IDENTIFYING AND EXPLORING PROFILES OF HOME-BASED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF LICENSED AND UNLICENSED PROVIDERS

该项目旨在扩大对接受儿童保育补贴的家庭托儿提供者及其提供的护理质量的了解。这是一项混合方法的考试，对象是有执照和无执照的家庭托儿所提供者。这项研究将使用《全国早期护理和教育调查》(国家早期护理和教育调查；国家早期护理和教育项目小组，2013年)中的全国家庭服务提供者样本来探索国家趋势，以及特拉华州的服务提供者样本，以更深入地了解国家数据分析的结果。将州特有的样本与国家样本联系起来，将使人们能够更深入地探索家庭供应商的做法和信念，并为如何更好地量身定做质量改进努力以满足他们的需求提供洞察。使用来自NSECA的已登记和未登记的有偿家庭服务提供者的数据，将使用潜在侧写分析来根据提供者的照料信念和做法、感知到的社会支持、专业参与和家庭支持来识别提供者的简介。分析还将探讨这些概况可能会根据提供商的许可状态和补贴使用情况而有所不同。该项目的研究问题如下：基于家庭的提供者根据与他们的信仰、实践和专业参与相关的关键特征在多大程度上分组到个人资料中？这些配置文件如何与许可状态保持一致？B.这些个人资料如何与补贴收据保持一致？特拉华州以家庭为基础的提供商的预测概况成员人数是多少？在每个概况中，以家庭为基础的提供者如何看待他们的角色，他们为儿童提供的护理质量是什么？提供者的角色认知和所提供的护理质量之间有什么关系？

This project seeks to broaden the understanding of home- based child care providers who receive child care subsidy and the quality of care they provide. It is a mixed methods examination of licensed and unlicensed home-based child care providers. The study will use a national sample of home-based providers from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE; NSECE Project Team, 2013) to explore national trends, as well as a sample of providers in Delaware to garner a deeper understanding of the results of the analysis of the national data. Connecting the state-specific sample to the national sample will allow a more in-depth exploration of the practices and beliefs of home- based providers and provide insight into how to better tailor quality improvement efforts to meet their needs. Using data on listed and unlisted paid home-based providers from the NSECE, latent profile analysis will be employed to identify profiles of providers based on their caregiving beliefs and practices, perceived social support, professional engagement, and family support. The analysis will also explore how these profiles may differ based on providers' licensing status and subsidy use. The research questions for the project are as follows: To what extent do home-based providers group into profiles based on key characteristics related to their beliefs, practices, and professional engagement? How do these profiles align with licensing status? b. How do these profiles align with subsidy receipt? What is the predicted profile membership of home-based providers in Delaware? How do home-based providers in each profile perceive their role and what is the quality of care they provide to children? What is the relationship between providers' role perceptions and quality of care provided?