The day care center diarrhea dilemma.

The day-care dilemma.

The Diarrhea Dilemma

Corresponding Author Fax: +55 48 2 44 09 36 E-mail: [email protected] Background: Although myeloperoxidase (MPO) and adenosine-deaminase (ADA) levels are markers of activated leukocytes, both enzymes have not been currently addressed in inflammation models. Aims: This study evaluates whether the concentrations of these enzymes are significantly correlated with the content of leukocytes in a ple...

[Child care according to day care center workers].

This investigation aimed at understanding and analyzing the representations of the workers from daycare centers regarding the care they provide to children. Data were collected through individual interviews and an educational workshop. These interviews were carried out in daycare centers, that are associated to a public university in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. The topic presented he...

Quality of center day care and attunement between parents and caregivers: center day care in cross-national perspective.

In a sample of 43 Dutch infants and toddlers (mean age = 1.7 years), the quality of care at day-care centers was assessed and compared with similar quality ratings in other European and North American countries. It was hypothesized that formal characteristics of care settings and caregivers as well as attunement between caregivers and parents would be associated with quality of care. Quality of...

Stability in Center Day Care: Relations with Children’s Well-being and Problem Behavior in Day Care

Mothers and primary professional caregivers of 186 children, aged 6–30 months, participated in this study in which a new measure for daily stability in center day care was developed, describing staffing, grouping, and program features. Relative contributions of infants’ daily experiences of care stability, quality of care, and mother’s daily stress to the child’s adjustment to day care were ana...