The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $1,508,578 Project Grant (CFDA 93.867 - Vision Research) to New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to address healthcare inequities faced by people with blindness and low vision. The 5-year project, titled "ADDRESSING ABLEISM THROUGH ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BLINDNESS AND LOW VISION TO ACHIEVE EQUITY (AAABLE) IN HEALTHCARE", aims to identify factors affecting healthcare accessibility for this population and develop and evaluate a patient navigation intervention to facilitate reasonable accommodations. The project takes a mixed-methods approach, leveraging qualitative methods to characterize required support and quantitative analysis to assess the performance of the new implementation framework. This work seeks to mitigate barriers and associated adverse health outcomes, ultimately promoting health equity for individuals with visual impairments.
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