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Peer-reviewedCC BYCommunity Eye Health Journal

When your eye patient is a child

  • Arvind Chandna1,2
  • Clare Elizabeth Gilbert3
  1. 1Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
  2. 2Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Chair: Vision for Children, Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Liverpool, UK
  3. 3London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Abstract

In this issue of the journal, we address the eye health needs of young children, focusing on those aged less than six years old. All of you who have tried to examine or measure the visual acuity of young children will know that this can be very challenging and difficult; it can be very tempting to give up and send the child home, particularly if the clinic is busy. We hope that, after reading this edition of the journal and putting into practice some of the practical suggestions, you will feel more confident in managing young children. Also, if referral is needed, you will have a better idea of the degree of urgency required and how this should be communicated to parents.

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@article{chandna2026when,
  title = {{When your eye patient is a child}},
  author = {Arvind Chandna and Clare Elizabeth Gilbert},
  journal = {Community Eye Health Journal},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.56920/cehj.915},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.56920/cehj.915},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - When your eye patient is a child
AU  - Arvind Chandna
AU  - Clare Elizabeth Gilbert
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/15
JO  - Community Eye Health Journal
DO  - 10.56920/cehj.915
UR  - https://doi.org/10.56920/cehj.915
AB  - In this issue of the journal, we address the eye health needs of young children, focusing on those aged less than six years old. All of you who have tried to examine or measure the visual acuity of young children will know that this can be very challenging and difficult; it can be very tempting to give up and send the child home, particularly if the clinic is busy. We hope that, after reading this edition of the journal and putting into practice some of the practical suggestions, you will feel more confident in managing young children. Also, if referral is needed, you will have a better idea of the degree of urgency required and how this should be communicated to parents.
SN  - 0953-6833
SN  - 1993-7288
ER  -