Additional Resources

Fact Sheets, Materials


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Information on Childhood Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/children/index.htm

Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools: A Quick Reference Guide (2005), edited by SS Aronson and TR Shope. Available from the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.aap.org/bst/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&Product_ID=3934; 1-888-227-1770. There is a fee for this publication.

Pennsylvania Early Childhood Education Linkage System (ECELS) Fact Sheets on various illnesses and conditions
http://www.ecels-healthychildcarepa.org/content/FS-Fact%20Sheets-all%202-8-05.pdf

Many state health departments have fact sheets on infectious diseases for parents and child care settings. To find contact information for your state health department, please go to http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec80226c7a and scroll down to listing of states.


Organizations


American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov

National Association of Sick Child Daycare
http://www.nascd.com/


Research


Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th Edition, edited by LK Pickering.
Available from the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.aap.org; 1-888-227-1770.


Based on Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, 2nd Edition, 2002, (American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, and National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care)

STANDARD 3.065 INCLUSION/EXCLUSION/DISMISSAL OF CHILDREN
STANDARD 3.068 CONDITIONS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE EXCLUSION
STANDARD 3.001 CONDUCT OF DAILY HEALTH CHECK
CHAPTER 6: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
APPENDIX N: SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY