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 Hold events focused on nutrition and physical activity for 4,050 parents
The California Resource and Referral Network published data from 2014 on child care in Los Angeles County that shows 266,676 licensed spaces in 10,161 licensed sites (centers and family child care homes). These numbers suggest an average of 26 children per site, resulting in 143,000 children experiencing a child care setting that was impacted by this program over time. Given that children enroll and dis-enroll due to aging out and moving to kindergarten, moving, new children being born and needing care, etc., there is a continual flow of children in and out of these programs. Because of this continual flow, many more children will benefit from the changes to the child care provider’s knowledge, policies and practices.
Who are the providers reached and what methods were implemented?
This program was intended to reach staff who work in licensed child care centers, licensed family child care providers, and license-exempt child care providers. Complete definitions of these types of child care can be found in Appendix A. The two-hour training sessions provided by CHLA CC focused on the following topics: breastfeeding, food and drinks, physical activity, screen time, and child care environment and policy. This report focuses on results of the CHLA CC Self-Assessment Policies and Practices Questionnaire, which measures the impact of training and coaching on child care providers’ policies and practices related to health and nutrition.
Dissemination of the Policies and Practices Survey began in September 2014 to collect baseline data from child care providers who recently attended a CHLA CC training session. Included in the packet was a self-addressed pre-paid return envelope, which encouraged participation in the survey. Surveys continued to be mailed out monthly throughout the fiscal year to collect information at two points – baseline and 4-6 months after participating in the program.
Baseline surveys were mailed after the training session because providers do not RSVP for trainings (as is the normal practice in the community-based training sessions), thus making it difficult to mail the survey prior to the training. As a result, the survey was not a true baseline (taken prior to any program participation). However, the surveys were mailed to participants within 40 days of the training session and participants were asked to think back to their knowledge and practices prior to the training session. The return rate was about 32% for the baseline surveys and roughly 72% (of those who returned a baseline survey) for the follow-up surveys. The surveys were provided in English and Spanish. Providers who returned a completed survey were mailed a $10 Target Gift Card and encouraged to purchase health- related items for their site. Participants were informed that their participation was completely voluntary and there were no consequences if they did not complete the survey. See Appendices B1 and B2, respectively for the baseline and follow-up surveys in English. Please contact the
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