This study aimed at evaluating the care delivered by the Optical Laboratory of the Program of Primary Care to Schoolchildren (PROASE) according to the perceptions of relatives and teachers of children who had acquired glasses from 1991 to 1995 in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto. The content analysis technique was used for data analysis and, in order to observe the meanings shown in the qualitative material, the thematic analysis technique was utilized. It was concluded that that the social actors showed a positive attitude concerning the importance of the program and clearly expressed that PROASE has given relevant contribution to the health of schoolchildren.
nursing; schoolchildren; ophthalmology
