The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Healthy Child Care America
3118.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Healthy Child Care America
Healthy Child Care America supports initiatives that promote the health and safety of infants and young children in child care. The program supports State and community investments in three key areas of child care health systems development: quality assurance- through the development of Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs; infrastructure building- to create state-wide networks of child care health consultants; and access to health insurance -to assure a medical home for children in child care settings.
Learning Objectives: Session participants will learn about 1. the newly published second edition of Caring for Our Children and how it can be used to improve the quality of child care 2.National and State efforts to build child care health consultant networks.
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Moderator(s):Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn, MD, MPH
10:30 AMOverview of Healthy Child Care America: Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn, M.D., M.P.H.
10:35 AMEvaluation of child care health consultation: The first 12 months
Jonathan Kotch, MD MPH, Lisa Mason-Faison, BA, Emily Lu, MPH, June Locklear, Eric Savage, MA, Natalie Cheung
10:40 AMWhen a Child is Sick: Child Care Exclusion Criteria from the New National Child Care Health and Safety Standards
Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn, MD, MPH, Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN
10:45 AMSchool readiness collaboration: Promising results from a summer pre-kindergarten camp
Jane Wellenkamp, PhD, Teddy Milder, PNP, PHN, George Philipp, Rory Darrah, Janis Burger, MPH
10:50 AMBuilding inclusive child and adolescent care (BICAC)
Beverly A. Mulvihill, PhD, Susan Gyaben, MPH, Janice Cotton, PhD
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA