This research evaluates the visual acuity of children at Prezideu Amorim Elementary School in the city of Vitória Espírito Santo, based on applying the scale of Snellen; and children who had visual disorders were referred to specialist examination at the ophthalmology clinic of Antônio Cassiano Moraes University Hospital. This essay develops a study of quantitative approach and discussed visual acuity related to sex, age, grade, use of corrective lenses and medical diagnosis. The results showed that the girls present greater prevalence of low visual acuity, as well as the younger age ranks; the use of lenses prevails on those that presented reduction of the visual acuity; and the majority of the children sent to the doctor presented some degree of ametropy. It concluded that prevention in order to get an excellent visual health is a duty of the health professional and of the professor, that together, they can develop other projects in the field of school health.
School health; Visual Acuity; Nursing Care; Primary Prevention
