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A descriptive study to explore working conditions and childcare practices among informal women workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: identifying opportunities to support childcare for mothers in informal work [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2019 Background Although women working in the informal economy are a large and vulnerable group, little is known about infant feeding and childcare practices among these women. The aim of this study was to explore childcare practices among mothers in informal
Christiane Horwood +5 more
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Nutrition and oral health in early childhood: associations with formal and informal childcare. [PDF]
Public Health Nutr, 2021 AbstractObjective:To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators.Design:Cross-sectional data extracted from a longitudinal birth cohort. Parent-completed FFQ and questions regarding oral health and childcare use. The associations between childcare type, classified into four groups: parent care only (PCO), formal
Carpenter L +5 more
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A qualitative insight into informal childcare and childhood obesity in children aged 0–5 years in the UK [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Previous studies in various countries have found that informal childcare (provided by relatives, friends etc.) was associated with an increased risk of obesity in children aged 0–5 years.
Eleanor Diana Lidgate +2 more
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Informal childcare arrangements: a comparison between Italians and migrants
Genus, 2023 As migrants settle in their destination country, for those who reunited the family or after childbirth childcare becomes a priority. Most studies on migrants’ childcare arrangements have focused on parental use of formal childcare rather than on ...
Eleonora Trappolini +3 more
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Lone Parents and Informal Childcare: A Tax Credit Childcare Subsidy? [PDF]
Social Policy and Administration, 2006 Abstract The Labour government aims to increase the lone parent employment rate to 70 per cent by 2010. To achieve this aim, it has introduced a state subsidy for childcare in the form of the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit. So far this has been limited to formal childcare despite evidence that lone parents are more likely to use informal ...
Skinner, Christine, Finch, Naomi
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Urban Governance, 2022 Social accountability for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is a critical component to realising child rights to WASH services by the urban poor, more so in childcare centres. Despite the existence of discrete social accountability mechanisms
Ivy Chumo +5 more
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Uptake of Childcare Arrangements—Grandparental Availability and Availability of Formal Childcare
Social Sciences, 2021 Grandparents constitute an important source of childcare to many parents. Focusing on the Belgian context, this paper improves our understanding of childcare decision-making by investigating how formal childcare availability and availability of ...
Naomi Biegel +2 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives To gain an in-depth understanding of parent/carers’ perspectives on, and decision-making about, early childhood care in general, and paid childcare specifically, in informal settlements in Nairobi.Design In-depth telephone interviews ...
Zelee Hill +6 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundAccountability strategies are expected to enhance access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service delivery in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC).
Ivy Chumo +5 more
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SSM - Mental Health, 2023 Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has placed a significant burden on psychosocial health and wellbeing of childcare providers. The need to support childcare managers has been recognized.
Ivy Chumo +5 more
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