Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website to its version as of 12:00 AM on January 29, 2025. Information on this page may be modified and/or removed in the future subject to the terms of the court’s order and implemented consistent with applicable law. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from truth. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology due to the harms and divisiveness it causes. This page does not reflect reality and therefore the Administration and this Department reject it.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening

About this resource:

Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Last Reviewed: September 2017

Workgroups: Vision Workgroup

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends conducting vision screening for all children ages 3 to 5 years to identify lazy eye or its risk factors. USPSTF found insufficient evidence to assess whether the benefits of vision screening outweigh the harms in children younger than 3 years.

Read more about this resource

Objectives related to this resource (2)

Increase the proportion of children aged 3 to 5 years who get vision screening — V‑01
Baseline only
Reduce vision loss in children and adolescents — V‑03
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2017). Final update summary: Vision in children ages 6 months to 5 years: Screening. Retrieved from https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening