Talk:Infection in childcare

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 14 August 2020 and 4 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): MalenaVelazquez. Peer reviewers: Jevega2001, TMV2020UPRC.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 22:59, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Title of article

I made up the term "childcare infection". There seems to be no established term for this concept. The title of this article could be changed if someone has a better name for this concept. Other names used in the literature I cited include any of these:

• infection in childcare settings
• outbreaks in child care centers
• (disease in) Child care environments
• illness in daycare centers
• acquiring infectious diseases associated with out-of-home childcare
• transmission of infectious diseases in the child-care setting

Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:34, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

In Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Childcare_infection someone suggested that others give opinions on the best title for this article in the context of not coining a WP:NEOLOGISM. I originally called this "childcare infection" because that seemed like the easiest phrase to understand to me, even though that term appears only in some texts and not in the academic literature. The above terms all came from academic literature. I renamed this article "infection in childcare" - perhaps "Infection in childcare settings" would be better. I put no great scrutiny into choosing a title based on literature, as I have no strong opinion on the matter except that enough works discuss the concept so as to make this notable regardless of the title.

Any title would do, in my opinion, and rather than take this to a deep discussion, I would be happy if anyone who felt that another title was better would immediately rename / move this article. If someone comes after that and wants yet another name, then perhaps a discussion could start to resolve it. To me - any name will do. Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:32, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Own organization's materials

My organization publishes the antibiotics flyer I posted to this page. It is my own bias that I include this and not other complementary media here. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:19, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Dodgy science?

There are good arguments that exposing children to dust and dirt strengthens their immune systems, and that excessive hygeine increases their risk of later problems, like asthma.

There also seems to be the suggestion that antibiotics are required for childhood illnesses - I suspect this reflects over-use of antobiotics in general.

Danensis (talk) 10:54, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Danensis I compiled most or all of this article. I work for an organization called Consumer Reports that does education about the overuse of antibiotics. If there is a bias in this article then I hope it is not to suggest that antibiotics are required for childhood illness, because that it is opposite of the kind of advocacy that I do.

If you have any sources which talk about excessive hygiene then I will add them to this article. Wikipedia is supposed to summarize what is already published, and I tried to do that when I put this together. It is helpful to get the feedback that you gave me - I will reread this and think about it. If you see something you want to change then I encourage you to change it yourself to make it better. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:28, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Adding Sources.

To continue enhancing the article, I found a source that talks about diferent disinfectants that helps to prevent contagion in child care. They are rated by effectiness, and seems trustworthy.MalenaVelazquez (talk) 03:55, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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