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1997 census of child care services and 1996 census of child care services
Australia. Department of Family and Community Services, 1999
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.

A report of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff

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1997 census of child care services and 1996 census of child care services: Summary booklet
Australia. Department of Family and Community Services, 1999
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.

A summary of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff

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Age of entry to day nursery and allergy in later childhood
Kramer, Ursula, 1999
The Lancet, 353(9151), 450-454

A cross-sectional study in Eastern Germany to determine the correlations between early entry to child care settings and allergy development or resistance later in life

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...And this helps me how?: Family child care providers discuss training
Taylor, Andrew R., 1999
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(3), 285-312

A discussion of the obstacles involved in establishing successful training programs for family child care providers

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Australia's child care subsidies: A distributional analysis
Schofield, Deborah, 1999
Brazilian Electronic Journal of Economics, 2(2)

An investigation into the distribution of child care subsidies across different types of families, based on a simulation of child care utilization, using information from the Department of Human Services and Health in England

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The availability of child care and mothers' employment in West Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela, December 1999
(Discussion Papers 191). Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute for Economic Research).

An exploration of the links between parents' access to affordable, quality child care and maternal employment rates in West Germany, based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) on households with at least one child under age 12

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Beliefs in child care: Social work consensus and lack of consensus on issues of parenting and decision-making
Daniel, Brigid, 1999
Children & Society, 15(3), 179-191

A study in Scotland of the consistency between social worker’s beliefs and opinions about good-enough parenting and decision-making in child care and protection cases

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The centre for child care research at the Queen's University of Belfast
Iwaniec, Dorota, 1999
Research on Social Work Practice, 9(2), 248-260

An account of the development and importance of the Centre for Child Care Research in the creation of evidence-based child care practices and policies in Northern Ireland

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Changing supply and demand
McDowall, Edith, 1999
In V. Wilson & J. Ogden-Smith (Eds.), Pre-school educational research: Linking policy with practice (pp. 105-118). Edinburgh: Scotland, Education Department.

A summary of a study in Scotland of the supply of and demand for child care and early education, based on population estimates of eligible children and administrative and survey data on provider slots

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Childcare and early education services in low-income communities in Mexico City: Patterns of use, availability and choice
Myers, Robert G., April 1999
(Report No. 20936). Washington, DC: World Bank, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office.

An examination of patterns of care and characteristics of early childhood education and care services for low-income, children aged birth through 6-years old, based on a survey of families with young children from 60 communities in Mexico City, Mexico

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Child care in the new millennium
Goodnow, Jacqueline J., 1999
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.

A discussion of objectives in the provision of child care services in 2001 and beyond and actions to achieve them

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Children's gender role stereotyping: The effect on Asian and non-Asian Australian pre-school children of an anti-bias curriculum
Kim, Sook-Kyoung, 1999
Early Child Development and Care, 159, 121-134

A study of the impact of Derman-Sparks' Anti-Bias Curriculum on gender role stereotyping among Asian and non-Asian Australian children

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Community development through community-based bicultural partnerships in ECCE-CYC using a generative curriculum model
Ball, Jessica, 1999
In D. Archambault, J. Whitehead, X. Gordon, & G. Huot (Eds.), Linking research to practice: A Canadian forum (pp. 73-76). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Child Care Federation.

Findings from an ecologically comprehensive research study of the process and impacts of an innovative approach to training culturally grounded early childhood care and education and child and youth care practitioners using a generative curriculum model

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Correlates of affectionate and angry behavior in child care educators of preschool-aged children
Mill, Davina, 1999
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(2), 155-178

A study on the factors contributing to affectionate or angry behavior of care givers

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Cost of pre-school education provision
Gilder, Paula, 1999
In V. Wilson & J. Ogden-Smith (Eds.), Pre-school educational research: Linking policy with practice (pp. 89-104). Edinburgh: Scotland, Education Department.

A summary of a study in Scotland of the components of costs to child care providers of providing care, based on a survey of providers and on provider case studies

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Dad takes child-care leave
Mutsumi, Ota, 1999
Japan Quarterly, 46(1), 83-89

A personal reflection from the first man in Japan to take paternity leave discussing how both he and the people of Japan were affected by his actions.

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Day care attendance, recurrent respiratory tract infections and asthma
Nystad, Wenche, October 1999
International Journal of Epidemiology, 28(5), 882-887

A study of the association between child care attendance before age 3 and recurrent respiratory tract infections and asthma throughout childhood among 1447 children in Oslo

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Day care centers and respiratory health
Nafstad, Per, 1999
Pediatrics, 103(4), 753-758

A study examining the effects of different types of child care on Norwegian preschool children's respiratory health

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Decision-making of mothers in Hong Kong regarding the occasional use of alternative child care arrangements
Tam, Vicky C. W., 1999
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 20(2), 163-190

An examination of the family context in an attempt to improve the understanding of chosing alternative child care arrangements

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The ''degree'' of instructor education and child outcomes in junior kindergarten: A comparison of certified teachers and early childhood educators
Coplan, Robert J., 1999
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 14(1), 78-90

An analysis of the effects of early childhood educators on young children's social and cognitive development as compared with the effects of junior kindergarten teachers in order to determine how much impact teacher education has on young children's development

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The Dutch experience with the Home Intervention Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
Eldering, Lotty, 1999
In L. Eldering (Ed.), Effective early education: Cross-cultural perspectives (Vol. 11, pp. 259-285). New York: Falmer Press

A longitudinal study examining the impact of the Home Intervention Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), a two-year parent education program, on children of ethnic minority, low income families in the Netherlands

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Early childhood education and care policy in Sweden
Sweden. Utbildningsdepartementet (Sweden. Ministry of Education and Sciences/Sweden Ministry of Education and Research), 1999
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of Sweden’s child care and early education policies, funding, quality, equity, availability, workforce, family roles, and environmental influences, which is part of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) cross-national review to improve child care and early education in all OECD countries

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Early intervention programs in Korea for children with disabilities
Paik, Eunhee, 1999
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 46(2), 253-259

A survey-based study of Korean early childhood special education teachers' knowledge and perceptions of early intervention programs, in terms of participants and assessment and development of curricula

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Early reading intervention can be effective and cost-effective
Nicolson, Roderick I., March 1999
British Journal of Educational Psychology, 69(1), 47-62

An analysis of the impact of an early reading intervention on young children at risk of reading failure in their first year of school while taking into account sociodemographic factors

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Effectiveness of a training program in reducing infections in toddlers attending day care centers
Carabin, Helene, May 1999
Epidemiology, 10(3), 219-227

A study of the effect of hygene training program for child care staff on the incidence of colds and diarrhea in the toddlers at 52 child care centers in the Montreal area

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