Resources related to infectious illness for child care providers.

Providing current information related to infectious disease transmission to child care providers is a challenge for medical and public health practitioners. Because systems that deliver and support child care are so diverse, sharing information within and across various disciplines is problematic. While some resources do exist, there is a need for a national dissemination system that provides current and comprehensible information to child care providers and the families they serve. In the meantime, there is much a primary health provider can do to support parents and providers in their child-caring relationship and to promote the health and welfare of the children in care.