141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Child Care Collaboration: Improving Policy, Regulations, and Quality in Center-Based and Family Child Care Homes in the US and Around the World

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Poster
This session examines a variety of child health issues in the context of policy and practice in child care homes, centers, and programs in the US, Korea, and China.
Session Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to: • Know the factors in home and child care environments that impact children’s health and nutrition. • Identify strategies for collaboration to effectively improve child care environments. • Distinguish differences and establish connections between state regulations and national recommendations. • Describe trends in prevalence and policies related to pediatric asthma in Head Start Programs.
Organizers:

Board 1
Public health initiatives to improve indoor air quality and to create healthy environment for head start children in Boston, Massachusetts
Karine Martirosyan, MD, MPH, Jennifer Pawson, BA, MS, RN and Karen Hampanda, MPH, PhD candidate
Board 3
Lessons from the sandbox: Collaborating to create healthy childcare environments
Dawn Littlefield, BS, Patricia Hart, MS, Victoria Rogers, MD, Andrew Finch, MSW and Patrick Madden, MBA
Board 5
Factor affecting the physical growth and eating habits of children at daycare centers located in South Korea
Yun Kyung Kim, MA, Jeniffer Kim, BS, Jieun Kim, BA and In Han Song, PhD
Board 7
Board 8
Comparison of food menu among government-funded childcare centers in the US, Sweden, and korea
Juhee Kim, ScD, Maria Bailey, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, PhD, Pardip Singhru, BS, Linnea Olsson, BS, Sven Bremberg, MD, PhD, Jae Eun Shim, PhD and Keunsei Kim, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health