Implementation of "Health and Safety" and Its Problems Recognized by Directors of Childcare Centers.

Oonishi Akiko, Yano Chie, Kataoka Asami, Morisawa Tetsuo, Ojima Kazuhisa, Yamasaki Mieko

doi:10.24649/kgc.43.0_17

The aim of this study is to reveal the facts and problems on "health and safety" implementation in childcare centers recognized by the management staff of the institutions (hereafter called directors). The survey was conducted by an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire, sent by post to 130 directors among 1763 childcare persons working at the public and the private childcare centers in prefecture A, and 62 managers responded (collection rate: 47.7%). The result shows the low rate of answering "good" and "very good" for the questions of "Allocation of special staff " and " Daily collaboration with the community and relevant organizations." Whether or not there is a nurse in the institution has a statistically significant difference in answers to the "Allocation of special staff" question, and the presence of a dietitian shows a significant difference in answers to the "Consultation with the childcare's consulting physician or the child's physician" and "Preparation of first-aid kit and safe environment." In "Mental support for the childcare staff," 12.8% answered "bad" or "very bad." The result suggests that employing nurses, providing the childcare staff with education by community nurses or by nursing schools, and building up a system of mental support for the childcare staff are necessary to implement "health and safety" sufficiently. The result also suggests that achieving an internal and external partnership is inevitable to support directors who have a great responsibility.

Implementation of "Health and Safety" and Its Problems Recognized by Directors of Childcare Centers.

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