Provision of some form of child care outside of the home is certainly not a new phenomenon.
In the past, most out-of-home care was provided by a relative, a friend, or someone who had …

Current social and economic factors have resulted in increasing numbers of children
attending child-care facilities outside of the home. In the United States over 13 million …

It is estimated that more than 5.3 million children attend out-of-home child day care in the
United States. This includes 2.1 million children who attend approximately 63 000 licensed …

Objective. Child care outside the home increases children's infections substantially. We
have to evaluate the possibilities for reducing the transmission of infections by an infection …

In the early 1980s, the Minnesota Department of Health began to address the growing
concern of the risk of infectious diseases in child day care by initiating a planning process …

Two-thirds of children younger than 6 years participate in nonparental out-of-home early
education and child care. Demographic trends during the past several decades reflect an …

Research on effective strategies for reducing infections associated with out-of-home child
care has lagged far behind the research on other aspects of these infections. This review …

Objective.—To provide pertinent background information on infectious diseases and injury
in child day care and outline measures to address these health care needs. Design.—We …

The number of day care centers and home care facilities has steadily increased in the
United States. Recent interest has focused on the possible relationship between attendance …

The increasing use of child day care in the United States over the past three decades has
been accompanied by an enlarging literature concerning the impact of various modes of …