National Health and Safety Standards: Family Child Care Homes Compared with Child Care Centers

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• Personal Author:
  Alkon A ; Hazard K ; Moser D ; Rose R
• Description:
  Introduction: The study objectives are to describe the national health and safety standards in family child care homes (FCCHs) and child care centers and compare them by child care type. Method: Child care health consultants and research assistants completed the standardized Health and Safety Checklist, which comprised key national health and safety standards, in a convenience sample of 21 FCCHs and 31 child care centers enrolled in two larger studies conducted in CA. Results: The checklist was completed in 1 or 2 hours in FCCHs and centers, respectively. The internal consistency of the overall checklist subscales was moderate to strong. Eight of 10 checklist subscales were not significantly different in FCCHs and centers, but outdoor facilities (p < .05) and supervision, interaction, and physical activity (p < .05) were different. Discussion: The Health and Safety Checklist is valid in FCCHs and centers and identifies targeted interventions for nurses to improve child care quality. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Family Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Child Care Child Care Workers Children Early Care And Education Families Family Child Care Homes Health And Safety Health Standards National Standards Nursing
• ISSN:
  0891-5245
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5-15
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063017
• Citation:
  J Pediatr Health Care 2021 Jan-Feb; 35(1):5-15
• Contact Point Address:
  Abbey Alkon, RN, PNP, PhD, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143-0606
• Email:
  abbey.alkon@ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Pediatric Health Care
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cbb14fbb1c80b45540f3d0aecd60668ee326b494379ab0c376960ca8c4f9c20a496789a4f427ab797749626d61928feebf07360e53bb98c13a4ac04058793312
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226149/cdc_226149_DS1.pdf
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