Education of Staff--a Key Factor for a Safe Environment in Day Care.
From: Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Clinical Science, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
- Publish Date: May 2000
- ISSN: 0803-5253
- Volume: 89
- Issue: 5
- Pages: 601-7
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Sellström E, Bremberg S, et al. Education of Staff--a Key Factor for a Safe Environment in Day Care.. Acta Paediatr. May 2000;89:601-7
Abstract
In order to create a safe environment in day-care settings, an understanding of factors within the organization of day care, factors which influence safety, is essential. Day-care directors in 83 daycare centres completed a mail-in survey that contained questions about professional experience, the day-care centre’s organization of child safety measures and a battery of questions designed to evaluate the directors’ perceptions and beliefs about child safety. The day-care directors also carried out a safety inspection at their centre. The results were analysed using the multivariate logistic regression technique. The existence of a continuing plan for continued staff education in child safety was shown to be the strongest predictor of few safety hazards in day-care centres. The day-care directors’ perceptions and beliefs about injury prevention were of less importance. This study indicates that in order to promote safety in day-care settings, an on-going plan for continued staff education in child safety should be a matter of routine. The introduction of such a plan should be the concern of the individual day-care directors, policy-makers and managers at the local and national level, and health professionals working in this field.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Accident Prevention, Adult, Child, Child Day Care Centers, Child, Preschool, Environment, Health Education, Humans, Infant, Professional Competence, Questionnaires, Safety, Sweden
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