Pediatrician attitudes to exclusion of ill children from child-care centers in Israel: Pressure on ambulatory practices

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-170

  Kahan, Ernesto ^a,b,c,f   Gross, Samuel ^d   Horev, Zeev ^b,e   Grosman, Zahi ^b   Cohen, Herman Avner ^a,b,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israeli Pediatric Research in Office Clinic (IPROS)   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^e Pediatric Ambulatory Center   (Israel)

^f Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Day care centers; Guidelines; Medical education; Pediatric ambulatory practices; Policy

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 31344479295     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. E.R. Wald, N. Guerra, and C. Byers Frequency and severity of infections in day care: three-year follow-up J Pediatr 118 1991 509 514
2. P.J. Loubiala, N. Jaakkola, R. Ruotsalainen, and J.J.K. Jaakkola Day-care centers and diarrhea: a public health perspective J Pediatr 131 1997 476 479
3. P. Nafstad, J.A. Hagen, L. Qie, P. Magnus, and J.J. Jaakkola Day care centers and respiratory health Pediatrics 103 1999 753 758
4. R.L. Cordell, J.K. MacDonald, J. Boase, L. Jackson, and S.L. Solomon Absence due to illness among children attending child care facilities in Seattle-Kings County, Washington Pediatrics 100 1997 850 855
5. A.M. Hardy, and M.G. Fowler Child care arrangements and repeated ear infection in young children Am J Public Health 83 1993 1321 1325
6. J. Robinson Infectious diseases in school and child care facilities Pediatr Rev 22 2001 39 45
7. D.E. Pappas, R.H. Schwartz, M.J. Sherldan, and G.F. Hayden Medical exclusion of sick children from child care centers: a plea for reconciliation South Med J 93 2000 575 578
8. R. Phifer, R.H. Guinter, A.J. Cohen, E.V. Epstein, and M. Narayanan Illness associated with child day care: a study of incidence and cost Am J Public Health 79 1989 479 484
9. H. Carabin, T.W. Gyorkos, J.C. Soto, J. Penrod, L. Joseph, and J.P. Collet Estimation of direct and indirect costs because of common infections in toddlers attending day care centers Pediatrics 103 1999 556 564
10. E. Kahan, S. Gross, and H.A. Cohen Exclusion of ill children from child-care centers in Israel Patient Educ Couns 56 2005 93 97
11. E.D. Shapiro, J. Kuritskyn, and J. Potter Policies for the exclusion of ill children from group day care: an unresolved dilemma Rev Infect Dis 4 1986 622 625
12. American Public Health Association, American Academy of Pediatrics Caring for our children National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs 1992 American Public Health Association Washington, DC p. 65-114
13. Child Day Care Council Minimum standards for licensed child day centers serving preschool age or younger 1996 Department of Social Services Commonwealth of Virginia
14. L.G. Donovwitz Infection control in the child care center and preschool 4th ed. 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Co. Philadelphia
15. A.S. Kendrick, R. Kaufmann, and K.P. Messenger Infectious diseases. Healthy young children: a manual for programs 3rd ed. 1995 National Association for the Education of Young Children Washington, DC p. 203-57
16. A. Anis, S. Rishpon, D. Tamir, R. Zach, R. Almogi, and Said R Instruction for the prevention of epidemics of infectious diseases in child care centers and institutions for young children (Hebrew) January 1999 Department of Mother, Child & Adolescent Health, Israel Ministry of Health, Public Health Services Jerusalem
17. I. Livne Circular September 2002 Israel Ministry of Education Jerusalem
18. S.K. Lwanga, and S. Lemeshow Sample size determination in health studies 1991 World Health Organization Geneva p. 25
19. S.A. Skull, E.L. Ford-Jones, N.A. Kulin, T.R. Einarson, and EE.L. Wang Child care center staff contribute to physician visit and pressure for antibiotic prescription Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154 2000 180 183
20. S.E. Landis, J.L. Earp, and M. Sharp Day care center exclusion of sick children: comparison of opinions of day-care staff, working mothers, and pediatricians Pediatrics 81 1988 662 667
21. D. Ueda, and Y. Yoto The 10-day mark as a practical diagnostic approach for acute paranasal sinusitis in children Pediatr Infect Dis J 15 1996 576 579
22. American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendation for care of children in special circumstances L. Pickering Red book: report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases 25th ed. 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics Elk Grove Village, IL 83 159
23. Canadian Pediatric Society Well beings: a guide to promote the physical health, safety and emotional well-being of children in child care centers and family day care homes: managing illness 1996 Canadian Pediatric Society Ottawa, Ont. p. 119-94
24. M. Uhari, and M. Mottonen An open randomized controlled trial of infection prevention in child day-care centers Pediatr Infect Dis J 18 1999 672 677
25. L. Roberts, W. Smith, L. Jorm, M. Patel, R.M. Douglas, and C. McGilchrist Effect of infection control measures on the frequency of upper respiratory infection in child care: a randomized, controlled trial Pediatrics 105 2000 738 742
26. R.L. Cordell, S.H. Waterman, A. Chang, M. Saruwatari, M. Brown, and S.L. Solomon Provider-reported illness and absence due to illness among children attending child-care homes and centers in San Diego, California Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153 1999 275 280
27. H.S. Sinkovits, M.W. Kelly, and M.E. Ernst Medication administration in day care centers for children J Am Pharm Assoc 43 2003 379 382
28. J.F. Friedman, G.M. Lee, K.P. Kleinman, and J.A. Finkelstein Child care center policies and practices for management of ill children Ambul Pediatr (United States) 4 2004 455 460