Recent national guidelines call for improved nutrition within early years settings. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to describe foods and beverages served in nurseries, assess provider behaviors related to feeding, and compare these practices to national guidelines. We administered a mailed survey to a random sample of nurseries across England, stratifying by tertile of deprivation. A...

In 1996 a questionnaire on seedling production and use of pesticides was sent to 33 forest nurseries in Finland. Twenty-eight nurseries answered the questionnaire; thus the survey covered about 80% of the Finnish production of forest seedlings. According to this study, the Finnish nurseries together are using about 1000 kilograms of pesticides (as active ingredient, a.i.) annually. The most use...

Community clinics are particularly prevention programme, as an integrated primary health care package. importanity clinics are particularlv | However, there is a continuing need, particularly in deprived inner city areas, for a core of consultant led child health doctors and nurses to provide * Vulnerable families this service in clinics, nurseries, and schools. Fewer general practitioners * Re...

been accepted by society as long as the human story has been recorded and was probably admitted long before this. Play is not only the recreation of the young, but it helps to prepare and train them for their tasks in after life. No doubt it has long been recognized that by means of play the child works off his surplus energy, releases the exuberance of his spirits and expresses his personality...

OBJECTIVE Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) is unlike any other immunization series because it can be initiated in the hospital nursery. The objective of this study was to describe how hospital nurseries develop HBV policies and to describe the sources of information used for learning about national HBV recommendations. METHODS A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted on a national random...

Several hospitals and child guidance units in the London area have recently found it necessary to extend the educational facilities for disturbed children, and have established day centres or day hospitals, where psychiatric care can be given to children and their families for several hours daily. At a day-conference organized recently by the National Association of Mental Health at the Hospita...

Growth-related characters, condition factor, and genetic differentiation were investigated for a single cohort of young-of-the-year (YOY) sole within and among nurseries with differing levels of heavy metals (Cd, Cu and Zn) contamination in the two Charentais Straits, Bay of Biscay, France. Analyses were performed when individuals recruited (May), then after a full summer spent in each nursery ...

OBJECTIVE To explore nutrition and food provision in pre-school nurseries in order to develop interventions to promote healthy eating in pre-school settings. DESIGN Quantitative data were gathered using questionnaires and professional menu analysis. SETTING In the community, at pre-school nurseries. SUBJECTS All 130 nurseries across Liverpool were a sent questionnaire (38 % response rate)...

Children born in societies with a heavy social burden of HIV/AIDS, poor health and nutrition, and limited stimulation face additional challenges to flourishing before they turn six compared to children in societies that are not characterized by these environmental strains. Particularly, multiply-stressed caregivers, affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty, might have a limited capacity to provide care...