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• TITLE: Health of School-Aged Children in 11+ Hours of Center-Based Care

  AUTHORS: Tokie Anme, Ryoji Shinohara, Yuka Sugisawa, Lian Tong, Emiko Tanaka, Etsuko Tomisaki, Taeko Watanabe, Kentaro Tokutake, Yukiko Motizuki, Hisako Matsumoto, Chihiro Sugita, Uma Segal

  KEYWORDS: Health; Child-Care; Cohort Study

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.3 No.2, April 26, 2012

  ABSTRACT: With increasing numbers of women joining the evening/nighttime and extended-hour workforce, there is a need for quality childcare during these hours. This project, conducted in Japan, sought to compare the effects of expanded child-care on the health of 271 school-aged children. Parents completed a survey on the childrearing environment at home, their feelings of self-efficacy, and the presence of support for childcare; and childcare professionals evaluated the development of these school-aged children. Children responded to questions regarding their health. Results of the multiple regression analysis indicate that factors in the home environment, not length of time in center-based care, explained health risks at school age.