Post-pandemic changes in demographics and outcomes of children at an inner-city vision outreach program: Give Kids Sight Day.

Post-pandemic changes in demographics and outcomes of children at an inner-city vision outreach program: Give Kids Sight Day.

Publication date: Sep 18, 2025

To characterize how pediatric screening demographic characteristics changed after the COVID-19 pandemic in children attending Give Kids Sight Day (GKSD), a free vision screening program in Philadelphia. Three data sets were analyzed: (1) prospective survey from guardians attending GKSD 2023, (2) retrospective analysis of GKSD attendee records, and (3) pre-pandemic (2009-2020) GKSD data. A total of 293 children attended GKSD in 2023, and 189 surveys were completed. Compared with pre-pandemic GKSD events, there were more repeat participants (15% to 26% [P

Concepts Keywords
Pandemic Attendees
Pediatric Attending
Philadelphia Care
Covid
Day
Eye
Failed
Gksd
Kids
Pandemic
Pre
Refractive
Screening
Sight
Vision

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19 pandemic

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