Original Articles
Factors of Accepting for Children Requiring Medical Care in After-school Daycare and Child Development Support Center: A Nationwide Survey
2021 Volume 41 Pages 29-36
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2021 Volume 41 Pages 29-36
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the factors determining whether children in need of medical care are accepted into after-school daycare and child development support centers.
Method: The study design was a cross-sectional study. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 1556 after-school daycare offices and child development support centers between January and February 2019. Statistical analyses were performed using the χ2 test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and logistic regression.
Results: There were 292 responses (response rate: 20.7%), of which 249 were complete enough to be analyzed. Factors related to the acceptance of children requiring medical care include “paralleled with visiting nursing offices (odds ratio (OR) = 4.55),” “cooperation: knowing local resources specifically (OR = 1.18),” and “the number of nurses (OR = 14.94).”
Conclusion: According to this study, acceptance of children requiring medical care in after-school daycare and child development support centers was related to the arrangement of nurses and cooperation to support children with medical care in the community. Therefore, it is hoped that medical welfare cooperation and appropriate staffing will be promoted in the future.
