Enhancing and Modernizing the US Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System
This project aims to improve the CDC's national vision and eye health surveillance system by modernizing data collection, addressing disparities, and promoting data use.
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Funder: Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP
Due Dates: March 28, 2025 (11:59 pm ET, electronic submission)
Funding Amounts: Up to $650,000 per award; total program funding $1,950,000; project period typically 1 year
Summary: This project aims to improve the CDC's national vision and eye health surveillance system by modernizing data collection, addressing disparities, and promoting data use.
Key Information: Forecasted opportunity; only one award expected; no cost sharing required.
Description
This funding opportunity supports the maintenance, enhancement, and modernization of the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS), the nation’s only comprehensive, interactive collection of vision and eye health data. The VEHSS aggregates data from national surveys, administrative claims, electronic health records, and published studies to track the prevalence of major eye diseases, vision impairment, service utilization, and related risk factors and social determinants of health at national, state, and county levels.
The project’s goals include:
- Streamlining and updating the surveillance system to align with CDC’s Data Modernization Initiative.
- Identifying and addressing data gaps, prioritizing high-value indicators and sources.
- Integrating new data on social determinants of health.
- Enhancing data visualization and website presentation.
- Providing technical assistance to application developers and supporting system transitions.
- Conducting outreach and dissemination to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
The initiative is critical for tracking disease burden, identifying at-risk populations, informing public health strategies, and reducing health disparities related to vision and eye health.
