Multicultural Blog

Looking for ways to better serve your culturally diverse patients? Hear from the experts. This blog features insights and best practices from Transitions Optical’s Diversity Advisory Board members. Feel free to post questions and start a conversation!

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Multicultural Blog


Looking for ways to better serve your culturally diverse patients? Hear from the experts. This blog features insights and best practices from Transitions Optical’s Diversity Advisory Board members. Feel free to post questions and start a conversation!


Knowledge is Power: Educating Asian American Communities About the Eye Health Connection

On May 2, 2013
Vision is a critical part of learning. Children who don’t see their best are not likely to perform their best at school. Studies have shown that in addition to receiving poor marks, children who experience vision problems may also be more likely to suffer from self-esteem and/or behavioral issues.

Expanding Eye Health Education Through Hispanic Bloggers

On April 17, 2013
This month I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the fourth annual Hispanicize event in Miami – an amazing forum that brought together more than 1,500 Latino bloggers, marketers and thought leaders for a week of networking and sharing social media strategies.

Making Eye Health a Priority for Latino Families

On April 4, 2013
A belief that the family is at the center of community and society is a well-accepted cultural characteristic of the Latino population in the United States. Hispanics, many of whom are first or second generation immigrants, still tend to have larger families, and moreover their conception of "family" tends to encompass an extended number of relatives, to one that easily includes not only grandparents, but also aunts, uncles and cousins.

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