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Health Education Leads to More Eye Exams in Group at Risk for
Vision Loss NEI Press Release National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute December 6, 1999 Researchers at Teachers
College, Columbia University and Albert Einstein College of
Medicine have determined that health education programs can
substantially increase the rates of dilated eye exams for
African Americans with diabetes, the first step in reducing the
risk of vision loss. The results were published in the December
1999 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. "These
findings clearly show that African