State Regulations to Support Children’s Cultural and Religious Food Preferences in Early Care and Education
Autor: | Anna Ayers Looby, Elyse R. Grossman, Natasha Frost, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm, Julie Ralston Aoki |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Family child care 030309 nutrition & dietetics Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Culture Health Promotion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Consistency (negotiation) State (polity) medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Marketing Baseline (configuration management) Regulations media_common 0303 health sciences Child care Health professionals business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Child Day Care Centers Culturally Competent Care United States Religion Policy Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Benchmark (computing) Government Regulation Brief Reports Female business State Government |
Zdroj: | Maternal and Child Health Journal |
ISSN: | 1573-6628 1092-7875 |
Popis: | Objective In July 2018 the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released a benchmark encouraging early care and education (ECE) programs, including child care centers and family child care homes, to incorporate cultural and religious food preferences of children into meals. We examined the extent to which states were already doing so through their ECE licensing and administrative regulations prior to the release of the benchmark. This review may serve as a baseline to assess future updates, if more states incorporate the benchmark into their regulations. Methods For this cross-sectional study, we reviewed ECE regulations for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (hereafter states) through June 2018. We assessed consistency with the benchmark for centers and homes. We conducted Spearman correlations to estimate associations between the year the regulations were updated and consistency with the benchmark. Results Among centers, eight states fully met the benchmark, 11 partially met the benchmark, and 32 did not meet the benchmark. Similarly for homes, four states fully met the benchmark, 13 partially met the benchmark, and 34 did not meet the benchmark. Meeting the benchmark was not correlated with the year of last update for centers (P = 0.54) or homes (P = 0.31). Conclusions Most states lacked regulations consistent with the benchmark. Health professionals can help encourage ECE programs to consider cultural and religious food preferences of children in meal planning. And, if feasible, states may consider additional regulations supporting cultural and religious preferences of children in future updates to regulations. |
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