Healthy Kids, Healthy Care:
Acknowledgements

The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education would like to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of all persons and organizations involved in the development of Healthy Kids, Healthy Care: Parents as Partners in Promoting Healthy and Safe Child Care. The Healthy Kids, Healthy Care Task Force provided exceptional leadership and guidance in shaping the development and content of resource. Over 60 parents were asked to review and validate the user friendliness and relevancy of the content to the needs of parents. We thank them for their candor, insights and enthusiasm for the product. Health and safety experts from the Caring for Our Children Technical Panel Chairs representing the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau provided up-to-date technical expertise in review of content. This broad review has led to a more comprehensive and useful tool. Because of the extensive review, we would like to acknowledge those individuals whose names may have been omitted.

This publication would not have been possible without the generous funding of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Cooperative Agreement: U93 MC00098)

We would also like to thank all the individuals and organizations who gave their expertise and countless hours of dedication to the original development of Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, 2nd Ed. (2002) from which this material was based. Please see http://nrckids.org/CFOC/HTMLVersion/acknowledgements.html for a list of those individuals.

Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN
Director, National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education, CO

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Healthy Kids, Healthy Care Task Force Members

R. Lorraine Brown, RN, BS
Public Health Analyst, Infant & Child Health Branch
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MD)

Catherine Cowell, PhD
Clinical Professor
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University, NYC (NY)

Danette Glassy, MD
Mercer Island Pediatric Associates
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington (WA)
American Academy of Pediatrics Representative

Beverly J. Houston, CFLE
National Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - NACCRRA (VA)

Ross Klutke, MBA
Parent (CO)

Mary Parsons
Former Child Care Director (NC)

Linda Smith
Executive Director
National Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - NACCRRA (VA)

Mary M. LaMantia, BS
Early Education Specialist
MLR Consulting (VA)

Steve Shuman, BS
Health Specialist
Region 1; Head Start Quality Initiative (MA)

Phyllis E. Stubbs-Wynn, MD, MPH
Chief, Infant and Child Health Branch
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MD)

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National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education Project Staff:

Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN, Director
Barbara U. Hamilton, MA
, Assistant Director
Virginia R. Torrey, BA
, Program Specialist
David C. Merten, BS
, Fellow, Web/Database Systems
Jennifer Burnham, BS
, Research Assistant

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Caring for Our Children Panel Chair Reviewers and Other Technical Reviewers

Herbert J. Cohen, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine
Rose F. Kennedy Center; Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY)
Chair, Children with Special Needs

Catherine Cowell, PhD
Clinical Professor
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University (NY)
Chair, Nutrition

Angela A. Crowley, PhD, APRN, BC, PNP
Associate Professor
Yale University School of Nursing (CT)
Chair, Child Development

Steven B. Eng, MPH
Manager, Community Care Facilities Licensing Program
Fraser Health Authority (BC, Canada)
Chair, Environmental Quality

Danette Glassy, MD
Mercer Island Pediatric Associates (WA)
Chair, General Health

Rene Gratz, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
Chair, Staff Health

Anne B. Keith, RN, DrPH, C-PNP
Associate Professor, University of Southern Maine (ME)
Chair, Child Abuse

Christopher A. Kus, MD, MPH
Pediatric Director, Division of Family Health
New York State Department of Health (NY)
Chair, Health & Safety Organization and Administration

Larry K. Pickering, MD, FAAP
Senior Advisor to the Director
National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (GA)
Chair, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

Linda Satkowiak, ND
Child Care Health Consultant
Healthy Child Care Colorado @ Qualistar (CO)

Sandra Cianciolo, RN, BSN, MPH
Project Coordinator
National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants (NC)

Sally Clausen, ARNP, BSN
State Coordinator, Child Care Nurse Consultant
Healthy Child Care Iowa (IA)

Laura Aird, MS
Manager, Child Care Initiatives
American Academy of Pediatrics (IL)

Beth Little
Inclusion Specialist
Red Rocks Community College (CO)

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Parent Reviewers

Tiffany Allen (NC)
Susan Baker (MI)
Yaisa Banek (CO)
Cari Banks (NC)
Paula Barone (CA)
Kim Bracknell (OH)
Sheila Branson (WA)
Tisha Brown Valle (MD)
Laura Buddington (CO)
Sherry Coggin (MO)
Sharron Day (VA)
Doug Downham (MA)
Holly Downham (NY)
Amy Dowling (CT)
Rachel Fleming (KS)
Becki Fox (OK)
Lisa Guerro (TX)
Mary Gurley (GA)
Gretchen Hageman (IA)
Priscilla Haynes (OK)
Christi Hecker Schmidt (CA)
Shannon Heinen (IA)
Sherry Henderson (NC)
Sarah Herrick (KS)
Ara Hessamy (CO)
Kendra Howard (AZ)
Ross Klutke (CO)
Jane Lauritzen (WA)
Misty Lindstrom (WY)
Crystal McClain (CA)
Lisa McClintic (CO)
Shellie Molina (IL)
Ralene Padilla Allen (CO)
Jennifer Priser (IN)
Ryan Ramsey (IA)
Lyra Roberts (OK)
Richard Roberts (ME)
Dawn Robinson-Blackman (CA)
Nele Rogers (OK)
Melissa Ruble (IN)
Erika Ruzzeddu (NC)
Joanna Simoni (NC)
Lisa Slates (OK)
Barbara Stein (VA)
Shelley Summerlin-Long (NC)
Wendy Timmons (CO)
Erin Tokheim Kongshaug (IA)
Yvonne Trepanier (VT)
Michelle Turdo (OK)
Kristen Vojir (WA)
Patricia Vollmer (CT)
Sharon Wavle (NY)
Dawn Wells (OK)
Megan Wilson (CO)
Quen Wilczek (OK)


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