The day care neighbor service: An interventive experiment
A H Collins1, A C Emlen, E L Watson
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Community Mental Health Journal
|November 2, 2013
Summary
A new "Day Care Neighbor Service" offers neighborhood-level consultation for informal family day care. This approach supports working mothers and caregivers, enhancing child care through preventive interventions.
Area of Science:
- Child Development
- Social Work
- Community Health
Background:
- Over one million US children of working mothers receive care in nonrelative homes.
- Informal social systems manage most private family day care arrangements without agency intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the development of a novel day care service.
- To utilize consultation methods for preventive intervention at the neighborhood level.
Main Methods:
- Development of a "Day Care Neighbor Service."
- Providing consultation to women in informal neighboring roles for family day care.
Main Results:
- The service aims to support existing informal networks.
- Focuses on preventive intervention strategies within the community.
Conclusions:
- The approach has potential for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in family day care.
- Highlights a community-based model for supporting child care arrangements.
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