Vulnerability to infectious and contagious diseases in daycare center teachers: an observational study

Authors

  • Cicero V. L. de Sousa Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
  • Flavia de S. Gehrke Universidade Paulista, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Beatriz da C. A. Alves Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
  • Glaucia R. L. Veiga Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
  • Ligia A. Azzalis Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil
  • Fernando Adami Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil
  • Fernando L. A. Fonseca Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200410

Keywords:

Contagious diseases, Daycare Center, Infectious diseases, Teacher, Teaching Work, Vulnerability

Abstract

Background: The risks caused by infectious and contagious diseases in the school environment are of importance to the conduct of early childhood education in the contemporary world. In this work authors aimed to analyze vulnerability to infectious and contagious diseases in daycare center teachers who work in public institutions in the Municipality of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.

Methods: This was aquanti-qualitative study approach of the descriptive, cross-sectional type, of an exploratory nature. This study was carried out with 30 daycare center teachers from the Municipality of Fortaleza from October to November 2016.   

Results: The main infectious and contagious diseases that affect children in the daycare center were high rates of two or three comorbidities per child. Regarding the workplace risk to the teachers’ health, 58.6% of the teachers consider that the working in the daycare center does not bring greater risks of illness and 41.4% believe it does.

Conclusions: Stress due to the presence of students with viral infections who need to remain in the daycare center, lack of hygiene, rest and inadequate nutrition contribute to the vulnerability to illnesses in the teachers.

References

Guimarães D. Relações entre bebês e adultos na creche: o cuidado como ética. 1st Ed. São Paulo, SP: Cortez; 2011:216.

Barretto ESS, Mitrulis E. Trajetória e desafios dos ciclos escolares no País. Estudos Avançados. 2001;15(42):103-40.

Carroll FE, Rooshenas L, Smith AO, Al-Janabi H, Hollinghurst S, Hay AD. Factors influencing parents’ decision-making when sending children with respiratory tract infections to nursery. J Public Health. 2016;38(2):281-8.

Chen KY, Yen CM, Hwang KP, Wang LC. Enterobius vermicularis infection and its risk factors among pre-school children in Taipei, Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2018;51(4):559-64.

Bayliss L, Carr R, Edeghere O, Knapper E, Nye K, Harvey G et al. School outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 with high levels of transmission, Staffordshire, England. J Public Health. 2012;38(3):e247-53.

Li JS, Dong XG, Qin M, Xie ZP, Gao HC, Yang JY. Outbreak of febrile illness caused by coxsackievirus A4 in a nursery school in Beijing, China. Virol J. 2015;12:92-6.

Yang Z, Zhang Q, Cowling BJ, Lau EHY. Estimating the incubation period of hand, foot and mouth disease for children in different age groups. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):16464.

Nesti MMM, Goldbaum M. As creches e pré-escolas e as doenças transmissíveis. J Pediatr. 2007;83(4):299-312.

Pedraza DF, Queiroz D, Sales MC. Doenças infecciosas em crianças pré-escolares brasileiras assistidas em creches. Ciência Saúde Coletiva 2014;19(2):511-28.

Masselli MC. Estresse e trabalho de monitoras de creche: uma abordagem multidisciplinar. Doctoral Thesis -Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Campinas: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. 2001.

Ayres JRCM, Calazans GJ, Saletti Filho HC, França-Jr I. Risco, vulnerabilidade e práticas de prevenção e promoção da saúde. In: Campos GWS. Idem (Org). Tratado de saúde coletiva. São Paulo, SP: Hucitec; Rio de Janeiro: FIOCRUZ; 2006.

Sanchez AIM, Bortolozzi MR. Pode o conceito de vulnerabilidade apoiar a construção do conhecimento em Saúde Coletiva? Ciência e Saúde Coletiva. 2007;12(2):319-24.

Bardin L. Análise de Conteúdo. Lisboa, Portugal: Edições 70 LDA; 2009

Ehara A. Unequal accessibility of nurseries for sick children in over- and under-populated areas of Japan. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2017;241:97-102.

Willmott M, Nicholson A, Busse H, MacArthur GJ, Brookes S, Campbell R. Effectiveness of hand hygiene interventions in reducing illness absence among children in educational settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child. 2016;101(1):42-50.

Ban HQ, Li T, Shen J, Li J, Peng PZ, Ye HP, et al. Effects of multiple cleaning and disinfection interventions on infectious diseases in children: A group randomized trial in China. Biomed Environ Sci. 2015;28(11):779-87.

Wong VWY, Cowling BJ, Aiello AE. Hand hygiene and risk of influenza virus infections in the community: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiol Infect. 2014;142(5):922-32.

Koch P, Kersten JF, Stranzinger J, Nienhaus A. The effect of effort-reward imbalance on the health of childcare workers in Hamburg: a longitudinal study. J Occup Med Toxicol. 2017;12:16-24.

Gørtz M, Andersson E. Child-to-teacher ratio and day care teacher sickness absenteeism. Health Econ. 2004;23(12):1430-42.

Downloads

Published

2020-01-28

How to Cite

de Sousa, C. V. L., Gehrke, F. de S., Alves, B. da C. A., Veiga, G. R. L., Azzalis, L. A., Adami, F., & Fonseca, F. L. A. (2020). Vulnerability to infectious and contagious diseases in daycare center teachers: an observational study. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(2), 431–436. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200410

Issue

Section

Original Research Articles