Food Safety Training Needs of Child Care Providers

Murphy, Anne; Fraser, Angela; Youatt, June Pierce; Sawyer, Carol A.; Andrews, Sandra L.

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“…Studies have looked at the food safety practices of food service workers in a variety of food industry settings worldwide (Angelillo et al, 2000(Angelillo et al, , 2001Clayton et al, 2002;DeMicco et al, 1994;Hine et al, 2003;Rohs et al, 2001;Sachs & Hulebak, 2002), but similar studies in childcare centers are not at the same magnitude (Briley et al, 1994;Murphy, 1995;Pollard et al, 1999). Responses to this questionnaire show that food service practices differ between centers.…”

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“…The literature identifies the main predictors of overall childcare program quality as adequate experience and specialized training of childcare professionals (Bloom & Sheerer, 1992;Mullis et al, 2003); however, researchers have expressed concern with their lack of specialized training (Bloom & Sheerer, 1992;DeMicco, Palakurthi, Sammons, & Williams, 1994;Mullis et al, 2003;Powell & Stremmel, 1989;Rusby, 2002). Although childcare professionals are interested in health and safety workshops (Murphy, 1995), a lack of resources, lack of time, and transportation restraints are often barriers for staff to attend necessary training (DeBord, 1993;Rusby, 2002).…”

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“…Food-handling and food safety training needs have also been researched in childcare centers but not in the same depth as in commercial settings (Briley, Roberts-Gray, & Simpson, 1994;Murphy, 1995;Pollard, Lewis, & Miller, 1999).…”

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Quality Management Procedures Influence the Food Safety Practices at Childcare Centers

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Briley

Curtis

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Early Childhood Educ J

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Childcare in the United States (US) has become a necessary part of life for most working parents with the increased use of center-based childcare over the past three decades. Approximately 13 million preschoolers attend some form of childcare. Literature indicates the main predictors of quality childcare programs are adequate experience and specialized training of childcare staff. A growing concern among researchers, however, is the limited training among childcare professionals in the area of food safety. Children have minimal control of food safety risks because other people prepare their meals. A questionnaire was developed and mailed to childcare center directors in Texas and Iowa to identify the demographic, food safety and other practices that influence the training and decisions made by childcare center directors. Results indicate the need of continual management and food safety training for both directors and staff in order to provide a safe environment for young children.

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Quality Management Procedures Influence the Food Safety Practices at Childcare Centers

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Briley

Curtis

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Early Childhood Educ J

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“…The literature identifies the main predictors of overall child-care program quality as adequate experience and specialized training of child-care professionals (Bloom and Sheerer, 1992; Mullis et al, 2003); however, some researchers have expressed concern with the lack of specialized training afforded to child-care professionals (Bloom and Sheerer, 1992; DeMicco et al, 1994; Mullis et al, 2003; Powell and Stremmel, 1989; Rusby, 2002). Although child-care professionals are often interested in professional development in the form of health and safety workshops (Murphy, 1995), lack of resources, lack of time, and transportation restraints are often barriers for staff to attend necessary training (DeBord, 1993; Rusby, 2002).…”

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National accreditation and its role in early education: An analysis of Florida’s Gold Seal Quality Child-Care program and licensing standards

Winterbottom

Jones

2013

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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This article reports on the first Florida statewide assessment of the Gold Seal Quality Care program, accreditation, and the relationship with licensing violations. This study analyzed the differences between the Department of Children and Families Gold Seal–Accredited facilities and nonaccredited facilities by comparing the facilities and the number of class violations a facility received for noncompliance of licensing standards from 2007 through 2010. Class I violations in all 4 years were not statistically significant; however, the p-value for Class II and III violations in all 4 years was p < 0.05; therefore, we concluded that accreditation does make a difference in relation to Class II and III violations and that accredited programs are of a higher quality than nonaccredited programs.

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Food Safety Training Needs of Child Care Providers

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Quality Management Procedures Influence the Food Safety Practices at Childcare Centers

Quality Management Procedures Influence the Food Safety Practices at Childcare Centers

National accreditation and its role in early education: An analysis of Florida’s Gold Seal Quality Child-Care program and licensing standards

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