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Health Education Needs in Child Care Programs
Author(s) -
Nelson Gary D.,
Hendricks Charlotte M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1988.tb00569.x
Subject(s) - needs assessment , health care , scope (computer science) , health education , nursing , perception , child health , child care , psychology , identification (biology) , sample (material) , medicine , medical education , family medicine , environmental health , public health , political science , neuroscience , computer science , law , programming language , chemistry , botany , chromatography , biology
This article contains results from an assessment of health education needs in child care programs serving preschool children. The assessment included identification of the scope of health education activities provided in child care programs, and the program director's perception of benefits of and barriers to health education in child care settings. A mail survey assessed the health education needs in a random sample of licensed child care programs in Alabama. Survey results identified factors affecting adoption and delivery of early childhood health education programs.