Day-care Assistance Research Articles

Features of emotional burnout of employees of preschool educational institutions

Introduction. In this article, on the basis of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the emotional burnout of day-care assistants and speech therapists of municipal preschool educational institutions was studied. In recent years, there has been an increase in the importance of the psycho-emotional component of the professional portrait of an employee of preschool educational institutions. The content of pedagogical professional activity includes many factors that provoke the emergence of professional deformation of a specialist.
 Materials and methods. Emotional burnout (according to the method of K. Maslach and S. Jackson in the adaptation of N. Vodopyanova) and the working capacity index (WAI) were studied in day-care assistants and speech therapists working in preschool educational institutions, as part of a cross-sectional study, in-depth interviewing was conducted. The SPSS 23 software package was used for statistical analysis.
 Results. Day-care assistants and speech therapists of preschool educational institutions, who have a long work experience, have fully realized and adapted to their profession and do not note emotional and psychological overloads. The results of a qualitative study indicate the dominance of subject-object (educator – child) relationships within the framework of preschool education, the presence of a complex psychological space (preschool is visited by children with various psychophysiological, emotional, behavioral characteristics), the settling of negative emotions inside the personal space of the educator and the speech therapist teacher and, as a consequence, the inability to dispose of them (personal psychotherapy, supervision, professional intervention) without negative consequences.
 Limitations. The study has professional (day-care assistants, speech therapists) limitations.
 Conclusion. These results suggest the problem of emotional burnout to be quite deep and not realized by teachers and day-care assitants. The resources of quantitative research methods for educators and speech therapists of preschool education on the topic of professional burnout and deformation were shown to be significantly limited and fail to allow achieving objective results, which requires the development of new approaches to assessing teachers’ emotional burnout.

Occupational risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission in Denmark 2020-2021: a follow-up study.

Mounting evidence indicates increased risk of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel, but the evidence on risks in other occupations is limited. In this study, we quantify the occupational risk of COVID-19-related hospital admission in Denmark during 2020-2021. The source population included 2.4 million employees age 20-69 years. All information was retrieved from public registers. The risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission was examined in 155 occupations with at least 2000 employees (at-risk, N=1 620 231) referenced to a group of mainly office workers defined by a COVID-19 job exposure matrix (N=369 341). Incidence rate ratios (IRR) were computed by Poisson regression. During 186 million person-weeks of follow-up, we observed 2944 COVID-19 related hospital admissions in at-risk occupations and 559 in referents. Adjusted risk of such admission was elevated in several occupations within healthcare (including health care assistants, nurses, medical practitioners and laboratory technicians but not physiotherapists or midwives), social care (daycare assistants for children aged 4-7, and nursing aides in institutions and private homes, but not family daycare workers) and transportation (bus drivers, but not lorry drivers). Most IRR in these at-risk occupations were in the range of 1.5-3. Employees in education, retail sales and various service occupations seemed not to be at risk. Employees in several occupations within and outside healthcare are at substantially increased risk of COVID-19. There is a need to revisit safety measures and precautions to mitigate viral transmission in the workplace during the current and forthcoming pandemics.

Participant characteristics and dietary correlates of SNAP and other assistance programs among families with children from racially and ethnically diverse households

The objective of this study was to describe food purchasing behaviors and the home food environment across families simultaneously receiving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and other cash and food assistance benefits, and assess how child dietary intake varied across three distinct categories of assistance (i.e., SNAP and other assistance programs, assistance programs other than SNAP, and not enrolled in any assistance program). This cross-sectional study was conducted with parents of children aged 5–9 years (N = 1033) from low-income and racially and ethnically diverse households, living in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan areas. In an online survey, parents reported enrollment in seven assistance programs (SNAP, WIC [Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Program], free or reduced-cost school breakfast, free or reduced-cost school lunch, SSI [Supplemental Security Income Program], MFIP [Minnesota Family Investment Program], daycare assistance), food purchasing behaviors, the home food environment, and child dietary and fast-food intake. Descriptive statistics were computed to describe food purchasing behaviors and the home food environment. Multivariable linear regressions were used to evaluate the association between assistance categories and child dietary intake factors. Models were adjusted for child age, parent and child sex, race and ethnicity, household income, primary caregiver's educational attainment, employment status, and place of birth. Relative to families participating in assistance programs other than SNAP and not enrolled in any assistance program, families participating in SNAP and other assistance programs had less reliable modes of transportation to go food shopping (use ‘my own car or vehicle’ 57% vs. 90% and 83%, respectively), shopped less frequently during the month ('1 big trip a month and small trips in between’ 35% vs. 19% and 24%, respectively], had a somewhat higher presence of energy-dense (e.g., ‘French fries’ 60% vs. 35% and 25%, respectively) and high-sodium food items in the home (e.g., ‘canned pasta’ meals 48% vs. 35% and 20%, respectively), and some aspects of children's dietary intake that were not congruent with current dietary recommendations (e.g., consumption of ‘fried vegetables’ 3.9 times/week [95% CI 3.4, 4.4] vs. 2.9 [2.3, 3.5] and 2.8 [2.1, 3.6], respectively). Findings could inform targeted strategies to maximize the impact of simultaneous programs' benefits on improving child dietary intake and reaching eligible households not enrolled in assistance programs.

Voice User Interface-Based Artificial Intelligence enables Child Daycare Assistance System Framework

Daycare is a child-care alternative that permits guardians to drop off their kids during the day for care, management, and learning. Significantly, kids who participate in early child-care programs will be more beneficial and more fruitful in school. Child-care educators can share assets, thoughts and even get together in a nearby play area. Each parent has an alternate thought of what they need for their kids. There are various sorts of child-care offerings, Private child-care chains: An organization normally runs these as establishments, Private or independent nurseries: These are controlled by people or a group of people, home-based child-care: In India, this is a typical type of child-care, most of the time run by homemakers, Daycares connected to schools: Certain schools may decide to set up child-care appended to their school, Workplace childcares: Companies now and again have nearby child-care for youngsters. Several companies offer onsite child care support for their employees. Few organizations are Google, Johnson and Johnson, Boeing, Nike, Procter, Gamble, etc. Parents have the main concern that they want to know how their child is doing while they are away. Are their child's needs being met? Are they being heard when sharing important details about their child's care? Can they reach the facility at any time, and can staff reach parents regardless of where they are during the day? A central communication hub can help parents communicate important information such as dietary restrictions or special drop-off or pick-up instructions to address all these above concerns. Also, touch-free devices that would allow teachers to communicate hands-free, leaving them to focus on their most important task caring for children, require the hour. In this paper, a framework of voice user interface-based AI enables child daycare assistance system has been proposed that reviewed by baby sitters and parents.

The permissive non-parental childcare and moral intelligence: Indonesian setting

<p class="keywords"><span lang="EN-US">Most parents in Indonesia are unable to provide maximum care for their children while working. Childcare includes fostering moral intelligence, which is carried out by grandmothers, household assistants, and daycare assistants. Furthermore, 178 young children (95 males and 83 females) and 178 caregivers (68 grandmothers, 54 household assistants, and 56 daycare assistants) were involved in the study. Simple regression analysis was used to examine parenthood on moral intelligence, and moderator analysis was used to test permissive non-parental childcare and moral intelligence in early childhood. The results showed that authoritative and permissive parenthood has an effect on moral intelligence and that the effects of permissiveness on moral intelligence are only moderately influenced. Permissive non-parental childcare and moral intelligence apply to the group of grandmothers and household assistants. The research provides a detailed description of the role of predictors on moral intelligence in non-parental care.</span></p>

L’accueil des jeunes enfants par les professionnelles de la petite enfance : un travail éducatif aux formes multiples

Registered childminders, daycare assistants and nursery staff are encouraged to do “ educational” work with children. From a qualitative survey conducted between 2017 and 2019 by observations in daycare centers, childminding centers and the homes of home-based registered childminders, and by interviews with daycare assistants, registered childminders, nursery staff and early child educators, an analysis was carried out on the place of instructions emanating from institutions, which contribute to the “ professionalization” of the sector, in the practices and discourse of these professionals. It shows how a concern for the “ stimulation” of young children and “ educational” expectancies from their care has become widespread. Professionals’ concrete practices and their relation to work are analyzed, and their relation to children’s autonomy and safety, and how they routinely categorize the children in particular. From these two aspects of work, the article shows the broad variety of practices found among the early childhood professionals, and how they daily steer between prescribed work norms and real work among the children.

Accessibility of Pre-School Education

The article presents the latest changes and modern mechanisms in providing accessibility of pre-school education that relate to the tasks in the formation of norms and values of early childhood development. It explores the issues related to developing private entrepreneurship in the field of child care and education, and the regulation of legislative changes aimed at increasing competition between private and municipal kindergartens. It assesses parents’ basic demands for modern accessibility mechanisms when electronic services for admission to the pre-school institution are introduced; it analyses various aspects of increasing pre-school education accessibility with regard to the selection of a kindergarten, the regime of day-care programs, the number of children per group, and the work of the day-care assistants. Special attention is paid to comparing public (municipal) pre-school educational institutions and private kindergartens in order to evaluate the different opportunities which enable parents to have a free choice of pre-schools institutions. The article describes the vectors in the development of pre-school education accessibility, and in levelling the starting opportunities for successful educational strategies.

Perceived effective and feasible strategies to promote healthy eating in young children: focus groups with parents, family child care providers and daycare assistants.

BackgroundThe aim of the current study is to identify strategies to promote healthy eating in young children that can be applied by caregivers, based on their own perceptions of effectiveness and feasibility. Whereas previous research mainly focused on parental influences on children’s eating behavior, the growing role of other caregivers in the upbringing of children can no longer be denied.MethodsFour focus groups were conducted with three types of caregivers of post-weaning children under 6 years old: parents (n = 14), family child care providers (n = 9), and daycare assistants (n = 10). The audiotaped focus group discussions were transcribed and imported into Nvivo 10.0 for thematic analysis. The behaviors put forward by the caregivers were categorized within three broad dimensions: global influences, general behaviors, and specific feeding practices.ResultsPerceived effective strategies to promote healthy eating behavior in children included rewards, verbal encouragement, a taste-rule, sensory sensations, involvement, variation, modeling, repeated exposure, and a peaceful atmosphere. Participants mainly disagreed on the perceived feasibility of each strategy, which largely depended on the characteristics of the caregiving setting (e.g. infrastructure, policy).ConclusionsBased on former research and the current results, an intervention to promote healthy eating behaviors in young children should be adapted to the caregiving setting or focus on specific feeding practices, since these involve simple behaviors that are not hindered by the limitations of the caregiving setting. Due to various misconceptions regarding health-promoting strategies, clear instructions about when and how to use these strategies are necessary.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3710-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL EM RELAÇÃO AO PÚBLICO INTERNO: UM ESTUDO COMPARATIVO ENTRE AS EMPRESAS DO ISE E DO IBRX

O mundo globalizado e as novas relações de negócios têm modificado o papel da empresa na sociedade; ela deve buscar não só a geração de riqueza para si, mas deve também preocupar-se em investir na preservação do meio ambiente, melhorando as condições da comunidade na qual ela está inserida e investir em seus funcionários. Diante disso, analisou-se os Balanços Sociais do ano de 2009 das empresas integrantes do ISE e das empresas que compõem o IBrX com o objetivo de identificar o percentual investido em relação ao público interno, ou seja, com seus funcionários e colaboradores. Apresentam-se noções de ética empresarial, transformada em responsabilidade social pelas empresas frente aos seus diferentes públicos envolvidos. O estudo empírico de natureza aplicada se enquadra como pesquisa descritiva e documental. Foram comparados os valores despendidos em folha de pagamento, por ser o investimento de maior valor agregado aos funcionários, e os benefícios concedidos como: auxílio-creche, plano de saúde, vale refeição, entre outros. Conclui-se que as empresas do ISE investem mais do que as empresas do IBrX em seus colaboradores, entretanto os investimentos ainda são baixos e a divulgação do balanço social ainda é pouco utilizada pelas empresas.

Recomendaciones de uso de palivizumab para la prevención de la infección por virus respiratorio sincitial en prematuros de 32 1 a 35 0 semanas de gestación

Late preterm infants (32 1 to 35 0 weeks gestation) aged less than 6 months at start of RSV station or discharged during this time may benefit from RSV monoclonal antibodies (palivizumab) administration to decrease the rates of RSV hospitalization. The Spanish Society of Neonatology considers, based on FLIP2 results in Spain, that palivizumab prophylaxis is strongly recommended if the “2 major risk factors” are present (chronological age less than 10 weeks at start of RSV season or being born during its first 10 weeks; sibling of school age or attending day-care assistance). Palivizumab is also recommended when “1 major risk factor and the 2 minor risk factors” are present. Minor risk factors are: mother smoking during pregnancy and being a male.

Recomendaciones para la prevención de la infección por virus respiratorio sincitial

Premature babies < or = 35 weeks gestation, with or without chronic lung disease (CLD), and infants affected by severe congenital heart disease should be considered high risk population for RSV infection and hospitalization. Hygienic measures and RSV monoclonal antibodies (palivizumab) have been found useful in decreasing rates of RSV hospitalization in these patients. Guidelines for their administration include: a) strongly recommended use in premature babies < or = 28 weeks gestation, or born between 29-32 weeks gestation and less than 6 months at start of RSV station or discharged along it, or affected by CLD in treatment during last 6 months or by severe congenital heart disease. Last two groups could be prophylaxed for two RSV seasons. b) Recommended use among premature babies between 32-35 weeks gestation and less than 6 months of age and presenting two or more risk factors: chronologic age < 10 weeks at start of RSV station, breastfeeding < or = 2 months (physician prescription), sibling < 14 years old, day-care assistance, family history of wheezing, > or = 4 adults at home, airways malformation or neuromuscular disease.