BACKGROUND: This study explores the concept of health and well-being as perceived by teachers and parents of preschool-aged children in the specific context of a child day care facility. The study also identifies the barriers parents and teachers encounter and the supports they require in promoting the health and well-being of preschool-aged children. METHOD: A qualitative phenomenological research design combined with a projective technique of Photovoice was used for data collection. A total of eight participants, four teachers and four parents of preschool-aged children from a child day care facility, participated in the study. RESULTS: Several themes were identified related to barriers that parents and teachers face and the supports they require in promoting the health and well-being of preschool-aged children. CONCLUSIONS: This study discusses a potential role for occupational therapy practitioners in collaborating with administrators and teachers and parents of preschool-aged children to develop a program to promote the health and well-being of preschool-aged children.
BACKGROUND: This study explores the concept of health and well-being as perceived by teachers and parents of preschool-aged children in the specific context of a child day care facility. The study also identifies the barriers parents and teachers encounter and the supports they require in promoting the health and well-being of preschool-aged children. METHOD: A qualitative phenomenological research design combined with a projective technique of Photovoice was used for data collection. A total of eight participants, four teachers and four parents of preschool-aged children from a child day care facility, participated in the study. RESULTS: Several themes were identified related to barriers that parents and teachers face and the supports they require in promoting the health and well-being of preschool-aged children. CONCLUSIONS: This study discusses a potential role for occupational therapy practitioners in collaborating with administrators and teachers and parents of preschool-aged children to develop a program to promote the health and well-being of preschool-aged children.
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child day care; health; preschool; well-being
Authors: S Kreichauf; A Wildgruber; H Krombholz; E L Gibson; C Vögele; C A Nixon; W Douthwaite; H J Moore; Y Manios; C D Summerbell Journal: Obes Rev Date: 2012-03 Impact factor: 9.213
Authors: Machteld Huber; J André Knottnerus; Lawrence Green; Henriëtte van der Horst; Alejandro R Jadad; Daan Kromhout; Brian Leonard; Kate Lorig; Maria Isabel Loureiro; Jos W M van der Meer; Paul Schnabel; Richard Smith; Chris van Weel; Henk Smid Journal: BMJ Date: 2011-07-26