Bringing eye care closer to home: OHSU trains community health workers for statewide network

Portland-based OHSU Casey Eye Institute team collaborates with community health clinics across Oregon to prevent blindness

By Franny White November 16, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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Participants in the One Community Health basic eye health training go over how to calculate eye wear formulas for various types of eye health needs in Hood River on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Oregon Vision Health Network clinic

Bella Amario, training lead and director of OHSU Casey Eye Institute Perioperative Services, demonstrates the parts of the eye and what can effect vision loss at the One Community Health eye clinic in Hood River on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Oregon Vision Health Network clinic

Iona Frank tests her vision at the One Community Health eye clinic in Hood River on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Oregon Vision Health Network clinic

Gerry Vasquez, a community health worker from Hood River's One Commnity Health, gets his eye pressure tested during a basic eye health training sesion in Hood River on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Oregon Vision Health Network clinic

Dove Spector, OHSU Community Outreach Program Research Manager, center, goes over how to calculate vision rates with Lily Aamodt, left, Evaristo Romero, second from left, and Emily Heredia, right, at the One Community Health eye clinic in Hood River on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Oregon Vision Health Network clinic

Gisela Ayala at the One Community Health eye clinic in Hood River on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Oregon Vision Health Network clinic

Gladys Rivera, One Community Health’s director of preventive health on Fri., Nov. 12, 2021. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Mitchell Brinks, M.D. (OHSU)