Workplace-based opportunities to support child care workers' health and safety.

ABSTRACT: Child care workers earn among the lowest wages in the United States and they struggle with many health issues. The purpose of this study was to describe workplace supports for nutrition, physical activity, other health behaviors (e.g., smoking cessation, stress management), and occupational health and safety available to child care workers, and thereby inform the development of future workplace-based interventions to improve worker well-being. Between 2015 and 2016, 74 North Carolina child care centers (and directors), participating in a larger randomized controlled trial, completed a Workplace Health and Safety Assessment (interview and observation) measuring four domains: Infrastructure, Organizational Policies and Procedures, Programs and Promotions, and Internal Physical Environment. T

SUBMITTER: Vaughn AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7369321 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature