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Caring for our children : national health and safety performance standards : guidelines for early care and education programs.
Van Pelt Library HQ778.7.U6 C3 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Day care centers--Standards--United States.
- Day care centers.
- Child care--Standards--United States.
- Child care.
- Child care services--Standards--United States.
- Child care services.
- Children--Health and hygiene--Standards--United States.
- Children.
- Children--Health and hygiene--Standards.
- Children--Health and hygiene.
- Child care services--Standards.
- Child care--Standards.
- Day care centers--Standards.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 598 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : APHA Press, imprint of American Public Health Association ; Itasca, IL : American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019.
- Summary:
- The fourth edition contains guidelines on the development and evaluation of the health and safety of children in early care and education settings. This guide features 10 chapters of more than 650 standards and dozens of appendixes with valuable supplemental information, forms, and tools. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Staffing
- Program activities for healthy development
- Health promotion and protection
- Nutrition and food service
- Facilities, supplies, equipment, and environmental health
- Play areas/playgrounds and transportation
- Infectious diseases
- Children with special health care needs and disabilities
- Administration
- Licensing and community action.
- Notes:
- "A joint collaborative project of American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education."
- "Support for this project was provided by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (cooperative agreement #U44MC30806)."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Caring for our children.
- ISBN:
- 9781610022972
- 1610022971
- OCLC:
- 1090815091
- Publisher Number:
- 99980048559
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