Child Care Health Connections: A Health and Safety Newsletter for California Child Care Professionals. Volume 19, Number 6, November-December 2006

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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Child Development.

Child Care; Child Health; Child Safety; Immunization Programs; Communication Strategies; Infants; Nutrition; Food; Infant Care; Eating Habits; Communicable Diseases; Transitional Programs; Disabilities; Young Children; Toys

"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of this newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment for all children in child care reflecting California's diversity; to recreate linkages and promote collaboration among health and safety and child care professionals; and to be guided by the most up-to-date knowledge of the best practices and concepts of health, wellness and safety. This issue contains these articles: (1) Help with Blue Immunization Cards (Bobbie Rose); (2) Getting Health Information for a Child (Judy Calder); (3) Introducing Solid Foods to Infants (Vickie Leonard); (4) Feeding Styles of Parents and Caregivers (Bobbie Rose); (5) Bad Breath: An Embarrassing Problem (A. Rahman Zamani); (6) Exposure to Communicable Disease; (7) Suspected Illness or Communicable Disease Exclusion Form; (8) Transitioning Children with Special Needs in Educational Systems (Tahereh Garakanai); (9) Immunization: What Family Child Care Providers Need to Do; and (10) Choosing Safe and Appropriate Toys (Vickie Leonard). A list of additional health and safety resources is included. (Individual articles contain references.)

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