DEVELOPING A RESEARCH PLAN TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF A FAMILY, FRIEND, AND NEIGHBOR TRAINING POLICY ON CHILD OUTCOMES

制定研究计划来衡量家庭、朋友和邻居的培训政策对儿童结局的影响

• 批准号: 100164
• 负责人: JACK ZENTENO
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-29 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/100164
• 关键词: DEVELOPING; RESEARCH; PLAN; MEASURE; EFFECTS

In line with the goals of the CCDBG Act of 2014 to enhance the quality of childcare for low-income children, the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Child Care and Development Program enacted a policy on March 1, 2016 to require specific training for Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) providers. Non-licensed providers must take 30 hours of health and safety training pre-service or during an orientation period of 90 days and then 24 hours of training annually thereafter. It is expected that the implementation of this new policy will improve the quality of care received by children who access informal care through FFN providers. The goal of the Phase I planning grant is to develop a rigorous evaluation of the implementation of this new policy that could be carried out during Phase II. By increasing health and safety and early education and childcare training for FFN providers through this new policy, it is expected that the quality of care received by children from FFN providers will increase. During Phase I, the lead agency will work with stakeholders and researchers to determine how to measure the effects of the new FFN training policy on child outcomes. Through this process, it is also expected that the lead agency will outline processes for data collection, analysis and data sharing, expand partnerships, and better utilize data to educate stakeholders and State leaders and inform decision-making processes. The existing Quality Rating and Improvement System in Nevada, Silver State Stars QRIS, assesses and promotes quality in formal early childhood care settings including child care centers, family care centers, and school district pre-kindergarten programs. An outcome study is currently being conducted in the State in which the outcomes of children that attend high quality rated childcare centers are being compared to the outcomes of children that attend low quality rated childcare centers. Centers are identified as being high or low quality based on their QRIS star rating. Lessons learned during the current outcome study will be reviewed during Phase I and will help inform the research design for the proposed project. Additional considerations that will be examined during Phase I planning include: operationally defining the variables of interest for the outcome study, selecting appropriate valid and reliable outcome measurement assessments, and evaluating data system needs and improving data infrastructure.

根据 2014 年 CCDBG 法案提高低收入儿童儿童保育质量的目标，内华达州福利和支持服务部​​儿童保育和发展计划于 2016 年 3 月 1 日颁布了一项政策，要求对家庭、朋友和邻居 (FFN) 提供者进行专门培训。 无执照的提供者必须在上岗前或 90 天的入职培训期间接受 30 小时的健康和安全培训，此后每年接受 24 小时的培训。 预计这项新政策的实施将提高通过 FFN 提供者获得非正式护理的儿童所获得的护理质量。 第一阶段规划拨款的目标是对可在第二阶段进行的这项新政策的实施进行严格评估。 通过这项新政策，加强 FFN 提供者的健康和安全以及早期教育和儿童保育培训，预计 FFN 提供者提供的儿童接受的护理质量将会提高。 在第一阶段，牵头机构将与利益相关者和研究人员合作，确定如何衡量新的 FFN 培训政策对儿童成果的影响。 通过这一过程，预计牵头机构将概述数据收集、分析和数据共享的流程，扩大伙伴关系，并更好地利用数据来教育利益相关者和国家领导人并为决策过程提供信息。 内华达州现有的质量评级和改进系统（银州之星 QRIS）评估和提升正规幼儿保育机构的质量，包括儿童保育中心、家庭保育中心和学区学前班项目。 该州目前正在进行一项结果研究，将就读于高质量托儿中心的儿童的结果与就读低质量托儿中心的儿童的结果进行比较。 中心根据其 QRIS 星级评级来确定质量的高低。 当前成果研究中吸取的经验教训将在第一阶段进行审查，并将有助于为拟议项目的研究设计提供信息。 在第一阶段规划期间将检查的其他考虑因素包括：在操作上定义结果研究感兴趣的变量，选择适当的有效且可靠的结果测量评估，以及评估数据系统需求和改进数据基础设施。