Patient & Community Education Downloads

Your AOA Member Benefit: Patient & Community Education Downloads Library

This is your exclusive, curated collection of clinical and topical educational handouts, as well as community outreach tools—ready to download and print right in your practice. These professionally designed materials, previously sold individually, are now free for AOA members and staff to support your patient education and community engagement efforts.

What's inside the library?

• Patient education materials. High-quality infographics, flyers and handouts that simplify complex conditions, topics or patient concerns.
• Interactive activity sheets and books. Engaging resources for pediatric care, school visits or community health fairs.
• Community outreach content. Leverage the AOA's public outreach and campaign resources, including social media posts, presentations, press releases and more.

Helpful Community Outreach Links

2026 Calendar of Eye and Vision Observances

Promote the importance of regular optometric eye and vision care by participating in some or all of the observances listed. Please note, this list is not necessarily exhaustive but provides an abbreviated list of those in alignment with AOA outreach and positions.

 AOA's monthly social media calendar 

Use the monthly social media calendar to easily plan and schedule content in advance. Every month, the AOA will update the calendar to include social posts, images and customizable content that coincides with AOA's own activities. We ask all partners to organically post on their social channels each month.

Questions? Please email Yakesha Cooper, AOA's associate director of public relations, for information about public education and campaign materials.

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