Child Care Home Had No Record Of Harming Children, DSHS Says In Response To Tort Claim

2004 ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Care Home

scholarly journals Nutrition Standards For Infants and Young Children can be Implemented by Family Child Care Home Providers

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 2333794X2198955
Author(s):  
Lorrene D. Ritchie ◽  
Victoria Keeton ◽  
Danielle L. Lee ◽  
Klara Gurzo ◽  
Elyse Homel Vitale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Family Child Care ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Nutrition Standards ◽  
Infants And Young Children ◽  
Provider Surveys

The study evaluated an educational intervention with family child care home (FCCH) providers to implement nutrition standards. A convenience sample of licensed California FCCH providers (n = 30) attended a 2-hour, in-person group training in English or Spanish on nutrition standards for infants and children aged 1 to 5 years. Provider surveys and researcher observations during meals/snacks were conducted pre- and 3 months post-intervention. Providers rated the training as excellent (average score of 4.9 on a scale of 1-5). Adherence, assessed by survey and observation and compared over time using paired t-tests, increased from an average of 36% pre-intervention to 44% post-intervention ( P = .06) of providers (n = 12) for infant standards and from 59% to 68% ( P < .001) of providers (n = 30) for child standards. One-third (39%) of providers rated infant standards and 19% of providers rated child standards as difficult to implement. Nutrition standards can be implemented by FCCH providers after an educational intervention; a larger study is warranted with a representative group of providers.

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy for Healthy Eating Moderates the Impact of Stress on Diet Quality Among Family Child Care Home Providers

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-315
Author(s):  
Phillip Dobson ◽  
Regan Burney ◽  
Derek Hales ◽  
Amber Vaughn ◽  
Alison Tovar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Family Child Care ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Family Child Care Home Provider Experiences with the Child and Adult Care Food Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. S23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. Sisson ◽  
Ashley M. Brice ◽  
Leah A. Hoffman ◽  
Naneida Lazarte-Alcala ◽  
LuAnn Faulkner-Schnieder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Family Child Care ◽  
Adult Care ◽  
Provider Experiences

scholarly journals O20 Family Child Care Home Menu Quality: Happy Healthy Homes Baseline

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. S9-S10
Author(s):  
Susan Sisson ◽  
Hope Hetrick ◽  
Emily Stinner ◽  
Alicia Salvatore ◽  
Bethany Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Family Child Care ◽  
Healthy Homes

scholarly journals Exploratory Factor Analysis of Observed Feeding Practices Among Family Child Care Home Providers (OR03-01-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Tovar ◽  
Augustine Kang ◽  
Laura Dionne ◽  
Alison Tovar ◽  
Kim Gans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Feeding Practice

Abstract Objectives Family childcare homes (FCCH) are a commonly used form of childcare in the US, yet little is known about this setting, particularly the practices that Hispanic providers use when feeding children. Therefore, the goal was to examine the validity of the Environmental Policy Assessment Observation Tool (EPAO) to assess provider feeding practices. Methods Data from an ongoing cluster-randomized trial were used. FCCH provider feeding practices were assessed over 2 days using a modified version of the EPAO (adapted for use in FCCH with expanded assessment of feeding practices). The EPAO captures nutrition and physical activity environments in child-care (e.g., provisions, practices, policies); however, only the 44 feeding practices items recorded during meals were used in this study. For each meal and snack occasion, a weighted factor, which accounted for frequency and time spent in each meal for each feeding practice was created and then averaged across the two observation days to obtain a weighted average score. Exploratory factor analysis investigated the underlying factor structure of the feeding practices. Results All FCCH providers were female (n = 119) and the majority (72%) were Hispanic. A final 3-factor solution, which captured 34% of the variance, was examined. Factor 1 appeared to capture autonomy support practices with 14 items (e.g., Enthusiastic role modeling, eating the same foods, talking about foods being served, reasoning with children) with loadings ranging from 0.455-0.875 (eigenvalue = 7.3). Factor 2 appeared to capture coercive control and indulgent feeding practices and emerged with 5 items (e.g., Insisting child eat foods on plate, pressuring child to eat, rushing child to eat) with loadings ranging from 0.410-0.817 (eigenvalue = 3.7). Factor 3 appeared to capture a mix of overt control and negative structure behaviors with 5 items (e.g., Enforcing table manners, encouraging children to sit at the table, removing the plate before child was done) with loadings ranging from 0.37-0.66 (eigenvalue = 3.2). Conclusions The emerging autonomy supportive and coercive controlling factors are consistent with recent research conducted with FCCH providers in North Carolina. Future research should continue to refine this model and explore associations with child diet. Funding Sources National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Grant # R01 HL123016.

scholarly journals The family child care home environment and children's diet quality

Appetite ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 108-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon ◽  
Amber E. Vaughn ◽  
Alison Tovar ◽  
Truls Østbye ◽  
Stephanie Mazzucca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Family Child Care ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Outsourcing child care, home cleaning and meal preparation

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith R. Cornelisse-Vermaat ◽  
Johan A.C. van Ophem ◽  
Gerrit Antonides ◽  
Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Meal Preparation

Links Between Patterns of Quality in Diverse Settings and Children’s Early Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 198 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Iheoma U. Iruka ◽  
Nicole D. Forry
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Family Child Care ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Provider Education ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Family Child Care Homes

Patterns of quality among approximately 1,400 center classrooms and 350 family child care homes based on measures of global quality, sensitive caregiving, and frequency of language/literacy and math/numeracy activities were examined. Four patterns of quality were identified. Provider education was predictive of higher quality care in both centers and family child care home arrangements. Associations between quality patterns and children’s preschool and kindergarten academic skills were found among children in family child care homes only. Policy and practice implications related to the varying patterns of quality are discussed.

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