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The Child Health Liaison Course in Boulder County
The Child Health Liaison Course in Boulder County
Presented by:Sarah Scully, MPHBoulder County Public [email protected]
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Child Health Promotion Program
Child Health Liaison Program Child Care Health Consultant Training and
Support Family Child Care Health and Safety
Project Health Inspections/Playground Inspections Health Screening Clean Hands Program Immunizations/Health Records- Audits
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Child Health Liaison (CHL)Health Advocate Training Program
One staff person from each center or home
Works closely with the child care health consultant (CCHC)
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CHL Program Goals:Improve quality
Increase practices that reduce the spread of communicable illness among children and staff;
Reduce environmental hazards;
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CHL Program Goals:Increase access to primary care, mental health and social services for children and families
Improve the early identification of children with special needs
improve immunizations rates
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CHL Program Goals:
Improve the health promotion knowledge and skills of child care staff
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CHL, CCHC and Center Director collaborate to:
Assess health and safety needs of the families, staff and child care environment
Facilitate education and training
Provide referrals to community resources
Develop policies and procedures
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CHL Job Description attend all sessions/mentor visits complete all assigned activities provide education to staff/families make environmental
improvements regular meetings with director communication with CCHC
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Structure of CHL Program:Training Program:
Forty-five hours
10 months
Mentoring
Monthly stipend
Bonus
3 credit course
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Resources for Curriculum Development
National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants (NTI)
Head Start California Child Care Health
Program http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/
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Resources
National Health and Safety Standards for Out of Home Care
CDPHE Regulations and Materials
Colorado Department of Human Services Regulations
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Program Evaluation Infant Toddler
Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-R), ECERS-R, or FDCRS used pre and post program implementation
Reliable, valid tools used nationwide to assess quality of group care for children
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Significant Results
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Quality of Care
A B C D E F G H I J K L
Participating Centers
Child Health Liaison Program Evaluation Results Pre and Post Program Comparisons
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Improved communication with staff and families regarding health and safety
Continued professional development
Ripple effect to other corporate sites
More children with medical/dental homes and medical/dental insurance
Improved immunization rates
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Increased number of health care plans for children with special needs
Improved health/safety policies
Identification of children with vision, hearing, dental, and developmental concerns which leads to further evaluation and treatment.
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Improved hand washing/sanitation
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•Improved playground supervision•More surfacing under and around equipment •Safer equipment
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Challenges Addressing barriers to change time; money; space; staff and
program changes; old facilities; staff resistance
Decreasing fear and apprehension Making substantial changes Evaluation tools
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Initial Funding Healthy Child Care Colorado Daniels Fund Caring for Colorado
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Current Program Costs Total Cost per center = $2000 $1500 stipends $ 500 resource materials;
supplies
Plus staff time for training and mentoring
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Sustainability Relationships between CHLs and
community resources Greater if accompanied by written policies Health and safety changes persist after CHL
leaves the program CHL brings knowledge/skills to new center
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Child Health Liaison (CHL) Program Online CurriculumModule 1: Health and Safety in Child CareModule 2: Preventing Illnesses and Communicable DiseasesModule 3: Immunizations and Emergency PreparednessModule 4: Safety and Injury PreventionModule 5: Nutrition and Food SafetyModule 6: Oral HealthModule 7: Social and Emotional HealthModule 8: Child Abuse and Neglect PreventionModule 9: Medical Home and Children with Special Health Care NeedsModule 10: Staff Health