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Linder, Laura A. Butterfield. "The ideology of care explaining the politics of child care in the United States, France, and Israel /." Click here for download, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1633770391&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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McKee, Julie. "Corporate initiatives in providing child care services." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/421945.

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This thesis explores the initiatives possible for corporations interested in providing child care services to their employees. It also attempts to explain why corporations are becoming increasingly interested in providing this benefit to employees.A needs assessment survey was designed to discover the child care related needs of employees and to determine how child care responsibilities impact the work environment. An exploratory study was conducted of a sample of employees (N=127) at General Telephone in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Most employees, parents and non-parents, in this sample believed that child care responsibilities adversely affected productivity within their company. They also felt that company-sponsored child care assistance could improve productivity. Using the chi-square test of significance, child care responsibilities were significantly related to increased rates of absenteeism, work interruptions and turnover. There was substantial interest among employees in a corporate sponsored child care center and/or financial assistance to reduce the cost of child care expenses.

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Coonce, Donna J. "Empowering parents in their child care decisions /." View online, 1997. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998827285.pdf.

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Al-Ali, Ibrahim Jassim. "Child care policy and fostering in Kuwait." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.238135.

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Ma, Kwong-cho. "Unattended child : an area of neglect in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22054467.

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Newell, Amy Noël Abell Ellen Elizabeth. "Quality in family child care the voice of the family child care provider /." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1632.

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Waters, Elizabeth. "Measuring child health and wellbeing." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270153.

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Dahlström, Margareta. "Service production uneven development and local solutions in Swedish child care /." Uppsala : Distribution, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/30694948.html.

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Stewart, Latonia A. "An exploration of characteristics, child development knowledge, sources of information, and training needs of family home providers /." View online, 1993. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131396959.pdf.

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Jones, Cathy R. "Developing a West Virginia child care director's credential identifying the knowledge, skills, and issues /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1399.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2000.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 165 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149).

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Vaughan-Thomas, Non. "The child, first and always? Aspects of children's health care interests." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240053.

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Smith, Jennifer Ann. "An explorative study of child and youth care workers experiences of "lifespace therapeutic care"." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=init_4931_1178701317.

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The goal of this research was to explore and describe child and youth care workers lived experiences of life space therapeutic care in a residential setting. Life space refers to the daily living environment, context and situation of children.

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Brookes, Sheila J. "An examination of child care subsidies and their impact on families with infants and toddlers /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3074380.

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Kansteiner, Suzanne. "A parent handbook for family childcare programs." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2007. http://165.236.235.140/lib/SKansteiner2007.pdf.

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NEVES, TICIANA MASCARENHAS GALEAO. "MAIN MARKET DETERMINANTS OF CHILD CARE SERVICES IN RIO DE JANEIRO." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=14175@1.

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A primeira infância é fundamental para o desenvolvimento físico e psíquico dos seres humanos, influenciando-os pelo resto da vida. Assim sendo, a oferta de serviços de creche adequados, calcados no correto mapeamento dos desejos e necessidades dos consumidores, é de extrema importância. Partindo desta motivação, este trabalho objetiva analisar as características relevantes para os pais no processo de seleção de creches. A dissertação é baseada na metodologia da análise conjunta e seu desenvolvimento é composto de duas etapas: i. Revisão da literatura, entrevistas em profundidade, grupo de foco e definição dos estímulos a serem avaliados pelos respondentes; ii. Coleta de dados, cálculo das importâncias relativas dos atributos, cálculo das utilidades dos níveis propostos e análise dos resultados. A análise dos resultados é feita considerando-se não somente o total da amostra como também segmentos definidos a priori de acordo com dados sócio-econômicos levantados na coleta de dados. O resultado da análise conjunta para o total da amostra revela os atributos localização, projeto pedagógico e grau de capacitação dos profissionais como sendo os de maior importância relativa. Este resultado evidencia que, muito além da praticidade de creches que sejam guardiãs de seus filhos, os pais buscam também uma instituição que propicie o aprendizado e a socialização. Na segmentação, os resultados por região de residência, faixa etária das crianças e faixa de renda familiar possibilitaram a definição de estratégias específicas para cada segmento.
The first childhood is fundamental for the physical and psychological development of human beings, influencing them for the rest of their lives. In this way, offering adequate child care services, based in a correct mapping of customers’ necessities is extremely important. Derived from this motivation, this work aims to analyze the relevant characteristics for parents in the child care services selection process. The dissertation is based on conjoint analysis methodology and is developed in two parts: i. Literature revision, interviews, focus groups and definition of the stimulus to be evaluated by the respondents; ii. Data collection, calculation of the relative importance of the attributes, calculation of the utilities of each suggested level and analyses of the results. The analysis is done considering not only the total sample but also segments defined according to socio-economical data gathered as part of the data collection process. The result of the conjoint analysis for the overall sample reveals that location, teaching methodology and professional knowledge and skills received the greatest relative importance. It shows that, far beyond a practical child care service that can look after their children, parents are aiming for an institution that leverages development, socialization and learning. When segmenting the data, analyses by neighborhood, children’s age and familiar income enabled the definition of strategies for each specific segment.

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Halfpenny, Nicholas. "Discretion and control at the front line : rationalities of practice in child and youth services." Thesis, Curtin University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2041.

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Focusing on child and youth services in Victoria this research is a theoretical conceptualisation of the governance of front line work. The research addresses the question of how multiple rationalities of practice are experienced by front line workers. In exploring the contemporary context for practice, the research provides an analysis of the history and development of non-government organisations and human service professions and their roles in delivering publicly funded welfare services.The discursive practices associated with the concepts of managerialism and contractualism are explored in terms of how front line work is configured and controlled. The research combines a critical examination of two modalities of surveillance and control of front line work (the Registration Standards for Community Service Organisations and the Looking After Children Framework). These case examples are positioned as exemplars of modalities of surveillance and control that represent contemporary administrative and managerial logics. I offer a detailed analysis of the interplay between these instruments and particular logics of social work practice.The concepts of governmentality (Foucault, 1991) and habitus (Bourdieu, 1990) are developed to articulate a more embodied understanding of human service practice where interpretation is positioned at the centre of action. Using material collected from interviews with front line staff, the concept of habitus is further expanded to articulate an understanding of practice that explores how multiple rationalities are configured and enacted. The analysis positions the embodied histories of individual front line workers as the key influence in the construction of practice.This analysis addresses a significant gap in the understandings of work in the human services and contributes a new and critical understanding of the instruments of control and discretionary practice in the human services. The research concludes with a consideration of pathways to enact a practice that critically engages with contemporary modalities of governance.

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Anderson-Michael, Julie L. "A study of the first four fiscal years of Eastern Illinois University School of Family & Consumer Sciences Child Care Resource & Referral /." View online, 1996. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998764272.pdf.

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Nupponen, Hannele. "Leadership and Management in Child Care Services: Contextual Factors and Their Impact on Practice." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2005. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16094/1/Hannele_Nupponen_Thesis.pdf.

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There has been minimal Australian research focussed on the management and leadership aspects of directors' work in centre-based child care to date. In Australia, practices in early education have been largely drawn from studies in other cultural contexts, particularly research undertaken in the United States. It is timely that Australian research should inform its social policy about quality child care programs. The focus of this research was on the nature and characteristics of effective management and leadership practices in centre-based child care. Research (Jorde Bloom, 1992b; Morgan, 2000; Poster & Neugebauer, 2000; Rodd, 1994) indicates that quality of child care programs is influenced mostly by the leadership that the centre director can provide to staff within the centre. The conceptual framework adopted in this study views leadership from a Social Systems framework. Central to a Social Systems framework is the notion that organisations do not exist in isolation rather, leadership and management in these settings are embedded in a broader social context. A Social Systems Model has received little attention in contemporary research on child care in Australia, and this study aims to build a framework for future studies in this area. The aim was to investigate leadership and management in child care in social, legislative and economic context. The findings seek to inform researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Eight directors were purposively selected from community-based and privately based centres in urban and rural areas, and from accredited centres in South East Queensland. The selection of varying locations allowed the researcher to gain a broader perspective of the directors' daily lives, as different contextual and environmental conditions were anticipated to influence management and leadership within the child care centres. Within this study, case studies of directors of child care centres were developed through interviews with the directors. The interview methodology focussed on exploratory semi-structured, open-ended questions in relation to management and leadership in centre-based child care. Directors were interviewed on two occasions within a three month period. In the current context of the delivery of child care services in a market driven climate, the language of business and organisational theory has entered the lexicon of the early childhood field (Press, 1999). The findings indicate that the director of a child care centre needs to have training and experience in business management and leadership to enhance their competencies for management of centres in today's competitive environment. Growth in child care franchises is significantly changing and truly developing a "child care industry" (Murdoch, 2004). Also, consideration needs to be given to increasing accountability in child care service delivery, and how to better support directors in their role as advocates in the broader early childhood field. Further, families in specific communities have varying needs and early childhood programs should reflect the needs of the local community. Leadership models within child care centres should encompass the micro and macro influences on the operation of centres. Literature suggests that early childhood centres provide an opportune place to support families in a variety of ways through integrating support services to address the underlying social and policy factors that affect young children and their families (Commonwealth of Australia, 2003; Corter, 2001).

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Nupponen, Hannele. "Leadership and Management in Child Care Services: Contextual Factors and Their Impact on Practice." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16094/.

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There has been minimal Australian research focussed on the management and leadership aspects of directors' work in centre-based child care to date. In Australia, practices in early education have been largely drawn from studies in other cultural contexts, particularly research undertaken in the United States. It is timely that Australian research should inform its social policy about quality child care programs. The focus of this research was on the nature and characteristics of effective management and leadership practices in centre-based child care. Research (Jorde Bloom, 1992b; Morgan, 2000; Poster & Neugebauer, 2000; Rodd, 1994) indicates that quality of child care programs is influenced mostly by the leadership that the centre director can provide to staff within the centre. The conceptual framework adopted in this study views leadership from a Social Systems framework. Central to a Social Systems framework is the notion that organisations do not exist in isolation rather, leadership and management in these settings are embedded in a broader social context. A Social Systems Model has received little attention in contemporary research on child care in Australia, and this study aims to build a framework for future studies in this area. The aim was to investigate leadership and management in child care in social, legislative and economic context. The findings seek to inform researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Eight directors were purposively selected from community-based and privately based centres in urban and rural areas, and from accredited centres in South East Queensland. The selection of varying locations allowed the researcher to gain a broader perspective of the directors' daily lives, as different contextual and environmental conditions were anticipated to influence management and leadership within the child care centres. Within this study, case studies of directors of child care centres were developed through interviews with the directors. The interview methodology focussed on exploratory semi-structured, open-ended questions in relation to management and leadership in centre-based child care. Directors were interviewed on two occasions within a three month period. In the current context of the delivery of child care services in a market driven climate, the language of business and organisational theory has entered the lexicon of the early childhood field (Press, 1999). The findings indicate that the director of a child care centre needs to have training and experience in business management and leadership to enhance their competencies for management of centres in today's competitive environment. Growth in child care franchises is significantly changing and truly developing a "child care industry" (Murdoch, 2004). Also, consideration needs to be given to increasing accountability in child care service delivery, and how to better support directors in their role as advocates in the broader early childhood field. Further, families in specific communities have varying needs and early childhood programs should reflect the needs of the local community. Leadership models within child care centres should encompass the micro and macro influences on the operation of centres. Literature suggests that early childhood centres provide an opportune place to support families in a variety of ways through integrating support services to address the underlying social and policy factors that affect young children and their families (Commonwealth of Australia, 2003; Corter, 2001).

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Li, Jun. "The use of child health computing systems in primary preventive care : an evaluation." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274686.

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Trenberth, Deborah Ann. "New Zealand families' beliefs about what constitutes successful management of unsupervised childcare : a qualitative descriptive study : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Applied) in Nursing /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/640.

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Inkelas, Moira. "Incentives in a specialty care carve-out." Santa Monica, CA : RAND Graduate School, 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/47357973.html.

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Vasey, Jackie. "Tokenism or true partnership : parental involvement in a child's acute pain care." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2015. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26181/.

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Background: Despite the growing evidence about acute pain management in children and the availability of practice guidelines, children still experience unnecessary pain when in hospital. Involving parents in their child’s pain care has been identified as being central to the pain management in children. However, little is known about how parents and nurses work in partnership in acute children’s wards to care for the child experiencing pain. This thesis explored the experiences and perceptions of parents and nurses and the extent to which parents are involved and partners in the child’s pain care, and the factors that influence parental involvement in care. The family-centred care practice continuum was the theoretical framework that underpinned the study. Methods: A qualitative ethnographical study using non-participant observation and follow up interviews was undertaken. Fourteen nurses and 44 parents/grandparents participated, recruited from the children’s wards of two district general hospitals. The framework approach underpinned data analysis. Findings: While some evidence of parental involvement was identified, the study revealed variations in the way parents are involved in their child’s pain care. A range of challenges were highlighted in relation to the implementation of family-centred care as an approach to promote parental involvement in care. Parents wanted to be more involved in their child’s pain care, and act as an advocate for their child, particularly when they perceived their child’s pain care to be sub-optimal. At times nurses created barriers to parental involvement in pain care, for example, by not communicating effectively with parents and planning pain care without involving parents. The ‘Pillars of Partnership in Pain Care Model’ is offered as an alternative approach to engaging with parents, to address the barriers to involvement and assist nurses shift from a paternalistic approach to involvement to one of working collaboratively with parents in the context of the care of child in pain. Conclusions and implications for practice: Parental involvement in their child’s acute pain care can improve the child’s pain experience, increase parents’ satisfaction in care and reduce parental anxiety. The challenge for nurses is to embrace parental contribution to care and develop the confidence to support parents to advocate for their child.

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Park, Sun-Young. "Child Care Services: Two Statistical/Econometric Approaches to Household Choice and Demand /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487931512617121.

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Elliott, Roslyn, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Education and Early Childhood Studies. "The book is open but you can't turn the page: parents' perceptions of early childhood service quality." THESIS_CAESS_EEC_Elliot_R.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/800.

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This research examines parents’ perceptions of quality on early childhood services as they support families in the care and education of children. Data were collected from parents of under school-aged children using interviews, questionnaires and focus groups. Data analysis has enabled a determination of: the link between parents’ perceptions of quality and early childhood professionals’ views as expressed in the literature; parents’ satisfaction with services and the evaluation processes used by them; opportunities available to parents to engage with service staff to influence the quality of the services provided; and parents’ knowledge and use of the information services provided by the National Childcare Accreditation Council to assist them in their decision making regarding early childhood services. Results showed that communication between parents and staff is problematic. An accretion model of communication is developed to enhance the quality of early childhood services by promoting shared understanding and values between parents and staff, enabling parents to take part in decision making and minimising perceptions of threat to staff’s professional integrity
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Heath, Gemma Louise. "The experience of paediatric care closer to home : a place and space perspective." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4724/.

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NHS reforms have sought to ensure that children and young people who are ill receive timely, high quality and effective care as close to home as possible (DH, 2004). This study examined the experience and impact of introducing new, ‘closer to home’ community-based paediatric outpatient clinics from the perspectives of NHS service-users and providers. Twenty-seven interviews conducted with parents and patients (aged 8-16), were analysed using a descriptive phenomenological approach. Thirty-seven interviews conducted with healthcare professionals, were analysed using a thematic framework method. Findings reveal that paediatric outpatient ‘care close to home’ is experienced in ways that go beyond concerns about location and proximity. For families it means care that ‘fits into their lives’ spatially, temporally and emotionally; facilitating a sense of ‘at-homeness’ within the self and within the place, through the creation of a warm and welcoming environment, and by providing timely consultations which attend to aspects of the families’ lifeworld. For service-providers, place and professional identity were closely related, with implicit assumptions made about where high quality of care and clinical expertise were located. Place, time and human relations were thus shown to be meaningful constituents of the experience of paediatric outpatient care. These previously ‘taken-for-granted’ nuances of healthcare delivery have implications for the design and implementation of effective ‘closer to home’ services.

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Gharaibeh, Muntaha Khaleel. "Maternal knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and practices relating to child immunization among Jordanian mothers." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390060.

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Ellis, Kimberly R. "Foster parents' perceptions of independent living services for youth who age out of the system." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004ellisk.pdf.

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Terling, Toni Lynn. "Family reunification practices of child protective services : interventions and outcomes /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Lofink, Diane L. H. "The effect of providing on-site child care services on personnel productivity, morale, and retention." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA237494.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.
Cover title. Thesis Advisor(s): Eitelberg, Mark J. Second Reader: Mehay, Stephen. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on 19 October 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Child care services, quality of life issues. Author(s) subject terms: Child care services, productivity, retention, quality of life issues. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199). Also available in print.

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Galli, Megan M. "The effects of child care quality on preschoolers' sleep patterns." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1442875.

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Ruggiano, Nicole. "Intergenerational human service delivery in the formal care industry / a case study." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 310 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654499651&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lee-Jones, Lora. "Foster care and social work services from the perspective of the foster child." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3825.

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DeBord, Karen. "A comparison of two training models for the enhancement of quality of care for family child care providers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39773.

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Kuronen, Marjo L. A. "The social organisation of motherhood : advice giving in maternity and child health care in Scotland and Finland." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2302.

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This study is a qualitative, cross-cultural research on advice giving for mothers in maternity and child health services in Scotland and Finland. It has been accomplished through local case studies using ethnographic methods. The main objective is to analyse how in these service systems motherhood, women's daily life, and their responsibilities for children's welfare and health are defined and organised, and how these definitions vary across social and cultural contexts. Methodologically, referring to the feminist methodology by Dorothy E. Smith, it is emphasised that beginning from the local and particular, from the everyday practices of health professionals, can provide more general understanding of the social relations that organise motherhood in the two societies. Empirical results of the study are presented under six substantial themes: The first theme discusses different professional groups as service providers and the relationships between them. Second theme concentrates on the clinic and the home as the physical settings of service provision and their professional and cultural meanings. Third section discusses the relationship and interaction between health professionals and their clients. Next two themes are related to the standards of motherhood: expectations for proper motherhood, child care, and family relations of the mothers. The last theme analyses possible conflicts between women's everyday experience and professional expertise in motherhood. The general conclusions drawn from the research suggest that motherhood is socially organised at four different but interrelated levels, named in this study as interactional level, institutional level, welfare state level, and socio-cultural leveL. Advice giving for mothers in maternity and child health care is related to family policy measures, social class and gender systems, historical and cultural tradition, customs, and ways of thinking in a certain society. This complexity underlines the relevance of qualitative approach in comparative research.

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Yeung, Kit-yi, and 楊潔儀. "The current issues facing the child and adolescent mental health care in Hong Kong: challenges of integratingprovision into primary care." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45175196.

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Goedken, Amber Marie. "The impact of parental health coverage on insured children's utilization of health care services." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2706.

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Over six million insured children belong to families where the parents in their household lack health insurance. Studies have indicated insured low-income children with uninsured parents are less likely to have physician visits and well-child visits than their counterparts with insured parents. However, self-selection may be responsible for the relationship found between parental insurance and well-child visits. No studies have been undertaken to examine the impact of parental insurance on the utilization of children with chronic conditions. Social Cognitive Theory was used to model children's health care utilization and explain the relationship between parental insurance and that utilization. The objectives of the study are to estimate the effect of health insurance for the primary parent on (1) insured children's well-child visits and (2) physician visits for asthma in insured children. This study used a cross-sectional design. The data source was the 2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household Component. The sample consisted of children 17 years or less who were insured through the same source(s) for the entire year and had a primary parent who was either insured or uninsured the entire year. The dependent variable for the entire sample was whether or not the child had at least one well-child visit during the year. The dependent variables for the subsample of children with asthma were (1) whether or not the child had at least one asthma-related physician visit and (2) whether or not the child had at least two asthma-related physician visits. The independent variables were the same for the three analyses and were selected to represent the Social Cognitive Theory determinants. These included parent (insurance, sex, worry, education, language, employment, health use, health, risk aversion, and self care expectation), child (source of coverage, age, health, race, and oldest child), and household (Metropolitan Statistical Area, region, number of children, number of parents, and income) variables. Probit and bivariate probit models were estimated for each dependent variable. The percentage of children with insured parents that had a well-child visit during the year was significantly higher than the percentage of children with uninsured parents that had a well-child visit (50.6% vs. 42.8%, respectively). However, multivariate analyses revealed no significant relationship between parental insurance and well-child visits. The percentages of children with insured and uninsured parents that had an asthma-related physician visit were 29.6% and 32.6%, respectively. The percentages that had at least two asthma-related visits were 14.9% and 14.6%, respectively. No significant relationship was found between parental insurance and asthma-related physician visits. The region of the United States where the child lived and whether the child's parent was employed were associated with each type of utilization. Other determinants were also associated with children's utilization, but these varied with the type of utilization. In conclusion, insured children with insured parents are no more likely to have a well-child or asthma-related physician visit during the year than insured children with uninsured parents.

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Ma, Kwong-cho, and 馬光祖. "Unattended child: an area of neglect in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31966299.

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Ilkhani, Mahnaz. "The inpatient hospital care delivery to disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/362860/.

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Introduction: Research suggests that parents of disabled children are dissatisfied with inpatient care delivery to their children. Objectives: - To explore the inpatient care of disabled children - To determine the rewards and challenges of working with disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs - To analyse contemporary nursing curricula in order to ascertain areas of teaching pertinent to disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs - To consider compliance with policy benchmarks for disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs Methods: This project is part of a service evaluation for disabled children and their families that utilises different approaches. Three components of the project were designed: 1. To conduct focus group meetings using the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) with nursing staff 2. To conduct an in-depth content analysis of contemporary nursing curricula 3. To conduct an audit of compliance with policy benchmarks for disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs Results: Four themes have been generated from the integrated data analysis of the current service evaluation, namely: effective communication, provision of training, provision of equipment, unfavourable environment. Conclusion: This service evaluation has revealed that nursing staff need to improve their knowledge and expertise in the field of communication with disabled children and their families, and also enhance the quality of care delivered to this population. Additionally, it is vital that more equipment be provided, and the number of expert nursing staff caring for disabled children increased, in order to improve the quality of care for disabled children and their families.

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Lim, Ye-bon. "A study on the utilization of occasional child care service in Hong Kong." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13745050.

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Klein, Sacha Mareka. "Understanding the spatial relationship between access to early care and education services and maltreatment of young children." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1872066451&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Al-Naimi, Fouzia Z. M. "Mother and child health care compliance and the immunization up-take study in the State of Qatar." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264320.

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Sharland, Elaine Ruth. "Protection, partnership and the promotion of welfare : the experience of professional intervention in child sexual abuse referrals." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310561.

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Dempsey, Deborah Lewis. "The economic and contracting issues of in-home child care : the nanny market /." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08042009-040303/.

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Lynch, Sean E. "Translating cultures of care integrating behavioral health services in pediatric practice /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2024833501&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Kaane, Sophia Inziani. "A study of the effectiveness of visual media in the promotion of child immunisation in Kakamega District, Kenya." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1995. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/31904.

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The health of children is very important in Kenya, given that more than half of its population is under twenty years of age. Despite continued efforts, Kenya has not achieved the Universal Child Immunisation (UCI) target of full immunisation for 75 per cent of all children. It is argued here that two of the factors contributing to this situation are the lack of information and of effective media of communication.

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Turner, Karen Mary Thomas. "Parenting and family support in primary care settings /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17454.pdf.

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Mansour, Gerard. "Child care in the retail industry in Victoria." Thesis, 1994. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/17934/.

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The aim of this research is to investigate the child care experiences and attitudes of those who work within the retail industry in Victoria and it concentrates on the needs of parents with children aged under 13 years old. A number of issues are presented as part of the background information for this research: a summary of the historical developments in relation to the provision of child care for working parents; the substantial growth in the participation of women in the workforce, including those with dependant children, as well as the reasons why they work; the nature of the retail industry and the structure of employment in Victoria; the various types of child care arrangements which are used by working parents. The methodology adopted to investigate the child care needs of retail workers in Victoria involved several phases: interviews, group discussion, a questionnaire and phone polls. The practical field research occurred in two separate phases, firstly interviews were conducted with retail workers and the second phase was a survey of 893 workers in the retail industry in Victoria.

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Lien, Shu-Mei. "Parent perceptions of child care association among child care selection, satisfaction, and quality /." 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1588781381&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=14215&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008.
Title from title screen (site viewed Jan. 15, 2009). PDF text: xi, 162 p. : col. ill. ; 8 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3316417. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

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LIN, MEI-LING, and 林美齡. "The research of enterprise child care services performance." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30224745291004188950.

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中國文化大學
青少年兒童福利研究所
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Abstract Child care is a main dilemma for most working women.It has become an important issue to study how the enterprise provide child care service to help female employees to solve this problem under the assistance of the government ,otherwise can the enterprise promote performance as proving this service . The research will adopt both quantity and quality research methods .In the first step , this research will adopt survey method to analysis 117 enterprises which accepted subsidies of the government ,how they provide child care service as well as their performance .In the second step ,this research will adopt semi-structure depth interview method to interview 6 representational enterprises to enquire their experience , difficulties and opinions , Finally this research will integrate analysis results of survey and interview to infer final conclusions . This research is expected to have the following three main objectives： 1、 understanding the state of enterprise child care services . 2、 understanding the performance of enterprise child care services. 3、 as references for the enterprise to promote child care service performance as well as for the government to reform child care policy . Key word： industrial welfare , enterprise child care service ,child Care performance .

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