Acculturation, weight status, and eating habits among Chinese-American preschool children and their primary caregivers: A pilot study
An examination of the association between acculturation and health outcomes of Chinese-American students and their primary caregivers, based on a sample of 53 children and their caregivers selected from two child care centers in Houston, Texas
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Adult health in child care: Health status, behaviors, and concerns of teachers, directors, and family child care providers
The results of a statewide survey of health status, behaviors, and concerns of randomly selected early childhood professionals from the Child Care Employee Project
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Child-to-teacher ratio in day care and teacher sickness absenteeism
A study of the relationship of work pressure, as measured by child-to-teacher ratio, in child care centers in Denmark to short- and long-term teacher absence due to illness, based on an analysis of administrative data
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Depression in nonfamilial caregivers of young children: Prevalence and associations with caregiver behavior in child care settings
A study examining the prevalence of depressive symptoms among non relative caregivers of young children, and the association between caregivers' symptoms and the quality of their interactions with children in various child care settings
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Ethnic differences in burnout, coping and intervention acceptability among child care professionals
An examination of the differences in burnout, coping strategies, and intervention acceptability in Caucasian-American and African-American child care professionals
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Family environment and family day care
An analysis of the relationships between the quality of the family child care program, the level of cognitive stimulation in the caregivers’ home, and the social-emotional climate of the caregiver’s own family life
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Health of caregivers in child care
A study of the health status of providers in full-day child care centers and family child care homes
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The health of female child care providers: Implications for quality of care
An examination of the health behaviors and perceived health status of female child care providers employed in Georgia child care centers, including an investigation into a possible association between providers' health and the quality of child care provided
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Health training needs of child care professionals
A survey-based study exploring the health care training needs of child care professionals in Hawaii
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Low influenza vaccination rates among child care workers in the United States: Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
A study of pH1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccination rates among child care center employees, an assessment of their knowledge and attitudes regarding each vaccine, and a determination of factors associated with receipt of each vaccine, based on a survey of 32 licensed child care centers in one county in Ohio
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Making a place for infants in family day care
A study of family day care providers making safety-based modifications to enhance the physical environment of their homes for infant care
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Mental health consultations in the preschool daycare center
A case study of a 5-year intervention providing the assistance of a mental health consultant to child care workers wishing to enhance their communication skills with each other, with parents, and with children at a not-for-profit child care center
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Mental health status of preschool teachers and childcare providers
An examination of depressive symptoms among preschool teachers and child care providers, comparing the rate of symptoms among this group to the rate of symptoms among the general public
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Noise and stress effects on preschool personnel
A study of the relationship between early care and education (ECE) center noise and ECE personnel stress, and an examination of the relationship between both noise and ECE personnel stress and ECE personnel fatigue, insomnia, depression, and burnout, based on data from 101 employees at 17 ECE centers in Umea County, Sweden
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Noise disturbances in daycare centers before and after acoustical treatment
The authors' aim was to study noise-related problems in personnel at Swedish daycare centers. The authors' study comprised staff (N = 81) who completed a questionnaire (noise, illumination, indoor climate, hearing problems) at five daycare centers with noise problems. After basic and activity sound measurements, absorbers were attached to the ceilings and to two adjacent walls in the playing and dining rooms. Thereafter, basic and activity sound measures were repeated and the questionnaire was also repeated six months later. The acoustical treatment reduced the sound pressure levels by 2 to 6 dB in the playing rooms and by 0 to 3 dB in the dining rooms. The reverberation time was reduced by 20% to 50%. After the treatment the perceived noise disturbance level decreased slightly but not significantly and the proportion of the staff who often or very often planned the daily activities to reduce the noise level had decreased from about 39% to 25%. Similarly, the percentage that often or very often had a need for silence after work had decreased from 42% to 37%. (author abstract)
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Non-parental caregiver depression: A Key Topic Resource List
A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on non-parental caregiver depression, including a summary of issues addressed in the literature, and a listing of resources in the areas of depression in and supports for non-parental caregivers
Bibliographies
Pregnancy outcomes among daycare employees in Finland
A study of the relationships between child care employment and the likelihood of select health outcomes of children of employees at birth from a secondary analysis of Finnish employment and medical data on 13,299 singleton children of child care employees and 12,182 employees from various occupations of healthcare
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Preschool teachers' experiences of stress
An examination into the different reasons for stress experienced by Australian preschool teachers and an analysis of how the teachers identified and reacted to their stress
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Promoting preschool quality through effective classroom management: Implementation lessons from the Foundations of Learning demonstration
An examination of the impact of the implementation of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) program, a teacher-oriented classroom management intervention for preschool teachers that includes in-class clinical consultations, on teachers’ ability to manage children’s behavior and deal with stress, based on data on a sample of teachers from 26 FOL demonstration classrooms and 25 control classrooms in Newark, New Jersey
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Promoting preschool quality through effective classroom management: Implementation lessons from the Foundations of Learning demonstration [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the impact of the implementation of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) program, a teacher-oriented classroom management intervention for preschool teachers that includes in-class clinical consultations, on teachers’ ability to manage children’s behavior and deal with stress, based on data on a sample of teachers from 26 FOL demonstration classrooms and 25 control classrooms in Newark, New Jersey
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The risks and benefits of Cytomegalovirus transmission in child day care
A description of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), an overview of the role of child care in its transmission, and recommended guidelines for the prevention of the harmful effects of the spread of the virus between staff and children in child care environments
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Sesame Street Healthy Habits for Life resource kit provides benefits for child care providers and young children
A study of the impact of health resource kits on the nutrition and physical activity knowledge and practices of family, friend, and neighbor child care providers in Los Angeles, California, based on pre- and post-intervention surveys from 30 treatment and 23 control FFN child care providers and on focus groups with 16 treatment providers
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Staff immunisation: Policy and practice in child care
A study of both staff infectious disease immunization practices and knowledge of federal child care staf immunization recommendations in a sample of 437 Australian child care center directors
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Stress, cortisol and well-being of caregivers and children in home-based child care: A case for differential susceptibility
An examination of the relationship between the perceived stress and cortisol levels of professional caregivers and the cortisol levels and well-being of children in their care, with an analysis of the moderating influence of child temperament on that relationship, based on data from 44 caregivers and 44 children in home-based child care in the Netherlands
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A survey on knowledge and self-reported formula handling practices of parents and child care workers in Palermo, Italy
An investigation of the knowledge and self-reported practices about powdered infant formula handling from the questionnaire responses of parents and child care workers in the 24 municipal child care centers in Palermo, Italy
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