Competencies influencing childcare providers' infectious-disease prevention in routine and outbreak contexts: a study in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Empirical evidence is limited regarding the competency domains that influence childcare providers' routine and outbreak-related infection-prevention behaviors in early-childhood settings. This study, therefore, aimed to identify the competencies that affect the infectious-disease prevention behaviors of childcare providers.

Methods

A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 239 childcare providers in an early-childhood education center. The variables were measured using self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive data for each factor were assessed, and Pearson's correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlations between infectious-disease prevention practices and the related factors. Stepwise multiple regression was used to identify the pred

SUBMITTER: Oh WO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12847404 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature