On November 11, 2021, at the opening ceremony of the 2021 China Eye Valley Optometry Innovation and Development International Forum and Myopia Prevention and Control Science Conference held in Wenzhou, in order to further strengthen the awareness of children (0-6 years old) to love the eyes and promote the cultivation of children's healthy habits, the "Bright Future" action of the National Hundred Kindergartens (Education) Group was successfully launched, and EarlyBird and other 100 early childhood education groups with greater influence in the country participated in the joint launch.
In order to further strengthen children's awareness of eye care and promote the cultivation of healthy eye habits, the National Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Children and Adolescents Myopia Expert Publicity Group of the Ministry of Education, the China Eye Valley-Wenzhou International Innovation Center for Optometry, and the Huayuan Health Education Research Institute · Qing Qingyuan co-initiated the selection of 100 kindergarten groups with industry representatives in the country, and launched the national 100 kindergarten (education) group to launch the "bright future" action on the opening ceremony of the conference. At the same time, the song "Bright Future" recommended by the National Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Children and Adolescents Myopia Expert Publicity Group of the Ministry of Education was successfully launched at the opening ceremony and launched the Hundred Cities Singing Action.
This action aims to strengthen the awareness of kindergarten teachers on the prevention and control of children's myopia by promoting children's understanding of the mysteries of the eyes, establishing the awareness of eye care, understanding the harm of myopia, learning myopia prevention and control songs, and cultivating healthy habits, combining the age of young children and the characteristics of daily activities, innovating educational methods, and guiding and helping kindergartens to scientifically carry out myopia prevention and control of children. It is hoped that through this action, we will establish demonstrations, set benchmarks, summarize experience, improve methods, and further promote the popularization of myopia prevention and control in children aged 0-6 years. This is also an important practice and action to implement the "Norms for Health Care and Vision Examination Services for Children Aged 0-6 Years Old" issued by the National Health Commission on June 23, which emphasizes that the prevention and control of myopia and eye diseases should be "grasped early".
The eye is the most important organ in the human senses, and about 90% of the information humans get from the outside world comes from vision. Vision is not formed at once, but matures with age and the gradual development of external stimuli. Most of the visual development problems in children begin in two periods, namely the critical period of 0-3 years old and the sensitive period of 3-10 years old, in which the development of vision is more susceptible to interference from various factors. Therefore, special attention should be paid to eye health care with eye hygiene, regular vision examination and eye disease screening, and all adverse factors affecting visual development should also be corrected during these two periods in order to achieve the best corrective effect.
Myopia in Our country is getting younger and younger age and popularization, according to statistics, the rate of poor vision in preschool children in China is 19%, the myopia rate of primary school students has reached 43%, and the myopia rate of junior high school students has even reached about 72%. A study by the World Health Organization shows that there are 600 million myopia patients in China, and the myopia rate of adolescents ranks first in the world. Factors such as lack of outdoor activities, low awareness of prevention and control, excessive use of electronic products, and academic pressure are considered by experts to be the main factors leading to the high incidence of myopia.
The problem of myopia must be given high priority and cannot be left unchecked. On August 30, 2018, the Ministry of Education, the National Health Commission and other eight departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for the Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents", which requires the joint efforts of the government, schools, medical and health institutions, families, students and other aspects of myopia in children and adolescents, and the whole society needs to take action to jointly take care of children's eyes.
On May 11 this year, the Ministry of Education issued the Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Myopia in Different School Segments such as Preschool, Primary School and Middle School. The Guidelines are divided into three parts: preschool, primary school and secondary school, with an age span of 0 to 18 years old, covering the key points of myopia prevention and control. On June 23, the National Health Commission issued the "Specification for Health Care and Vision Examination Services for Children Aged 0-6", which further emphasized the importance of "grasping small and grasping early" in the prevention and control of myopia and eye diseases. As a critical period for eye and vision development, 0-6 years old should be educated early, early screening, early intervention, early establishment of eye care awareness and healthy habits, which is of great significance to the prevention and control of myopia in children.
The family is the first line of defense for the comprehensive prevention and control of myopia in children aged 0-6 years old, the child in the 0-6 years old visual development critical period, the most important living and learning environment is the family, behavior imitation object is the parent, so parents should know more about eye health knowledge, and set a good example by example, cultivate children's correct eye habits, more need to actively take scientific measures to help children prevent and control myopia.
The prevention and control of myopia in children cannot rely on a single party, but also requires medical and educational coordination and homeland linkage, and homeland linkage is a powerful weapon for myopia prevention and control. Children's health is related to the future of the country and the hope of the nation, EarlyBird will take the "bright future" action as an opportunity to contribute its own strength, around outdoor exercise, nutritional balance, eye hygiene, etc., to carry out various forms of vision prevention and control home co-parenting activities, and parents together, form a joint force, create a good atmosphere of prevention and control, jointly care for children's eyes, so that they have a bright future!