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Social Determinants of Health and Glaucoma Screening and Detection in the SIGHT Studies
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8 01 2024
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Source: J Glaucoma. 33(Suppl 1):S60-S65
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Alternative Title:J Glaucoma
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Description:Purpose:
To describe the neighborhood-level social risk factors across the three SIGHT Study sites and assess potential characteristics of these populations to help other researchers effectively design and implement targeted glaucoma community-based screening and follow-up programs in high-risk groups.
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In 2019, Columbia University, University of Michigan, and University of Alabama at Birmingham each received 5 years of CDC funding to test a wide spectrum of targeted telehealth delivery methods to detect glaucoma in community-based health delivery settings among high-risk populations. This collaborative initiative supported innovative strategies to better engage populations most at risk and least likely to have access to eye care to detect and manage glaucoma and other eye diseases in community-based settings. Among the initial 2,379 participants enrolled in all three site SIGHT Studies; 27% screened positive for glaucoma/glaucoma suspect. Of all SIGHT Study participants, 91% were 40 years of age and older, 64% identified as female, 60% identified as African-American, 32% identified as White, 19% identified as Hispanic/Latino, 53% had a high school education or less, 15% had no health insurance, and 38% had Medicaid insurance. Targeted glaucoma screenings in populations with high levels of poverty and high proportions of people who identify as African American, Hispanic/Latino identified a 27% rate of glaucoma and suspected glaucoma, three times the national average.
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These findings were consistent across each of the SIGHT Studies, which are located in three geographically distinct US locations in rural Alabama, small urban locations in Michigan, and urban New York City.
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Pubmed ID:38573889
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11613646
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Volume:33
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