HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE

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HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE

• Introduction

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Health

• A childs health is defined as physical,
  emotional, mental and social well-being
• Most childcare centers do not meet the health and
  safety needs of children by adequately
• preventing illness
• reducing unnecessary risk
• promoting general well-being

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Holistic View Ecological Approach

• Childs environment includes
• Physical
• Social and emotional
• Cultural
• Economic factors

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Ecological Approach, contd

• Child/mother
• Family
• Community Services
• Society Services
• Values, Laws, Beliefs
• The higher the number of risk factors the lower
  the childs health, safety, and nutrition

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Physical Environment

• Genetics
• Childs own health
• Home environment
• Community environment
• Physical risk factors in the U.S. that are
  growing include poverty, violence, stress,
  obesity and diabetes

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Physical Environment in Child Care

• Can decrease risk factors by providing a healthy,
  safe environment that provides good nutrition,
  educates parents, and advocates for societal
  change

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Social Emotional Environment

• Promotes self-esteem
• Promotes healthy, stable relationships among
  family members and friends
• Caregivers can help promote self-esteem healthy
  relationships for children and can provide
  assistance to at-risk parents caretakers

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Economic Environment

• Low income is the primary factor for the majority
  of childhood health and nutritional risks in the
  US. One in every 5 children lives below the
  poverty level, leading to
• Poor health care and physical health risks
• Poor nutrition and disease
• Emotional and learning problems
• Increased accidents, etc.

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Health Promotion,Protection, Prevention

• Child care services should be pro-active
• Encourage immunization and health checkups,
  including dental, hearing, sight screening
• Promote sanitary practices (hand washing)
• Promote safety practices (car seats for kids)
• Promote nutritional practices (eat fruits and
  vegs)
• Promote parent education (child dev)
• Advocacy (improved services)

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Cultural Environment

• In a diverse society child care can
• bridge conflicts between cultures represented in
  the student body
• bridge bicultural conflicts within families
  experiencing conflicts between traditional and US
  culture

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Providing Quality Child Care

• Maximize the health status of children
• Minimize risks for health, safety, nutrition
• Educate children parents
• Know follow laws, standards guidelines that
  promote health/safety