ABSTRACT
En la Argentina, hay más de 9000 niños sin cuidado parental, en su mayoría, debido a situaciones previas de maltrato y abuso, que son cuidados en hogares convivenciales. La calidad de los cuidados que allí se brindan tiene impacto en el bienestar infantil y en múltiples aspectos de la vida adulta. La prevención en salud en estos ámbitos presenta características propias y es parte de la calidad. La falta de políticas que garanticen buenas prácticas en este sentido atañe al ejercicio del derecho a la salud establecido por la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y condiciona el ejercicio de otros derechos.El cuidado requiere conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes adecuadas sobre las necesidades de la infancia. Se presenta la experiencia, dificultades y perspectivas del primer programa de capacitación en salud para cuidadores de hogares institucionales de niños y adolescentes en la Argentina.
In Argentina there are more than 9000 children without parental care due to prior abuse or neglect, assisted in foster child care facilities. The quality of care provided there impacts on the well-being of children and on multiple aspects of their adult life. Prevention in health in this setting has its own characteristics. Lack of policies that guarantee good practices, not only concerns to the exercise of the right to health established by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but also conditions the exercise of other rights. Care requires knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the needs of children. The experience, difficulties and perspectives of the first health training program for foster child care facilities personnel in Argentina are presented.
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Humans , Adult , Middle Aged , Child Care , Caregivers , Mentoring , Health Promotion , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
RESUMO Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar a qualidade de estruturas formais de educação para crianças com menos de 12 meses de idade. Participaram 30 salas de berçário de Setúbal e Palmela, no sul de Portugal. A qualidade global das salas foi avaliada com base na Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale - Revised Edition e as práticas de socialização, com base na Caregiver Interaction Scale. Os resultados revelam qualidade global média moderada das salas e elevada qualidade nas práticas de socialização. As associações entre essas medidas de processo e algumas características estruturais das salas sugerem, entre outras implicações, a necessidade de assegurar a formação superior em educação de infância dos profissionais que trabalham nesses contextos de socialização.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the quality of center-based child care and education for infants. Thirty classrooms for infants from Setúbal and Palmela, in the south of Portugal, participated in this study. The overall quality of these classrooms was assessed with the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale - Revised Edition and caregivers' socialization practices were measured with the Caregiver Interaction Scale. Findings suggest that these classrooms present moderate overall quality and high-quality caregiving interaction behaviors. The associations between these process quality measures and selected classroom structural features suggest, among other implications, the need to ensure the presence of professionals with university degrees in early childhood education in these settings.