Free Eye Health Program for Employers!

 Prevent Blindness Iowa has been dedicated to protecting vision in the workplace for decades and has designated March as Workplace Vision Wellness Month in an effort to educate corporations and their employees on the importance of vision health. 

 Prevent Blindness Iowa is offering our Healthy Eyes Vision Wellness Program free to employers across Iowa.  The program offers printed posters to hang in common areas of the workplace as well as various eye health educational materials designed to encourage workers to make their vision health a priority.  Topics include eye protection recommendations for work or at play, and information on various eye diseases and conditions for adults and children.  The materials were developed by leading eye care professionals including ophthalmologists, optometrists and research professionals.

 By promoting eye health and safety in the workplace, companies can actually help reduce their annual healthcare costs.  An eye exam by a licensed eye care professional can detect the early signs of eye disease which can be more easily treated if detected early.

 In addition, eye exams can help to uncover evidence of other diseases including diabetes or hypertension.  The more vision ailments that employees have, the more medical care they utilize, which generates increased health-related expenditures for the employer such as absenteeism, sick leave and premature retirement due to vision-related illness or work related eye injuries.

 By joining the Healthy Eyes Vision Wellness Program, participants will receive:

  • Vision Wellness in the Workplace Promotion Guide
  • Prevent Blindness America’s Healthy Vision Observance Calendar
  • Monthly vision health and safety posters
  • A year of monthly fact sheets based on the Healthy Vision Observance Calendar
  • A free download of the Adult Vision Risk Assessment
  • Common Eye Myths poster

Our hope is that companies big or small will sign up for this unique, no-cost program that provides essential information on protecting the eyes of their most precious resource, their employees!

 To find out how your company can sign up for the Healthy Eyes Vision Wellness Program or to receive free information on eye safety in the workplace, please call Prevent Blindness Iowa at 515/244-4341 or 800/329-8782 or visit preventblindness.org/wellness.