. joseph.abbott1@nhs.net.
³ Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research, Institute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ University of Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
⁶ University College London, London, UK.

Editorial

J Abbott et al. Eye (Lond). 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;34(9):1491-1493.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0823-2. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

J Abbott^{1

2}, P Shah^{3

4

5

6}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham Women's & Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK. joseph.abbott1@nhs.net.
² Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research, Institute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. joseph.abbott1@nhs.net.
³ Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research, Institute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ University of Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
⁶ University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

These authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Long-term visual and treatment outcomes of whole-population pre-school visual screening (PSVS) in children: a longitudinal, retrospective, population-based cohort study.
O'Colmain U, Neo YN, Gilmour C, MacEwen CJ. O'Colmain U, et al. Eye (Lond). 2020 Dec;34(12):2315-2321. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0821-4. Epub 2020 Feb 25. Eye (Lond). 2020. PMID: 32099079 Free PMC article.

1. O’Colmain U, Neo YN, Gilmour C, MacEwen CJ. Long-term visual and treatment outcomes of whole population Pre-school Visual Screening (PSVS) in children: a longitudinal, retrospective, population-based cohort study. Eye. 2020. (in press). - PMC - PubMed
1. Townsend P. Deprivation. J Soc Policy. 2009;16:125.
1. Townsend P. Poverty in the United Kingdom; a survey of household resources and standards of Living. Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd; 1979.
1. Lane M, Lane V, Abbott J, Braithwaite T, Shah P, Denniston AK. Multiple deprivation, vision loss, and ophthalmic disease in adults: global perspectives. Surv Ophthalmol. 2018;63:406–36. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2017.10.009. - DOI - PubMed
1. Kulp MT, Cotter SA, Connor AJ, Clarke MP. Should amblyopia be treated? Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2014;34:226–32. doi: 10.1111/opo.12124. - DOI - PubMed