Caregivers In Day Care Research Articles

Massage therapy training for daycare caregivers to stimulate children’s mental health in Dago Area

Massage therapy has been shown to be highly effective in preventing premature birth, encouraging infant growth, increasing attention, reducing depression and aggression, treating motor problems, and reducing discomfort. Daycare is a partner institution for parents in childcare that synergizes in observing the growth and development of children's mental health. This community service program aims to increase knowledge about children's mental health, and training and mentoring regarding relaxing massage for children. This service activity plan consists of the preparation, implementation, and evaluation stages. The methods to be carried out vary from giving interactive materials, demonstrations, discussions, and practice. This activity was attended by 24 caregivers, 2 presenters, and 6 community service teams. This program was attended by caregivers aged between 22-50 years, with most of them being married, the highest education level being high school (75%), and the most work experience under 3 years (67%). Based on the results of the evaluation, all participants benefited from the knowledge training on child mental development and the application of baby massage in carrying out their daily duties as caregivers at daycare centers. Training childcare practitioners' metallization and helping them achieve attitude-based metallization is effective in helping them better understand child development.

Insights on Feeding Practices from a National Survey of Daycare Caregivers & an Intervention to Increase Feeding of Avocados to Infants & Toddlers

Insights on Feeding Practices from a National Survey of Daycare Caregivers & an Intervention to Increase Feeding of Avocados to Infants & Toddlers

The Competencies of Daycare Caregivers in Building Interaction and Attachment with Children to Optimize Their Cognitive Development

Families whose parents are both working have limited time in nurturing their children. This circumstance makes parents, especially mothers, alternate parenting to the babysitter or caring institution called daycare. This study aimed to analyze the correlation of children's characteristics, caregiver-child interaction, and attachment with the cognitive development of preschool children in daycare. This study used a cross-sectional study design with the daycare (TPA) selection as the research location carried out purposively located in the buffer areas of the capital city of DKI Jakarta. Respondents in this study were 39 children aged 2.5-6.4 years with complete parents and 16 caregivers from four selected TPA who interacted with their children daily. Data was collected by means of in-depth observations to measure the interaction variables between caregivers and children. This study indicates a positive correlation between caregiver-child interaction and attachment with a child's cognitive development. This study also found a significant positive relationship between the caregivers-child interaction with caregivers-child attachments and a significant negative relationship between the child's age and the caregivers-child attachment. This shows that interaction, and attachment between caregivers and children are important factors that can improve cognitive development while in TPA.

Role Of Care Giver Stimulation On Toddler’s Language Development in Day Care

Introduction: Role of caregiver in the day care is really important in every aspect of children development, especially language development. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between role of caregiver in giving stimulation and language development toddler in 3 day care in Surabaya. Methods: This study was using cross-sectional study. The population were children and caregivers in day care with purposive sampling. 16 caregivers and 33 children as respondents, taken according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The dependent variable was role of cargiver in giving stimulation. The independent variable was the toddler language development. Data collection for caregivers stimulation through observation sheets and for language development children through Denver II, and were analyzed by using non-parametric correlation analysis (Spearman rho) with significance value α=0.05. Result: The result showed that caregiver in giving stimulation has correlate with language development toddler (p-value = 0.002, r = 0.0510). Discussion: It can be concluded that correlation between role of cargiver in giving stimulation with language development toddler was significant and has strong enough correlation. Further research need to identify more factors such as genetic factor and the other aspects of environmental factor.Keywords: language development, stimulation, children day care center, caregiver, toddler

Peran Asah (3A) Pengasuh dengan Perkembangan Bahasa Anak Usia Toddler di Taman Penitipan Anak

Introduction: Role of caregiver in the day care is really important in every aspect of children development, especially language development. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between role of caregiver in giving stimulation and language development toddler in 3 day care in Surabaya. Methods: This study was using cross-sectional study. The population were children and caregivers in day care with purposive sampling. 16 caregivers and 33 children as respondents, taken according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The dependent variable was role of cargiver in giving stimulation. The independent variable was the toddler language development. Data collection for caregivers stimulation through observation sheets and for language development children through Denver II, and were analyzed by using non-parametric correlation analysis (Spearman rho) with significance value α=0.05. Result: The result showed that caregiver in giving stimulation has correlate with language development toddler (p-value = 0.002, r = 0.0510). Discussion: It can be concluded that correlation between role of cargiver in giving stimulation with language development toddler was significant and has strong enough correlation. Further research need to identify more factors such as genetic factor and the other aspects of environmental factor.

Posture and lifting exposures for daycare workers

Daycare employees, specifically caregivers, are a distinct population that may experience increased risk of injury due to the high exposure to bent postures, lifting conditions and high stress associated with their work. The objectives of the study were to collect up to date data on daycare workers and to compare the data between groups working with children of different ages (Infant, Toddler and Preschool). The study consisted of two distinct phases: Phase 1 – Questionnaire distribution, Phase 2 – Observation and analysis involving three dimensional postural monitoring and video recording as well as an analysis of the low back forces and moments in lifting. Phase 1: Consisted of the distribution of questionnaires to all employees in each of the participating daycares (n = 73). Of the 73 questionnaires distributed 32 responses were obtained (44%). Of the 32 employees who completed the questionnaires, 19 caregivers volunteered to participate in Phase 2 of the study. An additional 5 caregivers participated in phase 2 of the study, but did not complete any questionnaires. The questionnaires indicated 81% of the workers have experienced low back pain. Phase 2: Observational data were collected on site in five local daycares, throughout the first half of each subject's shift (∼3.5 h). Caregivers from each of the three classroom age groups were recruited for participation in the direct observation (Infant: n = 7, Toddler: n = 7, Preschool: n = 8). Posture analysis revealed that on average, workers adopted trunk flexion angles greater than 55°, for 10% of the collection time, and greater than 70°, for 5% of the collection time. These postures correspond to both moderate and severe flexed postures respectively. The lifting analysis (completed using the data recorded in phase 2) revealed that workers lifted with frequencies of 0.25 lifts/minute, lifted a total weight of 501 kg (over 3.3 h) and experienced average compression and shear forces of 3323 N and 371 N, respectively. A between-group comparison showed that when compared to the Preschool group, the Infant (p = 0.008) and Toddler (p = 0.001) groups demonstrated higher relative flexed postures and lifting frequencies, and the Toddler group (p = 0.023) demonstrated higher total weight lifted. Results suggested that these employees experience an elevated risk of low back injury caused by their occupational tasks and thus, further research is required to determine appropriate worker accommodations and safe work practices to help mediate these risks for all daycare caregivers. Relevance to industryIt is thought that the results from this study could lead to the development of safe working and job sharing guidelines for daycare workers.

Prospective study of potential sources of Streptococcus mutans transmission in nursery school children

Transmission of Streptococcus mutans, a major dental caries pathogen, occurs mainly during the first 2.5 years of age. Children appear to acquire S. mutans mostly from their mothers, but few studies have investigated non-familial sources of S. mutans transmission. This study prospectively analysed initial S. mutans oral colonization in 119 children from nursery schools during a 1.5-year period and tracked the transmission from child to child, day-care caregiver to child and mother to child. Children were examined at baseline, when they were 5-13 months of age, and at 6-month intervals for determination of oral levels of S. mutans and development of caries lesions. Levels of S. mutans were also determined in caregivers and mothers. A total of 1392 S. mutans isolates (obtained from children, caregivers and mothers) were genotyped by arbitrarily primed PCR and chromosomal RFLP. Overall, 40.3 % of children were detectably colonized during the study, and levels of S. mutans were significantly associated with the development of caries lesions. Identical S. mutans genotypes were found in four nursery cohorts. No familial relationship existed in three of these cohorts, indicating horizontal transmission. Despite high oral levels of S. mutans identified in most of the caregivers, none of their genotypes matched those identified in the respective children. Only 50 % of children with high levels of S. mutans carried genotypes identified in their mothers. The results support previous evidence indicating that non-familial sources of S. mutans transmission exist, and indicate that this bacterium may be transmitted horizontally between children during the initial phases of S. mutans colonization in nursery environments.

Educators or Babysitters? Daycare Caregivers Reflect on their Profession

Forty-nine caregivers in eight daycare centres were interviewed about their daycare experiences, their own childcare decisions and practices, and their views of how their profession is perceived by society. Results suggest that: caregivers comment positively on the process elements of their work, such as their enjoyment and love of children, and negatively on structural elements, such as salary and working conditions; caregivers’ “insider” view of daycare provides a seldom tapped but potentially useful source of information about both the workforce and the work; and caregivers strongly resent being viewed as mere babysitters. They increasingly see themselves—and demand to be treated—as professional educators, who contribute greatly to the successful development of the children in their care.

Nursing/Psychosocial/Health Services

Nursing/Psychosocial/Health Services

Caregiver stability and toddlers' attachment-related behavior towards caregivers in day care

The responses of toddlers to stable and nonstable caregivers in the daily routine of day care were observed. Distressed toddlers more often initiated attachment-related behaviors (proximity and contact seeking, distance interaction) towards stable than nonstable caregivers, and stable caregivers were also more effective in quieting distressed children. In nondistressed contexts, which typically involved routine play, toddlers made more initiatives towards stable than nonstable caregivers indicating that they may use stable caregivers more often as a “secure base.” These data are consistent with the notion that stability fosters the development of attachment bonds between children and caregivers thus improving the capacity of caregivers to serve as attachment figures for children in day care.

Caregiver behaviours and adaptive behavior development of very young children in home care and daycare

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of home#shmother care and daycare caregiver behaviors on the adaptive behavior development of children #op18 to 24 months#cp. Other variables under investigation included two indices of socioeconomic status #opSES#cp: occupation and education of parents. The sample consisted of 72 children: 36 in a group daycare situation and 36 at home with the mother. The investigator measured adaptive behavior development using the revised Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale by Sparrow, Balla, and Cicchetti #op1984#cp. The investigators administered The Family Daycare Rating Scale #opHarms & Clifford, 1984#cp to mothers and caregivers of children to measure growth‐facilitating behaviors. A 3 X 2 ANOVA was used with two levels for mothers and with three levels of care ‐‐ child in home, child in daycare where caregivers show high frequency, and child in daycare where caregivers show low frequency of growth‐facilitating behavior. Results revealed higher Adaptive Behavior ...

Caregivers in day-care centers: Does training matter?

Training for caregivers in day-care was investigated for its relationship to caregivers' attitudes toward children and their behavior in interactions with children. The sample consisted of 59 caregivers in 22 day-care centers on the island of Bermuda. Four different levels of training were included: 1) no training; 2) two courses of the Bermuda College training program; 3) the entire four-course Bermuda College training program; and 4) a 4-year college degree in Early Childhood Education. Caregivers with half or all the Bermuda College training were less authoritarian in their childrearing attitudes than caregivers with no training, and were rated higher on Positive Interaction and lower on Detachment in their interactions with children. Caregivers with a 4-year ECE degree were different from the other three groups; their childrearing attitudes were less authoritarian, and in interactions with children they were rated higher on Positive Interaction and lower on Punitiveness and Detachment.

Experiences in day care and social competence among maltreated children

The experience of 39 preschool-age maltreated children from 13 child care facilities was examined to determine the extent to which the children's social development was related to the quality of day-care service. Maltreated children assigned by the Arkansas Department of Social Services to three different types of child care facilities were observed: specialized day-care programs, regular day-care centers and family day homes. The children scored below average in intelligence and were rated by their parents as displaying higher than normal rates of disturbed behavior. While no comparison group of non-maltreated children was included in the study, observations of the maltreated children in the child care setting revealed substantially more positive than negative social behavior. The children were reasonably effective in interacting with adult caregivers in day care. The maltreated children were also productive in most encounters with peers. Ratings of the quality of care received in day care were significantly correlated with the children's social competence in child care. Aspects of social behavior in maltreated children were related to the organization of the program, the physical facilities, traits of the caregiver, and caregiver expectations for the children.

A longitudinal study of infants' communication patterns with mothers and daycare caregivers

A longitudinal study of infants' communication patterns with mothers and daycare caregivers

Caregivers in day care: Who are they?

Caregivers in day care: Who are they?