Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Parental Leave, Liberal Democracy, Civil Society

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Anita Cramp

Document Summary

Health science chapter 9- early child education and care as a social determinant of. Daycare to support women"s equality; primary aim is to allow mothers to participate in the paid labour force. Inclusive and integrated services that play multiple roles for children and families. Includes kindergartens and nursery/preschools whose primary purpose is early childhood education. Well-designed ecec programs enhance child development and simultaneously support parents in a variety of ways in and out of the paid workforce. Early childhood education and care as a sodh. Important factors for healthy children development: innate or genetic characteristics, prenatal conditions, physical environment, nutrition, family attributes and interaction, peers, community, schools, civil society, larger social-economic environment. Ecec is also a factor if they are well designed. Policy goals for early childhood education and care. Goal 1: enhancing children"s well-being, healthy development and lifelong. Good staff, organized groups of children in manageable sizes, challenging/play- based/creative activities are also important: positive effects carried into adulthood.