title: Day care center illness: policy and practice in North Carolina.
abstract: We surveyed 62 North Carolina day care centers (DCCs) to determine their policies for excluding children. We found that the addition of a temperature of 100-101 degrees F to each of eight symptoms was associated with an increase in the percentage of DCCs choosing "immediate pick-up." Non-profit centers were more likely to send children home (70 per cent) than for-profit centers (48 per cent). Centers with and without written illness policies did not differ in their management of sick children.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Landis
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Earp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003231:Conjunctivitis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003967:Diarrhea; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009657:North Carolina; D011640:Public Policy