The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Vision Care
Scholarly Publications
Improving Learning by Improving Vision: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials of Providing Vision Care in China
This paper examines the external validity of health intervention by comparing the impacts of providing free eyeglasses on the educational performance of nearsighted children in two settings: rural...
Visual Impairment in Rural and Migrant Chinese School-Going Children: Prevalence, Severity, Correction and Association
October 2020
Purpose To describe changes in the prevalence of visual impairment and glasses ownership with age and as associated with income and population density for visual impairment among rural and urban...
Safety of Eyeglasses Wear for Visual Acuity among Middle School Students in Northwestern Rural China: A Cluster-randomised Controlled Trial
September 2020
Objective: To assess the effect of free eyeglasses provision on visual acuity among middle school students in northwestern rural China.