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Child care health consultation improves health and safety policies and practices
Alkon, Abbey, September-October 2009
Academic Pediatrics, 9(5), 366-370

A study of the effects of county-level child care health consultation intervention programs on child care centers’ health and safety policies and practices from a 3-year experimental study in 5 California counties with 73 intervention and 38 comparison licensed child care centers

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Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011
Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care.

A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity

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Health and safety needs in early care and education programs: What do directors, child health records, and national standards tell us?
Alkon, Abbey, Jan/Feb 2010
Public Health Nursing, 27(1), 3-16

An examination of common and unique health and safety needs and concerns identified by director interviews, child record reviews, and observations of National Health and Safety (NHS) standards in licensed child care centers and family child care homes in 5 counties in California that are part of the Child Care Health Linkages Project

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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements
United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004
(GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office.

A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

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Child care health consultation programs in California: Models, services, and facilitators
Alkon, Abbey, March/April 2008
Public Health Nursing, 25(2), 126-139

An evaluative study of the Child Care Health Linkages Project, an initiative to address health and safety issues for children attending Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs by linking health consultants with ECE providers and parents in 20 California counties

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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards?
Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012
Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324

A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education

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Child care health consultation programs: Barriers and recommendations
Farrer, Joanna, March 2007
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 11(2), 111-118

A focus-group-based examination of barriers encountered by child care health professionals when trying to implement child care health consultation programs in child care centers

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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives

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Mental health in Head Start: Leave no child behind
Jellinek, Michael S., 2005
NHSA Dialog, 8(1), 25-35

A discussion of mental health services provided by the Head Start program and a review of a model program in Ventura County (California) and its' provision of mental health services

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Health matters: The role of health and the health sector in place-based initiatives for young children
Fine, Amy, November 2008
Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

A study of the integration of health and health services within early childhood initiatives, based on case studies of 8 initiatives

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Preventative mental health services for young children in Alameda County: An action plan to meet the urgent needs of children, caregivers, and families
Alameda County Child Care Planning Council, 2002
Oakland, CA: Alameda County Child Care Planning Council.

A study on the quality of child care for children with emotional or behavioral disorders in Alameda County, and recommendations for improvements by the Alameda County Child Care Planning Council

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Child care health consultants' roles and responsibilities: Focus group findings
Alkon, Abbey, 2004
Pediatric Nursing, 30(4), 315-321

An examination of child care health consultants' perceptions of their common roles and responsibilities

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What works?: A study of effective early childhood mental health consultation programs
Duran, Frances, August, 2009
Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Child and Human Development.

A study of the components of effective early childhood mental health consultation programs, based on case studies of 6 programs, an online scan of all state early childhood mental health consultation activities, and a meeting of experts

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A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. II. Technical report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

Descriptive findings from a study of the Head Start Health Component, using child health records and standard data from the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), plus observations and interviews with parents and staff, collected during the Spring of 1994 from a sample of 80 Head Start centers

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Strategies for promoting prevention and improving oral health care delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 01, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Final findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on interviews with program directors, a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and site visits

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A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. I. Summary report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

A description of the ways in which the Health Component of the Head Start program address the medical, nutritional, and mental health needs of program participants

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Health assessment in child care centers: Parent and staff perceptions
Alkon, Abbey, 1999
Pediatric Nursing, 25(4), 439-442

A study examining the health care needs of children in child care settings, using a Health Care Services Assessment completed by 55 parents and 13 staff members in four urban child care centers

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Responding to the mental health needs of infants, toddlers and families
United States. Head Start Bureau, 2003
(Early Head Start Program Strategies). Washington, DC: Early Head Start National Resource Center.

A report highlighting how 10 Early Head Start programs respond to the mental health needs of infants, toddlers, and their families

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Proximity of licensed child care facilities to near-roadway vehicle pollution
Houston, Douglas, September 2006
American Journal of Public Health, 96(9), 1611-1617

An assessment of the proximity of child care centers to heavily traveled roads in an attempt to evaluate the potential exposure of preschool children to vehicle pollution

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Every Child Counts First 5 Alameda County Partners in Collaboration evaluation report
Parsons, Gaylon, February 2006
San Francisco: LaFrance Associates.

A case study evaluating the impacts of a program teaming three dyads each of a mentor teacher and a mental health professional to provide classroom observation and consultation to early childhood educators in center environments in Alameda County, California

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Children's deaths at day-care facilities
Good, Susan E. E., December 1994
Pediatrics, 94(6), 1039-1041

Identification and descriptions of 9 child deaths occuring in child care environments from searches of electronic death records in 3 counties and 1 state between 1986 and 1990

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Sudden infant death syndrome in child care settings
Moon, Rachel Y., 2000
Pediatrics, 106(2), 295-300

An examination of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in child care settings, focusing on the factors of children’s sleep position, age, race, and parental education

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State policy as an influence on the participation of young children with medical needs in childcare
Bruder, Mary Beth, 2004
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 24(2), 68-75

An examination of state policies that affect the participation of children with complex medical needs in licensed child care, based on interviews with informants from a wide range of state departments and agencies

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Vaccination coverage among children enrolled in Head Start programs or day care facilities or entering school
Jiles, Ruth B., 2000
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: CDC Surveillance Summaries, 49(9), 27-38

A synthesis of reported data on vaccination rates of children in public schools and licensed child care centers, using information gathered through the Center for Disease Control’s National Immunization Program

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Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 481-488

An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems

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