Author(s)

Tokie Anme, Ryoji Shinohara, Yuka Sugisawa, Lian Tong, Emiko Tanaka, Etsuko Tomisaki, Taeko Watanabe, Kentaro Tokutake, Yukiko Motizuki, Hisako Matsumoto, Chihiro Sugita, Uma Segal

Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
School of Social Work, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.

With increasing numbers of women joining the evening/nighttime and extended-hour workforce, there is a need for quality childcare during these hours. This project, conducted in Japan, sought to compare the effects of expanded child-care on the health of 271 school-aged children. Parents completed a survey on the childrearing environment at home, their feelings of self-efficacy, and the presence of support for childcare; and childcare professionals evaluated the development of these school-aged children. Children responded to questions regarding their health. Results of the multiple regression analysis indicate that factors in the home environment, not length of time in center-based care, explained health risks at school age.

Health; Child-Care; Cohort Study

Anme, T. , Shinohara, R. , Sugisawa, Y. , Tong, L. , Tanaka, E. , Tomisaki, E. , Watanabe, T. , Tokutake, K. , Motizuki, Y. , Matsumoto, H. , Sugita, C. and Segal, U. (2012) Health of School-Aged Children in 11+ Hours of Center-Based Care. Creative Education, 3, 263-268. doi: 10.4236/ce.2012.32041.