Child care improvement on a shoestring: Evaluating a low-cost approach to improving the availability of quality child care

Evaluation Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 484-514

  Jaeger, Elizabeth A ^a   Shlay, Anne B ^b   Weinraub, Marsha ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034296292     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841x0002400503     Document Type: Review

References (55)

1. Aguirre, B. E., and M. G. Marshall 1988. Training family day care providers using self-study written and video materials. Child and Youth Care Quarterly 17:115-27.
2. Arnett, J. 1989. Caregivers in day-care centers: Does training matter? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 10:541-52.
3. Berk, L. 1985. Relationship of caregiver education to child-oriented attitudes, job satisfaction, and behavior toward children. Child Care Quarterly 14:103-29.
4. Blau, D. 1991. The child care labor market. The Journal of Human Resources 27:9-39.
5. Bloom, J. B., and M. Sheerer. 1992. The effect of leadership training on child care program quality. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 7:571-94.
6. Boyd, B. J., and B. K. Pasley. 1989. Role stress as a contributor to burnout in child care professionals. Child & Youth Care Quarterly 18:243-58.
7. Brown, N. J. 1990. Training child day care personnel: What is the appropriate role for licensing agencies? In Future trends in licensing: A compendium of papers, ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 346 951.
8. Canning, P. M. 1989. Training child care personnel in rural areas. Early Child Development and Care 44:5-11.
9. Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study Team. 1995. Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers: Technical Report, edited by S. Helburn. Denver, Department of Economics, Center for Research in Economic and Social Policy, University of Colorado at Denver.
10. Culkin, M., J. R. Morris, and S. W. Helburn. 1991. Quality and the true cost of child care. Journal of Social Issues 47:71-86.
11. Daniel, J. 1985. Quality: The training connection. Young Children 50 (5): 2.
12. Dombro, A. L., and K. Modigliani. 1995. Family child care providers speak about training, trainers, accreditation, and professionalism. New York: Families and Work Institute.
13. Dunn, L. 1993. Ratio and group size in day care programs. Child & Youth Care Forum 22:193-226.
14. Enarson, E. 1990. Perspectives on underground day care providers. In Circles of care: Work and identity in women's Lives, Volume I, edited by E. K. Abel and M. K. Nelson. Greenwich, CT: JAI.
15. Fiene, R. 1995. Utilizing a statewide training system to improve child care quality. Journal of Human Resources 27:70-111.
16. Fuqua, R., and K. Couture. 1986. Burnout and locus of control in child day care staff. Child Care Quarterly 15:98-109.
17. Fuqua, R., and J. Greenman. 1982. Training of caregivers and change in day care center environments. Child Care Quarterly 11:321-24.
18. Galinsky, E., C. Howes, and S. Kontos. 1995. Family child care training study: Highlights of findings. New York: Families and Work Institute.
19. Harms, T., and R. M. Clifford. 1980. Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale. New York: Teachers College Press.
20. _. 1989. Family Day Care Rating Scale. New York: Teachers College Press.
21. Hofferth, S. L., and D. A. Wissoker. 1992. Price, quality, and income in child care choice. The Journal of Human Resources 27:70-111.
22. Howes, C., E. Galinsky, M. Shinn, L. Gulcur, M. Clements, A. Sibley, M. Abbott-Shim, and J. McCarthy. 1996. The Florida Child Care Quality Improvement Study. New York: Families and Work Institute.
23. Howes, C., D. A. Phillips, and M. Whitebrook. 1992. Thresholds of quality : Implications for the social development of children in center-based care. Child Development 63:449-60.
24. Howes, C., P. Smith, and E. Galinsky. 1995. The Florida Child Care Quality Improvement Study: Interim report. New York: Families and Work Institute.
25. Howes, C., and P. Stewart. 1987. Child's play with adults, toys, and peers: An examination of family and child-care influences. Developmental Psychology 23:423-30.
26. Howes, C., M. Whitebrook, and D. Phillips. 1992. Teacher characteristics and effective teaching in child care: Findings from the National Child Care Staffing Study. Child & Youth Care Forum 21:399-414.
27. Jorde-Bloom, P. 1988. Factors influencing overall job satisfaction and organizational commitment in early childhood work environments. Journal of Research in Childhood Education 3:107-22.
28. _. 1989. Professional orientation: Individual and organizational perspectives. Child & Youth Care Quarterly 18:227-42.
29. Kaplan, M. G., and J. S. Conn. 1984. The effects of caregiver training on classroom setting and caregiver performance in eight community day care centers. Child Study Journal 14:19-93.
30. Kendrick, A. 1994. Training to ensure healthy child care day care programs. Supplement to Pediatrics: Proceedings of the International Conference on Child Day Care Health: Science, Prevention, and Practice 94:1108-10.
31. Kontos, S. 1994. The ecology of family daycare. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 9:87-110.
32. Kontos, S., C. Howes, and E. Galinsky. 1996. Does training make a difference to Quality in family child care? Early Childhood Research Quarterly 11:427-45.
33. Kontos, S., C. Howes, M. Shinn, and E. Galinsky. 1995. Quality in family child care and relative care. New York: Teacher's College Press.
34. MacPhee, D. 1981. Knowledge of infant development inventory. Unpublished manuscript.
35. MacPhee, D., and C. Fabio. 1992. A question of match: Knowledge of children development and age-appropriate stimulation. Poster presented at the 100th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August.
36. Maslach, C., and S. E. Jackson. 1981. The Maslach Burnout Inventory. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologist's Press.
37. McCartney, K., S. Scarr, D. Phillips, S. Grajek, and J. C. Schwartz. 1982. Environmental differences among day care centers and their effects on children's development. In Day care: Scientific and social policy issues, edited by E. F. Zigler and E. W. Gordon, 126-51. Boston: Auburn House.
38. Michalopoulous, C., P. K. Robins, and I. Garfinkel. 1991. A structural model of labor supply and child care demand. Journal of Human Resources 27:166-203.
39. NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. 1996. Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 11:269-306.
40. _. 1999. Child outcomes when child care centers meet recommended standards for quality. American Journal of Public Health 89:1072-77.
41. Olsen, G. 1989. Minnesota family day care providers: Profile and training needs Argus: The Journal of Family Day Care 3:12-18.
42. Pence, A. R., and H. Goelman. 1991. The relationship of regulation, training, and motivation to quality of care in family day care. Child and Youth Care Forum 20:83-101.
43. Peters, D. C., and M. J. Kostelnik. 1981. Current research in day care personnel preparation. Advances in Early Education and Day Care 2:29-60.
44. Phillips, D. C., Howes, and M. Whitebrook. 1991. Child care as an adult work environment. Journal of Social Issues 47:613-44.
45. Powell, D. R., and A. J. Stremmel. 1989. Relation of early childhood training and experience to the professional development of Child Care Workers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 4:339-55.
46. Restaino-Kelly, A., And J. M. Handler. 1996. The DART Teacher Model: Training early childhood supervisors to asssist beginning teachers. In Childhood eduction: International perspectives, ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 403 071.
47. Schaefer, E. S., and M. Edgerton. 1985. Parent and child correlates pf parental modernity. In Parental belief system, edited by I. E. Siegel. 287-318. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbuam.
48. Shlay, A., and S. Golin. 1997. The Philadelphia Child Care Market Study. Philadelphia: Temple University, Institute for Public Policy Studies.
49. Siegel, S. 1956. Nonparametric statistic for the behavioral sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill.
50. Snow, C. W. 1982. In-service day care training programs: A review and analysis. Child Care Quarterly 11:108-21.
51. Stremmel, A. J. and D. R. Powell. 1990. The relationship of classroom-focussed information and sel-percieved effectiveness to job satisfaction among child care workers. Child and Youth Care Quarterly 19:239-350.
52. Texas Head Start Collaboration Project. 1995. A proposal for a statewide coordinated career development system. Austin: Texas Head Start Collaboration Project.
53. Whitebrook, M., C. Howes, and D. Phillips. 1990. Who cares? Child care teachers and the quality of care in America - Final report. Oakland, CA, National Child Care Staffing study, Child Care Employment Project.
54. Willer, B. 1994. A conceptual framework for early childhood professional development (NAEYC Position Statement). In The early childhood carrer lattice: Perspectives on professional development, edited by J. Johnson and J. B. McCracken, 4-23. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
55. Young, K. T., K. W. Marsland, and E. Zigler. 1997. The regulatory status of center-based infant and toddler child care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 67:535-44.