Percepção de pais de escolares da 1ª série do ensino fundamental a respeito da campanha "Olho no Olho" 2000, na cidade de Maceió - Alagoas

Assessment of visual health campaign activities at schools: teachers' perception

“…In a survey the authors (17) reported cost constraints to take the child and its parent to the site of the examination as one of the important causes of absence, despite the fact that the examination was free.…”

“…Table 3 and chart 1 show that the teachers consider as another "very difficult" issue the delay in delivering the glasses. On the other hand, some authors (17) found that 65.77% of the responders reported "no delay in the delivery of glasses in the Eye to Eye Campaign/2000, in the city of Maceió (AL)".…”

Validity of recall absent schoolchildren to free eye health projects

“…Since the 70s, several studies have reported high rates of nonattendance to community campaigns, ranging from 31.2 to 68.7% (1015) . The main difficulties reported by defaulters are lack of trans portation, lack of orientation and loss of working day (7,11,16) . Recently, some campaigns include facilities of transportation, exa minations performed at places near schools and during wee kends, in order to increase the attendance (7,11,16) .…”

“…The main difficulties reported by defaulters are lack of trans portation, lack of orientation and loss of working day (7,11,16) . Recently, some campaigns include facilities of transportation, exa minations performed at places near schools and during wee kends, in order to increase the attendance (7,11,16) . The students could have some difficulties in the campaign day and offering them a se cond opportunity of exam is an option that needs to be assessed.…”

“…The students could have some difficulties in the campaign day and offering them a se cond opportunity of exam is an option that needs to be assessed. Quite a few projects make a recall of defaulters (11,16) , without any ana lysis of effectiveness of this procedure.…”