TY - JOUR AU - Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. AU - Davila, Evelyn P. AU - Lam, Byron L. AU - Arheart, Kristopher L. AU - McCollister, Kathryn E. AU - Fernandez, Cristina A. AU - Ocasio, Manuel A. AU - Lee, David J. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/05/23 TI - Sociodemographic Correlates of Eye Care Provider Visits in the 2006–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 253 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Research has suggested that adults 40 years old and over are not following eye care visit recommendations. In the United States, the proportion of older adults is expected to increase drastically in the coming years. This has important implications for population ocular disease burden, given the relationship between older age and the development of many ocular diseases and conditions. Understanding individual level determinants of vision health could support the development of tailored vision health campaigns and interventions among our growing older population. Thus, we assessed correlates of eye care visits among participants of the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. We pooled and analyzed 2006–2009 BRFSS data from 16 States (N = 118,075). We assessed for the proportion of survey respondents 40 years of age and older reporting having visited an eye care provider within the past two years, two or more years ago, or never by socio-demographic characteristics. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-253 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-253 ID - Caban-Martinez2012 ER -