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Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1989
Considers aspects of children's fevers. Answers questions concerning: (1) the temperature at which a fever is infectious; (2) the point at which a feverish child in care should be sent home; (3) the length of time a parent should wait before returning the child to day care; and (4) the way to take a child's temperature. (RJC)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Medical Services, Public Health, Young Children
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Discusses symptoms, prevention, and treatment of the flu. Also discusses effects of antibiotics on colds. (RJC)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Pathology, Preventive Medicine
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Discusses a reasoned response by child care centers to the AIDS virus problem. Considers means of transmission and hygienic practice. Concludes that there is either an extremely low risk or no risk of transmission by children infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to other children in a day care setting. (NH)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes, Communicable Diseases, Day Care Centers
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1989
Addresses day care center directors' child care health concerns regarding (l) reasons for and sanitary management of loose stools and diarrhea; (2) finding funds to meet health and safety requirements; and (3) the child who seems to be sick all the time. (RJC)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
A physician addresses three health concerns of child care center directors. She provides information about the increasing number of children with asthma problems, the exclusion of ill children from child care settings, and the increasing concern about lead poisoning. (GLR)
Descriptors: Asthma, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Day Care Centers
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1993
Addresses the issue of providing an area for smokers in a child care facility. Because of the increased risks of respiratory diseases associated with exposure to tobacco smoke, a smoking area is not recommended. A clarification is also included concerning a recipe for sanitized play sand. (PAM)
Descriptors: Children, Communicable Diseases, Day Care Centers, Diseases
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Answers questions from child care center directors about AIDS policies for early childhood settings and policies for meeting children's needs for medicine at the center. (DR)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Day Care Centers, Disease Control
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Discusses the need for child care providers to be sure children in their care who are between the ages of 15 months and 5 years have had Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine. Urges child care center staff to avoid use of bean bag infant cushions and to inform parents about the hazards posed by the cushions. (DR)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Day Care Centers, Disease Control, Early Childhood Education
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1995
Describes new concerns about infectious diseases in childcare settings (tuberculosis, gastrointestinal infections, and lice); sleep position and SIDS; HIV/AIDS issues; and the use of sterilized sand in sand boxes. (DR)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Day Care
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Discusses job-related health problems, such as infectious diseases and job stress, that are of concern to child caregivers in child care settings. Ways that these problems can be alleviated and/or medically treated are also discussed. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Communicable Diseases, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Examines the issues involved in determining the criteria to use for excluding ill children from day care centers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Communicable Diseases, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1993
Argues that child care providers play an important role in assuring the timely and complete immunization of young children. Suggests that full immunization be a condition of participation in child care. Describes resources that can be used to promote timely and complete immunizations. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Cooperation
