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Healthy Child Care America Blueprint for Action
By National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health , Ed.
1996
Summary: This report provides communities with action steps they can take to either expand existing public and private services and resources or to create new services and resources that link families, health care, and child care. Ten steps that communities can take to promote safe and healthy child care include: (1) promote safe, healthy, and developmentally appropriate environments for all children in child care; (2) increase immunization rates and preventive services for children in child care settings; (3) assist families in accessing key public and private health and social service programs; (4) promote and increase comprehensive access to health screenings; (5) conduct health and safety education and promotion programs for children, families, and child care providers; (6) strengthen and improve nutrition services in child care; (7) provide training and ongoing consultation to child care providers and families in the areas of social and emotional health; (8) expand and provide ongoing support to child care providers and families caring for children with special health needs; (9) use child care health consultants to help develop and maintain healthy child care; and (10) assess and promote the health, training, and work environment of child care providers. Strategies are outlined for implementing the action steps.
Index Terms: Health Care, Health Consultation, States, Medical Treatment, State Standards, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Administration For Children And Families, Child Care Bureau (CCB), U. S. Department Of Health And Human Services (HHS)
Sponsoring Institution (or Funding Source): Child Care and Maternal and Child Health Bureaus, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publication Type: Reports (Descriptive)
Pages: 46 pages
Language: English
Availability
Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration on Children and Families, Administration for Children, Youth and Families
Aerospace Building
370 L’Enfant Promenade SW
Washington,
District of Columbia
20447
202-690-6782
FAX: 202-690-5600
ccb@acf.dhhs.gov
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb/
10530 Rosehaven St., Suite 400 • Fairfax, VA 22030 | Phone: (800) 616-2242 • Fax: (800) 716-2242 • TTY: (800) 516-2242
NCCIC is a service of the Child Care Bureau (CCB), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for Children and Families(ACF), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services