scholarly journals Emotional Competence of Early Childhood Educators and Child Socio-Emotional Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7633
Author(s):  
Angelica Arace ◽  
Laura Elvira Prino ◽  
Donatella Scarzello
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Day Care Centers

Background: Early childhood educators are attachment figures for babies and play an important role in emotion socialization. This study aims to analyze the role of educators as emotional socializers and its relationship with infants’ social competence and attachment security, considering various characteristics of educators (age, years of experience, level of knowledge of development and parenting) and the context (day-care center–family communication). Methods: 563 infants attending day-care centers (age: M = 25.98 months SD = 5.41) and their 223 early childhood educators (age: M = 42.61 SD = 11.02) took part in this study. The educators completed: CEESQ—Crèche Educator Emotional Style Questionnaire, Information Sources Questionnaire, two sub-scales of KIDI—Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, QRS-F—Questionnaire on the Relationship between Services and Families, QPI—Questionnaire on Peer Interactions, and AQS—Attachment-Q-Sort. Results: Results showed that the educator’s coaching style has a relationship with attachment security and social skills and is positively correlated with the educators’ emotional self-efficacy and with the level of communication between day-care centers and families, while the correlation with knowledge of parenting is weak. Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of enhancing not only educators’ knowledge about educative strategies, but above all their emotional competence to promote children adaptation to day-care centers.

Injuries in Swedish Day-Care Centers

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1033-1036
Author(s):  
Eva Sellström ◽  
Sven Bremberg ◽  
Albert Chang
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Common Coding ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Local Injury ◽  
Set Up

In the developed countries, an increasing number of children are enrolled in day-care centers. When parents leave their child in a day-care center they expect high standards of health and safety. Accidental injuries are a major threat in this age group. In a comparable institution that serves children, the school, the risk of injury is higher than in the home environment.1-2 Thus, safety in day-care centers cannot be taken for granted. A few studies of injuries in day-care centers have been reported, from the Nordic countries2,3-5 and from the US.6-10 Most of these studies, however, have been small and most lack information on time of exposure. Information about the risk of injury in Swedish day-care centers might be of interest as enrollment has been high for a long time. In Sweden, within the frame of a national injury program,11 a number of local hospital- and health center-based injury report systems have been set up. All have a basic common coding. These systems enable compilation of injuries in day-care centers on a national basis. The aim of our study was to analyze child injuries in day-care centers as reported in 10 local injury registry systems in Sweden regarding incidence, type, and mechanism of injury. METHOD Data were compiled from 10 local injury registry systems, covering 1- to 2-year periods. The earliest registers were from the years 1983 to 1984 and the latest from 1991. These systems were set up in all medical institutions at a predefined level, covering all individuals in a total or a part of a county.

scholarly journals Robot-Enhanced Language Learning for Children in Norwegian Day-Care Centers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Till Halbach ◽  
Trenton Schulz ◽  
Wolfgang Leister ◽  
Ivar Solheim
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Center Staff ◽  
Nao Robot ◽  
Program Language

We transformed the existing learning program Language Shower, which is used in some Norwegian day-care centers in the Grorud district of Oslo municipality, into a digital solution using an app for smartphone or tablet with the option for further enhancement of presentation by a NAO robot. The solution was tested in several iterations and multiple day-care centers over several weeks. Measurements of the children’s progress across learning sessions indicate a positive impact of the program using a robot as compared to the program without robot. In-situ observations and interviews with day care center staff confirmed the solution’s many advantages, but also revealed some important areas for improvement. In particular, the speech recognition needs to be more flexible and robust, and special measures have to be in place to handle children speaking simultaneously.

Risk Factors for Pneumonia Among Children in a Brazilian Metropolitan Area

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 977-985
Author(s):  
Cesar G. Victora ◽  
Sandra C. Fuchs ◽  
José Antonio C. Flores ◽  
Walter Fonseca ◽  
Betty Kirkwood
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Cause Of Deaths ◽  
History Of ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Weight For Age

Objective. To investigate risk factors for pneumonia for infants <2 years of age. Design. Hospital-based, case-control study with neighborhood control subjects. Setting. Urban area in southern Brazil. Subjects. Five hundred ten infants with radiologically confirmed pneumonia who were admitted to a pediatric hospital. One age-matched neighborhood control subject was selected for each case. Results. Multiple conditional regression modeling was used to control for confounding, taking into account the hierarchical relationships between risk factors. The incidence of radiologically confirmed pneumonia was associated with low paternal education, the number of persons in the household, young maternal age, attendance at day-care centers, low birth weight and weight-for-age, lack of breast-feeding and of non-milk supplements, and a history of previous pneumonia or wheezing. Day-care center attendance showed the highest risk, with an adjusted odds ratio of 11.75. Conclusions. In addition to continued efforts toward appropriate case management, actions directed against the above risk factors may help prevent the major cause of deaths of children younger than 5 years.

Meningococcal Disease in Day-Care Centers

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-300
Author(s):  
Jay A. Jacobson ◽  
Gregory A. Filice ◽  
J. Ted Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Dangerous Situation ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Prolonged Contact ◽  
Protective Antibodies

Household contacts exposed to patients with meningococcal disease are at demonstrably higher risk of that disease than the general population.1,2 Less intimate and less prolonged contact such as that involving hospital personnel3 or school classmates4 is not clearly associated with increased risk. This may well be due to the fact that older children and adults commonly have protective antibodies.5 Preschoolers, on the other hand, are more often susceptible as shown by their higher age-specific primary6 and secondary7 attack rates. When a child who attends a day-care center nursery develops meningococcal disease the presumed exposure of numerous susceptibles is a theoretically dangerous situation.

An Investigation of Factors that Influence Hygiene Practices at a Small Day Care Center

2017 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jee Hye Lee
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Classification And Regression Tree ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Food Handlers ◽  
Certification Authority ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Hygiene Practices

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore factors that influence hygiene practices at small day care centers. It examines the effect of food hygiene training on hygiene practices and investigates the correlations between the hygienic status of food handlers' hands and that of kitchen utensils. Furthermore, it determines the influences of demographic and facility-related factors on hygiene practices in small day care centers. A total of 56 food handlers at 49 day care centers in the Gyeongnam area of South Korea participated in hygiene training. The results of the study showed that after two training sessions, the ATP bioluminescence levels of knives (P < 0.01), cutting boards (P < 0.01), food handlers' hands (P < 0.001), and UV disinfection cabinets (P < 0.01) decreased. After training, the total scores on the inspection checklist were significantly improved (P < 0.05). Strong associations between the microbial quality of hands and kitchen utensils were seen. Classification and regression tree analysis identified important factors that influence hygiene practices at small food service kitchens, such as status of registration with the government certification authority, length of food handlers' working experience and their age, and maximum number of people served. This study helps to broaden our knowledge of food hygiene issues in small day care centers.

scholarly journals Prevalence and associated Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries in 12- to 36-month-old Children of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu G Mangla ◽  
Raman Kapur ◽  
Abhishek Dhindsa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Associated Risk Factors ◽  
Severe Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Childhood Caries

ABSTRACT Aim To assess the prevalence, distribution, and associated risk factors of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) among 12- to 36-month-old children of district Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Materials and methods The present study was conducted on a random sample of 510 children, both boys and girls, between 12 and 36 months of age randomly selected from various government-sponsored day-care centers, private day-care centers, and vaccination centers. Caries was recorded using World Health Organization criteria. Statistical analysis was done by using chi-square test and Mann–Whitney test. A two-sided p value was calculated for each statistical test. Multiple logistic regressions were done to calculate the risk of S-ECC from independent variables. Results In the present study, S-ECC was found in 21% of 510, 12 to 36 months old children of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh. The S-ECC was found to be significantly higher in 25 to 36 months old children's age group and was 27.8% in them as compared with 8% in 12 to 24 months old children. Conclusion Providing anticipatory guidance and education to parents is essential for the promotion of optimal oral health of their children. There is a need for moving upstream to propose and implement policies and programs to improve the oral health of the very young, especially in a developing country like India, which lacks much data on S-ECC. How to cite this article Mangla RG, Kapur R, Dhindsa A, Madan M. Prevalence and associated Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries in 12- to 36-month-old Children of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(2):183-187.

The reciprocal temporal associations between subjective age and social relations in adult day care centers over a one-year period

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Liat Ayalon ◽  
Ella Cohn-Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Adult Day Care ◽  
Degree Centrality ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
One Year ◽  
First Time

Objectives: The present study evaluated the reciprocal temporal associations between one’s subjective age (or felt age) and one’s social relations in the adult day care center (ADCC) over two waves of data collection, spread about 1 year apart. Method: Participants from four ADCCs in Israel were approached in 2017 and repeatedly, in 2018 ( N = 224 in Wave 1 and N = 259 in Wave 2). The ADCC social network included both outgoing ties of familiar relationships with other ADCC members as reported by the respondent (out-degree centrality) and ingoing ties, based on reports of other ADCC members who were familiar with the respondent (in-degree centrality). Results: Out-degree and in-degree centrality at baseline were not associated with change in subjective age. Subjective age at the first time point was not associated with change in out-degree centrality, but it was negatively associated with change in in-degree centrality. Even after controlling for sociodemographic and health variables, adults who felt younger were subsequently cited by more ADCC members. Conclusions: The findings stress the importance of subjective age to one’s relationship in the ADCC. It is suggested that a younger subjective age is a desired quality in the ADCC.

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