Parental disease prevention health beliefs and triggers for keeping children home from childcare —a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia

ConclusionsThis study provides insights into parental disease prevention beliefs, behaviours, and decision‐making. It reveals a need for policies to support parents with unwell children. In addition, resources and educative efforts to raise awareness of vaccination as a preventive health measure, and awareness of infectious disease contagion more broadly, would assist in providing parents with a greater evidence base for making decisions about childcare attendance when their child is unwell.
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research