To gain knowledge about the role of young children attending daycare in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic, a random sample of children (n = 84) aged between 6 and 30 months attending daycare in Belgium was studied shortly after the start of the epidemic (February 29th) and before the lockdown (March 18th) by performing in-house SARS-CoV-2 real-time polymerase chain reaction. No asymptomatic carriage of SARS-CoV-2 was detected, whereas common cold symptoms were common (51.2%). Our study shows that in Belgium, there was no sign of early introduction into daycare centers at the moment children being not yet isolated at home, although the virus was clearly circulating. It is clear that more evidence is needed to understand the actual role of young children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and their infection risk when attending daycare.
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Int J Audiol
January 2025
Hearing Research Unit for Children, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Objective: To report host-related and environmental factors associated with otitis media (OM), and compare the prevalence of OM in 12-month-old infants reported by parents with that predicted from audiological assessment results.
Design: A non-randomised, cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected via a parental questionnaire during children's audiology appointment at 12 months of age.
Asian Pac Isl Nurs J
December 2024
Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Japan.
Background: The number of children requiring daily medical care is on the rise, with many being cared for at home. This situation places a significant burden on mothers, who often serve as the primary caregivers.
Objective: This study aimed to clarify the factors that affect the quality of life of mothers with children who require home health care.
Am J Infect Control
December 2024
The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Background: Children attending day-care centers (DCCs) experience more infections than those cared for at home and DCC employees have high sickness absence rates. This study aimed to investigate the association between indoor air quality and absenteeism among children and staff in DCCs.
Methods: CO levels, relative humidity (RH), and temperature were continuously measured in 22 DCCs over 3 winter months.
PLoS One
December 2024
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: Despite growing evidence of reduced invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal disease attributed to public health measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, the effect of these measures on pneumococcal carriage remains unclear. This study aimed to assess pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage among children and adults self-confined at home during the COVID-19 national lockdown in Spain while identifying predictors of pneumococcal carriage in children.
Methods: Household study conducted across the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain) between April-June 2020.
Child Care Health Dev
January 2025
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Background: Many states throughout the United States have introduced Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to address childhood obesity in preschool-age children, but few have examined the impact of these standards in Family Child Care Homes (FCCHs). In South Carolina, the ABC Grow Healthy Practices are specific QRIS items that include diet, physical activity and sleep practices.
Methods: The purposes of this cross-sectional study are to (1) describe physical activity levels, sleep duration and diet quality of children attending FCCHs in South Carolina and (2) compare physical activity levels, sleep duration and diet quality between children attending FCCHs that were enrolled versus not enrolled in the ABC programme.
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