Validity and Reliability of a Mainstreaming Attitude Inventory for Child-Care Providers

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1113-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry L. Folsom-Meek
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Attitude Inventory

Preliminary estimates of reliability and validity for the Mainstreaming Attitude Inventory for Day Care Providers.

Attitudes of Russian Immigrant and Israeli-Born Women toward Child-Care Services

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 880-882
Author(s):  
Richard E. Isralowitz ◽  
Ismael Abu Saad
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Family Day Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Child Care Services

Israel, like most other societies, has a variety of subgroups differentiated by ascribed attitudes or characteristics which are imputed to individuals. These differences may be reflected by attitudes which are evaluative statements concerning objects, people, or events. In this study the attitudes of Israeli women—30 veterans and 30 newly arrived from the Soviet republics—toward family day-care services were examined. A number of significant differences between the study cohorts, such as amount of interaction between parents and child-care providers, were found and have implications for provision of service and absorption of immigrants.

Occupational Health and Safety Issues for Child-Care Providers

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1072-1074
Author(s):  
Judith Calder
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Health And Safety Issues

This paper reviews the occupational health and safety issues for child-care providers. Specifically, it answers the following questions: Who are the care givers? What are their risks of occupational illness and injury? What are the risks to children from care givers? Who pays to reduce the risk? What future research is needed to identify potential risks to and strategies for this work force and their clients? WHO ARE THE CARE GIVERS? Out-of-home child care is provided in two ways: in child-care centers (larger facilities designed especially for the care of children) and in family day-care homes. Persons who obtain day care know the care givers personally. They are the people who make it possible for parents to be dependable, productive, and worry-free employees or students. More importantly, they are the ones entrusted to care for children for as much as 50 hours a week. Parents expect their children to be safe, treated with respect, and nurtured in ways that are specific, familiar, and compatible with the family's child-rearing beliefs. Parents also expect care givers to be adroit in addressing their concerns as well as their children's. Despite all of this personal interaction, few parents are aware of the characteristics of the child-care work force, the conditions under which they work, and their impact on quality child-care services. The Child-Care Employee Project (CCEP), a national non-profit resource organization devoted to addressing adult needs associated with child care, developed a profile of child-care workers by compiling and examining data on center-based child care as part of the National Child-care Staffing Study (NCCSS).1

Health in Child Day Care: The Physician—Child-Care-Provider Relationship

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1062-1063
Author(s):  
Howard L. Taras
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Gastrointestinal Infections ◽  
Child Day Care ◽  
Care Givers

Health promotion and disease prevention strategies for child day-care have not kept pace with the needs of children. One example is the inconsistent interaction between community physicians and child-cane providers. Although there isn't yet data documenting benefits of increased communication between health practitioners and child-care professionals, there is speculation by many that these sorts of physician-community liaisons will help to close serious gaps in current health-care practices.1-3 This paper reviews how increased physician involvement could improve the health situation in child day care and explores ways physicians can become more involved. THE HEALTH NEEDS Need for Consultants There are basic and predictable health issues that arise from grouping young children together. They are topics for research and discussion among epidemiologists, medical investigators, and other health professionals. The issues include exclusion criteria for attendance in day care, spread of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections,4 the potential for childhood viruses to affect unborn children of pregnant care givers,5 medication policies,6 and the pros and cons of "sick-care" centers.7 Other health issues such as child development and emotional, behavioral, and nutritional health of children are also under study.8 This body of literature has served to define most health consultation needs of child day-care programs. Few day-care centers on family day-care homes actually use a health consultant.9 It is hoped that publication of the American Public Health Association's and American Academy of Pediatrics' (APHA/AAP's) National Health and Safety Performance Standards10 and its distribution to health professionals and child-care providers will help to change that. Its success depends partly on whether health professionals will be available, willing, and trained to serve as health consultants.

Anger Management for Parents and Child Care Providers

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Anne Kock ◽  
Olga Soto ◽  
Murial Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Anger Management ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers

scholarly journals Policy Frameworks and Parental Choice: Using Conjoint Analysis to Understand Parental Decision Making for Child Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110223
Author(s):  
Adrienne M. Davidson ◽  
Samantha Burns ◽  
Delaine Hampton ◽  
Linda White ◽  
Michal Perlman
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Parental Decision Making ◽  
Child Care Services

Many children in Canada and the United States experience poor-quality child care on a regular basis. Under the rubric of “parent choice,” governments continue to permit a variety of licensed care providers (centers and homes) as well as unlicensed home child care providers. Research suggests, however, that parents are not well-informed consumers about child care services, unaware of even the basic characteristics of their child’s care. In this study, we provide findings from a latent profile analysis based on a conjoint survey conducted in Toronto, Canada to better understand the factors that influence parents’ decisions in selecting child care services. Based on responses from over 700 parents, we identify five classes of parents that reflect a range of preferences in selecting child care. However, most groups show a strong preference for licensed early childhood education and care (ECEC) options. Limitations of this study and implications for policy are discussed.

scholarly journals Improving the quality of child-care centres through supportive assessment and ‘communities of practice’ in informal settlements in Nairobi: protocol of a feasibility study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e042544
Author(s):  
Margaret Nampijja ◽  
Kenneth Okelo ◽  
Patricia Kitsao Wekulo ◽  
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage ◽  
Helen Elsey
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Child Care Centre ◽  
Scientific Review

IntroductionInvesting in children during the critical period between birth and age 5 years can have long-lasting benefits throughout their life. Children in Kenya’s urban informal settlements, face significant challenges to healthy development, particularly when their families need to earn a daily wage and cannot care for them during the day. In response, informal and poor quality child-care centres with untrained caregivers have proliferated. We aim to co-design and test the feasibility of a supportive assessment and skills-building for child-care centre providers.Methods and analysisA sequential mixed-methods approach will be used. We will map and profile child-care centres in two informal settlements in Nairobi, and complete a brief quality assessment of 50 child-care centres. We will test the feasibility of a supportive assessment skills-building system on 40 child-care centres, beginning with assessing centre-caregivers’ knowledge and skills in these centres. This will inform the subsequent co-design process and provide baseline data. Following a policy review, we will use experience-based co-design to develop the supportive assessment process. This will include qualitative interviews with policymakers (n=15), focus groups with parents (n=4 focus group discussions (FGDs)), child-care providers (n=4 FGDs) and joint workshops. To assess feasibility and acceptability, we will observe, record and cost implementation for 6 months. The knowledge/skills questionnaire will be repeated at the end of implementation and results will inform the purposive selection of 10 child-care providers and parents for qualitative interviews. Descriptive statistics and thematic framework approach will respectively be used to analyse quantitative and qualitative data and identify drivers of feasibility.Ethics and disseminationThe study has been approved by Amref Health Africa’s Ethics and Scientific Review Committee (Ref: P7802020 on 20th April 2020) and the University of York (Ref: HSRGC 20th March 2020). Findings will be published and continual engagement with decision-makers will embed findings into child-care policy and practice.

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