Biomaterial Database

Infant and toddler day care: regulations and policy implications. 1986

Kathryn T Young, and Edward Zigler

Department of Psychology.

Recent research indicates that there are identifiable and important characteristics of the day care environment that influence its quality and, ultimately, the psychological development of infants and toddlers. An analysis of existing licensing requirements reveals great variation among the 50 states in standards for infant and toddler day care. This absence of a uniform standard translates into a wide range of questionable experience for these very young children.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007224	Infant Care	Care of infants in the home or institution.
D008004	Licensure	The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by law or regulation require such permission. It may be applied to licensure of institutions as well as individuals.	Institutional Personnel Licensure,Licenses,Licensure, Institutional, Personnel,Licensing,Permits,Institutional Personnel Licensures,License,Licensure, Institutional Personnel,Licensures,Licensures, Institutional Personnel,Permit,Personnel Licensure, Institutional,Personnel Licensures, Institutional
D012106	Research	Critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation, having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation, the revision of accepted conclusions, theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, or the practical application of such new or revised conclusions, theories, or laws. (Webster, 3d ed)	Research Priorities,Laboratory Research,Research Activities,Research and Development,Activities, Research,Activity, Research,Development and Research,Priorities, Research,Priority, Research,Research Activity,Research Priority,Research, Laboratory
D002656	Child Day Care Centers	Facilities which provide care for pre-school and school-age children.	Day Care Centers for Children,Child Daycare Centers,Daycare Centers for Children,Child Daycare Center
D002657	Child Development	The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.	Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant
D003479	Curriculum	A course of study offered by an educational institution.	Curricula,Short-Term Courses,Course, Short-Term,Courses, Short-Term,Short Term Courses,Short-Term Course
D006291	Health Policy	Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.	Health Care Policies,Health Policies,Healthcare Policy,National Health Policy,Care Policies, Health,Health Care Policy,Health Policy, National,Healthcare Policies,National Health Policies,Policies, Health,Policies, Health Care,Policies, Healthcare,Policy, Health,Policy, Health Care,Policy, Healthcare
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012931	Social Environment	The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community.	Social Context,Environment, Social,Social Ecology,Context, Social,Contexts, Social,Ecologies, Social,Ecology, Social,Environments, Social,Social Contexts,Social Ecologies,Social Environments