5182.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 2:50 PM

Abstract #29948

Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care, 2nd edition

Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing, University of Colorado, Campus Mail Stop F541, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045, Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn, MD, MPH, Infant and Early Childhood Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18A-37, Rockville, MD 20857, Albert Chang, MDMPH, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4162, 619-594-4493, achang@mail.sdsu.edu, and Ralph E Cordell, PhD, Centers for Disease Control.

Representatives from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics will present the development of the second edition of Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs published in 2001. The Caring for Our Children is a tool to help public health professionals improve health conditions and create safe environments in the growing arena of child care facilities. Measures to broaden public health use of these standards will be discussed.

See nrc.uchsc.edu

Learning Objectives: Describe the purpose and reason for national health and safety standards for child care. List at least 5 changes in the new edition of standards. Discuss methods the public health community can use to disseminate information about standards and their implementation in child care facilities.

Keywords: Child Care, Child Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
Disclosure not received
Relationship: Not Received.

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA