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Cook, Kay; Davis, Elise; Williamson, Lara; Harrison, Linda J.; Sims, Margaret – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2013
Family day care in Australia is currently undergoing rapid "professionalisation" within a national reform agenda that seeks to raise and standardise early childhood service quality. Included within this reform is a requirement that all family day care workers obtain formal qualifications and that workers are referred to as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Standards
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Chan, Jeffrey B. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2008
Respite is one of the critical support systems for families and carers who support and care for a person with a life-long disability. This study examined the profile of respite services in the Australian state of New South Wales and explored respite providers' views of the factors influencing respite use, and their expectations of respite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Respite Care, Resource Allocation
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Smith, Ben J.; Bauman, Adrian E.; McKenzie, Jeanie; Thomas, Margaret – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: To examine whether awareness of the source of sun protection campaigns in New South Wales, Australia was associated with message recall and sun protection knowledge and behaviours. Design/methodology/approach: Telephone surveys of random samples (n = 800) of parents and other carers of children under 12 years of age were conducted before…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Telephone Surveys, Foreign Countries, Environmental Influences