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MCH PROGRAM INTERCHANGE: FOCUS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CHILD CARE

NCJ Number
147043
Date Published
1994
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This document presents information about selected materials and publications that relate to child care settings and that can be used to improve health and safety in child care programs.
Abstract
The materials include textbooks, reports, catalogs, resource manuals, videotapes, directories and other items. Topics include general health and safety in child care programs, child care for sick children or for employees whose regular child care arrangements have fallen though, and evaluation of the quality of family child care, training for parents and caregivers, the promotion of smoke-free environments for children, infection control, nutrition, oral health, injury prevention, care for children with special needs, standards, and licensing. Each item is described in terms of its purpose, contents, source, price, and contact person.