@article{ref1,
title="Health and safety in day care: Parental knowledge",
journal="Clinical pediatrics",
year="1991",
author="Rassin, G. M. and Beach, P. S. and McCormick, David P. and Niebuhr, V. N. and Weller, S.",
volume="30",
number="6",
pages="344-349",
abstract="Because injuries and illnesses occur among children, even in licensed child care facilities, parents need to be aware of existing hazards. We developed a questionnaire to assess parental knowledge of 16 health and safety features in their child's care facility. These health and safety features were identified by parents, in a pilot study, as being the most important features in a child care facility. This questionnaire was completed by 91 parents who use day care. Parents were well-educated employees of a health care institution. Our results indicate that even well-educated parents often do not check child care facilities for health and safety features. Parents tolerated a mean of 9.3% of 16 unsafe features and did not know the status of 22.4% of the features. Fifteen percent of the children has been removed from their child care facility because of health and safety concerns, 7.7% reported an injury. Our results suggest that it is important that physicians, during well child visits, include discussions about health and safety issues in the day care environment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-9228",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}