title: Child care center exclusion policies and directors' opinions on the use of antibiotics.
abstract: We studied exclusion policies and child care center directors' opinions regarding antibiotic use for childhood illnesses. Among 135 respondents, 96.9% reported that they had written policies on exclusion of children for acute illnesses. Although 52.4% of respondents agreed that children are prescribed antibiotics unnecessarily, 89.1% believed that parents pressure physicians to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120, USA. nmikanatha@state.pa.us
authors.forename: Nkuchia M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: M'ikanatha
authors.forename: Leanne B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Gasink
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kunselman
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Ebbing
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lautenbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents