Exploring the Relationship Between Quality Rating and Improvement System Supports and Global Quality in Family Child Care

Tang, Jing; Hallam, Rena A.; Francis, Jessica; Sheffler, Kristy (Finlon)

doi:10.1007/s10566-020-09565-2

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“…This may support their continued operation and participation in other systems like subsidies (Schneider et al, 2021) and their ability to access one-time resources like grants. Both subsidy participation and accreditation being associated with lower likelihood of closure may point to the importance of engagement with external support systems for FCC providers (Hallam et al, 2019; Hooper & Hallam, 2021a), especially when these systems are tailored to the FCC context (Bromer et al, 2021; Tang et al, 2020).…”

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Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hooper,

Lee,

Schweiker

2023

AERA Open

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Family child care (FCC) is uniquely positioned to address challenges with insufficient early care and education supply and access in the United States. FCC programs were steadily declining before COVID-19, and many child care programs, both center- and home-based, were at risk of closure early in the pandemic. This study examines closure among Alabama FCC providers during COVID-19. Specifically, we examine the timing and predictors of FCC providers’ closure using discrete time-hazard modeling. We analyze administrative data for the 788 FCC programs licensed in March 2020. Over the following 28 months, FCC closure risk was closely linked with COVID-19 disease spread trends. Providers who participated in child care subsidy or national accreditation had lower closure risk than those who did not. The protective effects of subsidy participation were amplified in lower-opportunity communities. Results have implications for mitigating FCC decline and identifying resources to support FCC providers’ continued operation.

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Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hooper,

Lee,

Schweiker

2023

AERA Open

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“…As a special group of patients with dry eye, due to their immature mental development (3), the discomfort symptoms caused by dry eye will not only affect the quality of life of children, but also easily lead to emotional fluctuations, anxiety, and depression, which will have adverse effects on their communication in daily life. Specifically, for some children with iatrogenic dry eye after strabismus surgery, the local swelling of the conjunctival wound after strabismus surgery will affect the uniform distribution of tears on the ocular surface (4), and the postoperative inflammatory reaction will affect the stability of the tear film, eventually leading to the occurrence of dry eye (5).…”

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Application of vitamin A palmitate eye gel and nurse value of Watson’s theory of caring in children with dry eye after strabismus surgery: a randomized trial

Yang¹,

Guo²,

Gong³

et al. 2021

Transl Pediatr

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Background: After strabismus surgery, the local swelling of conjunctival wound will affect the uniform distribution of tears on the ocular surface, and the inflammatory reaction will affect the stability of tear film, which will easily lead to iatrogenic dry eye. This study aimed to investigate the effect of vitamin A palmitate (VAP) eye gel application in dry eye and the advantages of Watson's theory of caring.Methods: Two hundred and forty children with dry eye after strabismus surgery treated in our hospital from September 2018 to September 2020 were selected as the study subjects, and were randomly divided into control group and observation group according to the allocation ratio of 1:1. Watson's theory of care nursing was applied in the observation group, and VAP eye gel was additionally dropped into the eye. Mouse conjunctival goblet cells (GCs) were used to detect the effect of VAP on the growth of GCs. Treatment compliance, improvement of dry eye symptoms [Schirmer I test (SIT), tear film break-up time (BUT), and fluorescent staining (FL) score], inflammatory factor levels in tears, clinical efficacy, and parents' satisfaction were compared.Results: It was found that VAP eye gel could better promote the proliferation of GCs. After nursing and clinical treatment, the dry eye symptoms were improved in all included children, and improvements in the SIT, BUT, and FL scores were more obvious in the observation group. Watson's theory of care nursing could effectively improve the children's treatment compliance and parents' satisfaction.Conclusions: As a result, the application of VAP eye gel and Watson's theory of care nursing could effectively reduce the occurrence of dry eye after strabismus surgery, and were of great importance for improving the relationship between nurses and patients and building a harmonious hospital.

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