Anjou Mitchell D, Boudville Andrea I, Taylor Hugh R
Indigenous Eye Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Clin Exp Optom. 2012 Nov;95(6):615-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2012.00805.x. Epub 2012 Sep 20.
The gap in vision and ocular health between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and other Australians continues to be significant, yet three-quarters of the identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population live in urban and regional areas of Australia where existing eye-care services are available. In urban Australia, an improvement in the access and use of eye-health services is required to provide equitable eye-care outcomes for Australia's Indigenous peoples. Optometric services need to be available within Aboriginal Health Services in urban areas to effectively close the gap for vision.
澳大利亚原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民与其他澳大利亚人在视力和眼部健康方面的差距仍然很大，然而，已识别的原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民人口中有四分之三生活在澳大利亚的城市和地区，这些地方现有眼保健服务。在澳大利亚城市地区，需要改善眼保健服务的可及性和利用率，以便为澳大利亚原住民提供公平的眼保健结果。城市地区的原住民健康服务机构需要提供验光服务，以有效消除视力差距。
