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A

Abdominal pain. See under Pain1
Accessibility 1
Aides 1
Allergies 1
Alternate shelter. See Emergency shelter1
American Academy of Family Physicians 1, 2, 3
American Academy of Pediatrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
American Association for Health Education 1, 2
American Nurses Association 1, 2
American Public Health Association 1, 2
American Red Cross 1
Animals 1
Antibiotic treatment 1, 2, 3, 4
Attachment 1
Attendance records 1
Authorized caregivers 1, 2
Authorized contact
for notification of emergencies 1
pick-up 1

B

Bacteria 1, 2
Behavior, aggressive 1
Blood
in stools 1, 2
Budgets 1

C

Campylobacter gastroenteritis 1
Centers
communication with parents 1
food service staff 1
use of health consultants 1, 2, 3
Certification
staff 1
Chemicals 1
Chickenpox 1, 2, 3, 4
Child abuse
consultants 1
recognizing signs and symptoms 1
reporting 1, 2, 3
Child development
program activities based on 1, 2
Child protective services 1
Children with special needs
consultation services 1, 2
emergency plan 1
policies 1
program activities 1
training about 1
Child-staff ratios 1, 2, 3
Closing facility 1
Comforting 1
Community colleges 1
Community services 1
Compensation and benefits
for health consultants 1
Compliance
with state regulations 1
Conferences 1
Confidentiality of records 1
Conjunctivitis 1, 2
nonpurulent 1
purulent 1, 2
Consultation records 1, 2
Contracts 1
Coughing 1
Crying 1, 2
Cryptosporidium 1
Cultural sensitivity 1
Curriculum 1

D

Daily health assessment 1
Developmental disabilities 1, 2, 3
Diapering
procedure 1
Diarrhea 1, 2
exclusion because of 1, 2, 3, 4
incidence of 1
Salmonella 1, 2, 3
Dietitians 1
Dining areas 1
Directors
of facilities for ill children 1
responsibilities 1, 2
Disabilities 1, 2
Disasters 1
evacuation 1
Discipline
policy 1
Dishwashers 1
Drop-off points 1

E

E. coli 0157.H7 1, 2, 3, 4
Ear infections 1
Early childhood education 1, 2
Early Childhood Education Linkage System 1, 2
Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center 1, 2
Emergency plans 1, 2
for children with special needs 1
Emergency procedures 1
Emergency shelter 1
Enrollment
policies 1
procedures 1
process 1
Enteric infections 1
Equipment
maintenance of 1
Erythromycin 1
Evacuation of children
drills 1
plan 1, 2
Evaluation
of a child 1, 2
of facility 1
of training 1
Evening care
plan 1
Exclusion
of children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
in facilities for ill children 1, 2
policies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Exercise 1

F

Feeding
infants 1
policies 1, 2
Fees 1
Fevers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Field trips
policies 1
Fire safety 1
Food handling 1, 2
Food preparation 1
Food service 1
aides 1
staff 1
Food service manager 1
Foods
brought from home 1, 2

G

Gastrointestinal problems 1, 2
Giardia lamblia 1
exclusion criteria 1
Goals of facility 1
Group size 1, 2
Guardians 1, 2, 3

H

Handwashing 1
Handwashing sinks 1
Head lice 1
exclusion criteria 1, 2, 3, 4
Health assessments
for children 1
Health consultants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
documentation of visits 1
for facilities serving children with special needs 1
for facilities serving ill children 1, 2, 3
frequency of visits 1
knowledge and skills 1, 2
mental health 1
on child abuse and neglect 1
parents as 1, 2
policy 1
program consultants 1
Health departments
communicable disease identification and control role 1, 2, 3
consultant role 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
notification to health department of a communicable disease 1
resource for materials 1
Health education
for children 1, 2
topics 1
for parents 1, 2
topics 1
for staff 1
policies 1, 2
Health education specialist 1
Health professionals
conflicting opinions 1, 2
consultation from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
transfer of information 1
Health resources 1, 2, 3, 4
Healthy Child Care America Campaign 1, 2, 3
Hepatitis A virus infections 1
exclusion criteria 1
Herpes viruses
herpes simplex
exclusion criteria 1
herpes zoster
exclusion criteria 1
Hospitals 1
Hygiene 1, 2, 3

I

Ill children
care arrangements 1
isolation of 1, 2, 3
plan for care 1
policies 1, 2, 3
Ill children, facilities for 1
exclusion criteria 1
health consultants 1
play equipment 1
procedures for care 1
Illnesses
documentation 1
accessibility 1
levels of severity 1
notification of parents 1
recognizing symptoms 1, 2
training about 1
transmission
preventing 1
Immunizations 1
exemptions 1
for staff 1
policies 1
Impetigo 1
Incidence logs 1
Inclusion
criteria 1, 2, 3, 4
of children with special needs 1, 2
Infants
nutrition
feeding 1
program activities 1
Infection control 1, 2, 3
Infectious diseases
isolation of child 1, 2, 3
notifying parents about 1
policies 1, 2, 3
prevention 1
Injuries
policies 1
reporting
report forms 1
suspicious 1
Injury prevention 1
policies 1, 2
Inspections
of facility 1
of records 1

J

Jaundice 1, 2

K

Kitchens 1

L

Large family child care homes
communication with parents 1
food service staff 1
policies 1
use of health consultants 1, 2
Leave
sick 1
Leaving the child care facility
to receive care elsewhere 1
Lethargy 1, 2, 3
Levels of illness 1
Liabilities 1
Licensing 1
inspections 1
Licensing agencies 1, 2
role of 1
Location of the facility 1
Lockers 1

M

Maintenance
of the facility 1
Maternal and Child Health Bureau 1, 2, 3
Meals 1
Measles 1, 2, 3
Medical home
identification of 1
Medication administration 1, 2, 3, 4
policies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
records 1
training 1
Medications
nonprescription 1
prescription 1
Mental health 1, 2, 3
Model Child Care Health Policies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Motor vehicles
crashes 1
Mouth sores, secretions 1
Mumps 1, 2, 3
Music 1

N

Nap times 1
National Association for Family Child Care 1, 2, 3
National Association for Sick Child Daycare 1, 2
National Association for the Education of Young Children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies 1
National Association of Governor's Councils of Physical Fitness and Sports 1
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners 1, 2, 3
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. 1
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care 1, 2, 3
National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants 1, 2, 3, 4
National Weather Service 1
Native language 1, 2
Natural environments 1
Neglect 1
Neisseria meningitidis infections 1
Notification of illnesses/infectious diseases
to health department 1
to health provider 1
to parents 1, 2, 3, 4
Nurses 1, 2, 3
Nutrition
consultants 1, 2
education 1
for infants 1
plan 1, 2
policies 1
staffing 1
Nutrition specialists 1, 2

O

Occupational therapists 1
Oral health 1, 2, 3
education 1
policies 1

P

Pain 1
abdominal 1, 2, 3
eye 1
Parent relations
information exchange 1, 2
Parental consent 1, 2, 3, 4
Parents
as health consultants 1, 2, 3
of children with special needs 1
of ill children 1
Passenger safety 1
Pediatric nurse practitioners 1
Pennsylvania 1
Pertussis
exclusion criteria 1, 2, 3
Pets
care of 1
Physical therapists 1
Physician's assistants 1
Physicians 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Pick-up points 1, 2
Play 1, 2
indoor 1
outdoor 1
Play areas
safety 1
Play equipment
for facilities for ill children 1
Playground safety inspectors 1
Poisoning
food 1
Policies 1, 2, 3
admission 1
confidentiality 1
content of 1
discipline 1
emergency care 1, 2
evacuation 1
evening care 1
exclusion 1
feeding 1, 2
firearms 1
food handling 1, 2
health 1, 2, 3
health consultants 1, 2
health education 1, 2
ill children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
immunizations 1
informed consent 1
maintenance 1
medication administration 1, 2, 3, 4
nutrition 1, 2
parent relations 1
payment 1
pick up authorized persons 1, 2
review 1, 2
safety 1, 2
sanitation 1, 2
sleep position 1
sleeping 1
smoking and prohibited substances 1, 2
staff 1
supervision 1
termination 1
transportation 1, 2
Program activities 1
plan 1
Program development 1
Prohibited substances
policies 1
Prophylaxis 1
Psychiatrists 1, 2
Psychologists 1, 2

Q

Qualifications
of health consultants 1, 2
Quality 1, 2

R

Rash 1, 2, 3, 4
Reading 1
Readmission policy 1, 2, 3
Records
access to 1, 2
child's health 1, 2
confidentiality 1, 2
illness 1, 2
injury 1
medication administration 1
staff health 1
Red Book, The 1
Referrals 1, 2
Regulations
enforcement 1
on exclusion 1, 2, 3
training on 1
Remodeling 1
Resource and referral agencies 1, 2, 3
Respiratory therapist 1
Rest areas
for ill children 1, 2
Rubella 1, 2, 3

S

Salmonella typhi 1
diarrhea caused by 1, 2, 3
Scabies 1
exclusion criteria 1, 2
School-age child care
program activities 1
Seattle King County Department of Public Health 1
Separation 1, 2
Severity of illness 1
Shape Up America 1
Shigella 1
diarrhea caused by 1, 2, 3, 4
Shingles 1
Sleep position 1, 2
Sleeping 1, 2
policies 1
Small family child care homes
communication with parents 1
food service staff 1
policies 1
use of health consultants 1, 2
Smoking
policies 1, 2
Snacks 1
Social services 1
Social workers 1
Sores 1
Staff
food service 1
health 1, 2, 3
policies 1, 2
training 1, 2
turnover 1
Statement of services 1, 2, 3
Storage areas
food 1
Strep throat 1
Streptococcal infections
exclusion criteria 1
Stress 1
Students
as health consultants 1
Substitutes 1
Supervision
methods 1
of food service 1
of staff 1
policies 1
Symptoms of illness 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Symptoms record 1, 2

T

Technical assistance 1
Temperature
child's 1, 2
Termination
of child attending facility 1, 2
Thermometers 1
Threatening incidents 1
Tobacco use
policies 1
Toddlers
program activities 1
Toilet learning/training 1
Toileting 1
Training 1, 2, 3, 4
medication 1
of health consultants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Transportation
policies 1, 2
Tuberculosis (Tb) 1
exclusion criteria 1, 2
Turnover 1

U

Urgent medical care 1, 2
Urine 1

V

Vendor food service 1
Verbal communication 1
Visiting Nurse Associations of America 1
Volunteers 1
Vomiting
exclusion criteria 1, 2, 3

W

Wheezing 1

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