title: [The role of pediatric assistants in health education].
abstract: France has a category of health workers called auxiliary paediatric nurse (APN) who takes care of children from zero to six years of age. APNs play a very important role in the child's development since they feed him, wash him, play with him and look after him while he sleeps. Most of the time, however, they are not aware of the important psychological role they play and consider themselves only responsible for good hygiene. The author suggests that APNs should be taught during their training to make a number of psychological observations relating to the child's development and emotional life. It is important that APNs be also trained as health educators, a task they have to perform every day.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010371:Pediatric Nursing
vernacular_title: La place des auxiliaires de puériculture en éducation pour la santé.