Additional Resources
Vision Integration and Preservation Program (VHIPP)
The VHIPP is a collaboration between the New York State Department of Health and Prevent Blindness Tri-State. The program is funded by Prevent Blindness America through a federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
VHIPP works to integrate and coordinate vision health preservation strategies into existing programs and functions within the health department and to promote public health strategies among community-based organizations and vision partners.
As part of its work, VHIPP has developed or collaborated on the following brochures and fact sheets.
- Vision Impairment and Diabetes: 5 Key Messages
- Play it Safe – Prevent Sports Eye Injuries!
- Look to Fruits and Vegetables for Good Eye Health
- Smoking can Lead to Vision Loss or Blindness
VHIPP Partner Organizations
NYSDOH
- Bureau of Injury Prevention
- Cancer Services
- Diabetes Prevention and Control
- Disability and Health
- Early Intervention Program
- Medicaid in New York State
- Minority Health
- Nutrition
- Obesity Prevention
- School Based Health Centers
- Tobacco Control
Professional and Community-based Organizations
- American Academy of Pediatrics, NYS Chapter
- American Council of the Blind of New York, Inc.
- Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
- Community Health Care Association of New York State
- Helen Keller International
- Lighthouse International
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Office of School Health's Vision Program
- New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
- New York State Education Department
- New York State Office for the Aging
- New York State Ophthalmological Society
- New York State Optometric Association
- Prevent Blindness America
- Prevent Blindness Tri-State
- Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
- State University of New York College of Optometry
- The Jewish Guild for the Blind
- VISIONS
National and Other Resources
- CDC National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- CDC Vision Health Initiative
- Congressional Vision Caucus
- Glaucoma Foundation
- Macular Degeneration Partnership
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Vision and Eye Health Council
- National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
- National Eye Health Education Program
- National Eye Institute
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Preventing Chronic Disease
- Public Health Focus: Prevention of Blindness Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy
- Resource Directory for Children and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs
