title: Unnecessary child care exclusions in a state that endorses national exclusion guidelines.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  No study has evaluated the association between state endorsement of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Public Health Association (APHA) national guidelines and unnecessary exclusion decisions. We sought to determine the rate of unnecessary exclusion decisions by child care directors in a state that endorses AAP/APHA guidelines and to identify factors that are associated with higher unnecessary exclusion decisions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A telephone survey was administered to directors in metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Directors were randomly sampled from a list of 971 registered centers. Director, center, and neighborhood characteristics were obtained. Directors reported whether immediate exclusion was indicated for 5 vignettes that featured children with mild illness that do not require exclusion by AAP/APHA guidelines. Weighted data were summarized by using descriptive statistics. Regression analysis was used to identify factors that were associated with directors' exclusion decisions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 305 directors completed the survey. Overall, directors would unnecessarily exclude 57% of children. More than 62% had never heard of the AAP/APHA guidelines. Regression analysis showed fewer exclusions among more experienced compared with less experienced directors, among larger centers compared with smaller centers, and among centers that were located in areas with a higher percentage of female heads of household. Centers with < or =10% children on state-assisted tuition excluded more.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High rates of inappropriate exclusion persist despite state endorsement of AAP/APHA guidelines. Focused initial and ongoing training of directors regarding AAP/APHA guidelines may help to reduce high rates of unnecessary exclusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. ahashika@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Hashikawa
authors.forename: Young J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Juhn
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nimmer
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shun-Hwa
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Martha W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Brousseau
mesh_terms: D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014922:Wisconsin
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