CCHP Healthline
The California Child Care Healthline provides information that promotes the health and well-being of children and caregivers in a variety of early care and education settings. The Healthline provides free telephone consultations to California early care and education programs and families Monday through Friday. Most materials developed by the Healthline are available in both English and Spanish through this website. Healthline is a project of the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), and is funded by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division.
Who staffs the Healthline?
The California Child Care Healthline is staffed by professional nurses and other specialists in the areas of child health and safety, public health, infant and toddler caregiving, child behavior and mental health, and inclusion of children with chronic health conditions or other special needs.
The Healthline staff are specialists in:
- prevention and control of infectious disease
- safety promotion and injury prevention
- infant and toddler caregiving
- infant feeding and early childhood nutrition
- health and safety training resources
- identifying and caring for children with special needs
- child growth, development and behavior
- staff health and child health promotion
- disaster preparedness for child care programs
- child abuse and violence prevention
- asthma management resources
- oral health resources
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