1. Health of School-Aged Children in 11+ Hours of Center-Based Care
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Yukiko Motizuki, Uma A. Segal, Tokie Anme, Chihiro Sugita, Ryoji Shinohara, Taeko Watanabe, Etsuko Tomisaki, Hisako Matsumoto, Kentaro Tokutake, Lian Tong, Yuka Sugisawa, and Emiko Tanaka
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medicine.medical_specialty ,School age child ,Evening ,Home environment ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Medicine ,Feeling ,Family medicine ,Health care ,Workforce ,medicine ,business ,Childrearing environment ,Cohort study ,media_common - Abstract
With increasing numbers of women joining the evening/nighttime and extended-hour workforce, there is a need for quality childcare during these hours. This project, conducted in Japan, sought to compare the effects of expanded child-care on the health of 271 school-aged children. Parents completed a survey on the childrearing environment at home, their feelings of self-efficacy, and the presence of support for childcare; and childcare professionals evaluated the development of these school-aged children. Children responded to questions regarding their health. Results of the multiple regression analysis indicate that factors in the home environment, not length of time in center-based care, explained health risks at school age.
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- 2012
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