Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children
GENERAL RESOURCES:
Health and Safety for your Kids
http://www.essortment.com/in/Children.Health.Safety/
Is focused more as advice for parents but has many topics that it is helpful for many different situations or common childhood accidents.
Health and Safety in Child Care
http://www.nccic.org/
The Health and Safety in Child Care website offers a list in alphabetical order of online publications on nutrition, health and safety for children. The second list also in alphabetical order is on organizations and links on health, safety and nutrition of children.
Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children: Information Resources
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/guides/healthsafetynutrition.htm
The head start information and publication center published this web site on health, safety and nutrition for young children. The information resource page includes a list of 18 Internet resource web sites to visit for information on childcare health and safety issues. The list is in alphabetical order for easy searching. Also available is a list of HOTLINE numbers to call and find more information on child care health and safety issues.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
This is the official website for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, this site is an excellent resource for teachers, librarians, private and public schools and libraries.
NUTRITION :
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
This web site offers information resources on a number of food safety issues. The site does not just focus on children's issues but on every aspect of food safety.
Child Care Nutrition Resource System
http://www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/
The Child Care Nutrition Resource System provides you with recipes, resources, and information on preparing nutritious meals and food safety. Day care providers, who participate in the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program and receive reimbursement for meals served, will find the information useful.
Children's Nutrition Research Center
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc/
The Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is the first federally funded nutrition research center in the United States dedicated to investigating the nutritional needs of pregnant and nursing women, and children from conception through adolescence.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
Food and Nutrition Information Center's mission, since 1971, has been to collect and disseminate information about food and human nutrition. The web site offers resource systems on Child Care Nutrition and Healthy School Meals. There is a section for teachers, along with the food pyramid, dietary guidelines and much more.
Healthy School Meals Resource System
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov/
The Healthy School Meals Resource System is a searchable web site, providing information to persons working in USDA Child Nutrition Programs.
NNCC Nutrition Database
http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/cyfdb/browse_2pageAnncc.php?subcat=Nutrition+and+Diet&search=NNCC&search_type=browse The web page on nutrition available from the National Network for Child Care offers many links organized by topics. The topics are as follows: Nutrition Issues, Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition, Food-Related Activities, Meals and Snacks, Food Safety, News Releases, Spanish Resources, Related Links, and Distance Learning Opportunities.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/educate.html
This web site offers a section for children and a section for educators. The section for children consists of games and printable coloring book pages that cover topics like hand washing and food safety. The topics in the educators' section offer materials on how to keep bacteria levels low and food safe to eat.
Wisconsin Child Nutrition Programs
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dfm/fns/
The Wisconsin Child Nutrition Programs is a web site that offers meal and nutrition program support and information not just for child care centers but also adult care centers and schools through out the state. The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) promotes healthy and nutritious meals for children and adults in day care by reimbursing participating day care operators for their meal costs.
LICENSING AND GUIDELINES:
Department of Health and Family Services – Licensing for Child Care
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/rl_dcfs/INDEX.HTM
This is the web page that explains the rules that need to be followed to become a licensed childcare provider in the state of Wisconsin. Many related links are also offered near the bottom of the page along with general information for parents mostly at the top of the page. That site is easy to use
Department of Health and Family Services – Programs and Services
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/programs.htm
On this web page you can locate information about the programs and services provided through the Department of Health & Family Services (DHFS). Near the bottom of the page is a section on Infant/Child Service, which has a number of links along with childcare licensing.
HEALTH:
Contra Costa Child Care Council – Health and Nutrition
http://www.cocokids.org/
This web page offers information on health and nutrition topics and concerns found in the childcare environment.
SAFETY:
American Academy of Pediatrics – Children's Health Topics: Child Abuse & Neglect
http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/childabuse.cfm
Covers the signs of physical and emotional abuse of children, also discusses some general signs abusive parents might show. Discusses both the physical and emotional signs abused children will display.
Child Neglect – A guide for intervention
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/neglect_93/neglect_1993.pdf
This is a very detailed article on child neglect. It covers the signs, treatment, intervention, and prevention of child neglect. It is a fairly lengthy article but is worth reading.
