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Insights
Engaging a child care health consultant (CCHC) improved health and safety compliance in early education centers. This study highlights the benefits of CCHC support for infant and toddler care programs.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Child Care Health Consulting
- Public Health
Background:
- Many families utilize early education and child care for infants and toddlers.
- Ensuring high health and safety standards in these settings is crucial.
- Child care health consultants (CCHCs) can support centers in meeting these standards.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of child care health consultants (CCHCs) in improving health and safety compliance in child care centers.
- To assess the impact of CCHC intervention on specific health and safety standards for infants and toddlers.
Main Methods:
- 32 child care centers serving infants and toddlers were recruited.
- Centers were assigned to immediate or delayed intervention groups.
- Compliance with 13 health and safety standards was assessed at baseline, 1 year, and 2 years.
Main Results:
- Working with a child care health consultant (CCHC) led to improvements in compliance with selected health and safety standards.
- The intervention demonstrated a positive effect on specific care standards.
Conclusions:
- Child care health consultants are effective in enhancing health and safety practices in early education settings.
- CCHC support is a valuable resource for improving the quality of care for infants and toddlers.
Introduction:
Many families enroll their infants and toddlers in early education and child care programs. The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics recruited 32 child care centers that care for infants and toddlers to be linked with a child care health consultant (CCHC).
Method:
Project staff assigned the centers alternately to an immediate intervention or a 1-year delayed intervention (contrast) group. At entry into the project, and then 1 and 2 years later, an evaluator assessed center compliance with 13 standards for infants and toddler care selected from Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards (3rd ed.). Project staff linked the Immediate Intervention centers with a CCHC in Year 1. In Year 2, in a crossover comparison, project staff linked Contrast centers with a CCHC.
Results:
Working with a CCHC effectively improved compliance with some selected health and safety standards.
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