What Do Childcare Providers Know about Environmental Influences on Children’s Health? Implications for Environmental Health Literacy Efforts
| Autor: | Elinor M. Fujimoto, Stephanie Sloane, Brenda Koester, Leona Yi-Fan Su, Barbara H. Fiese |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population Health literacy 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences children’s health Literacy Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine risk communication Environmental health Risk communication Humans health communication 030212 general & internal medicine Significant risk Child Care environmental literacy education Child Health communication Health implications environmental health literacy 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common education.field_of_study Under-five Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Child Health Medicine childcare providers Illinois Psychology Environmental Health health literacy |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 10 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 5489, p 5489 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18105489 |
| Popis: | Children are uniquely vulnerable to toxicant exposures in their environment, which can have long-lasting impacts on their health. Childcare providers are an important population to target for environmental health literacy, as most children in the United States under five years of age spend a significant number of waking hours in non-parental care. There is an increasing body of evidence that children are exposed to toxicants in the childcare environment, and yet little is known about what childcare providers know about environmental influences on the health of children in their care. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 36 home- and center-based Illinois childcare providers to better understand their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors as they relate to environmental influences on children’s health. We found that the majority of providers had a low level of understanding of potential sources of exposure in the childcare environment, and they did not feel that environmental exposures posed a significant risk to children. Future efforts to increase environmental health literacy should focus on raising awareness and knowledge of environmental health issues for childcare providers before addressing ways that providers can reduce or prevent toxicant exposures to children in their care. |
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