Child Care Setting: Prevention Of Infectious Disease

Health and Safety in the
Child Care Setting:
Prevention of
Infectious Disease
A Curriculum for the
Training of Child Care Providers
Module 1
Second Edition

Health and Safety in the
Child Care Setting:
Prevention of
Infectious Disease
A Curriculum for the
Training of Child Care Providers
Module 1
Second Edition

Developed by The California Child Care Health Program
1322 Webster Street, Suite 402 • Oakland, CA 94612-3218
[phone]
Funded by a grant from
The California Department of Education, Child Development Division
June 1998

Editorial Staff
A. Rahman Zamani, MD, MPH
Judy Calder, RN, MPH
Adena Cohen, MPH
Bardy Anderson, Graphic Artist
Sara Evinger, Editorial Assistant
Designed and edited by e.g. communications
Depending on the specific requirements (seven-hour version or broader version), a smaller or larger number of learning objectives can be selected and the sequence of modules changed, or the objectives may be modified. Contents of the curriculum and handouts are in agreement with the current child care licensing regulations in California.
This second and updated edition of Module I, “Prevention of Infectious Disease,” covers the content of the Emergency
Medical Services Authority Child Care 7 Hours Preventive Health and Safety Training Course and will provide information and guidance on how to control communicable and infectious disease in the child care setting. It also reflects current changes in the National Health and Safety Performance Standards for Out-of-Home Child Care
Programs and new information on infectious disease.
By using this module, trainers and child care health consultants will be able to:
1. Increase awareness of the ways illnesses are spread in the child care setting and how to reduce this spread. 2. Encourage providers to accept responsibility for preventing the spread of disease in their child
This risk can be reduced through educating child care providers and creating a healthy environment.

Time:

15-25 minutes

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Understand what a communicable disease is
2. Know why children in the child care setting have more illnesses
3. Identify four major ways illnesses are spread
4. Know how to reduce the spread of common childhood illnesses
Teaching Methods/ Suggested Activities:
• Icebreaking: Ask providers to introduce themselves and say what diseases they expect to see in the child care setting.
• Lecture: Review the ways that diseases are spread in the child care setting. Review the factors that help to reduce the spread of common illnesses.
• Questions/Answers: Respond to any questions that the group may have, and ask questions and emphasize important points that highlight the important