Use of a statewide system to improve health and safety in child care facilities

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 73-78

  Dayie, R Amofah ^a,d,e   Aronson, S S ^b   Jansen McWilliams, L ^c   Kelleher, K J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care center; Children with special health care needs; Early Childhood Education Linkage System; Family child care home; Health consultation; Health education; Healthy Child Care America; Infant sleep position

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0035296598     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0073:UOASST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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