Knowledge of health principles among professionals in Slovenian kindergartens

• Main Authors: Slabe Damjan, Fink Rok, Dolenc Eva, Kvas Andreja
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2016-09-01
• Series: Slovenian Journal of Public Health
• Subjects: kindergarten teachers; kindergarten teacher assistants; health principles; knowledge; vzgojiteljice; pomočnice vzgojiteljic; zdravstveni ukrepi; znanje
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0024
• ISSN: 1854-2476

Preschool children have significant health issues. From the relevant legislation and regulations, it can be seen that kindergarten teachers (KTs) and kindergarten teacher assistants (KTAs) are expected to be familiarwith the basic hygienic measures and steps for preventing injuries and illnesses, to recognize infectious diseases, and to know how to give the first aid. To gain these skills, a continuous life-long learning is necessary, because the characteristics of diseases are changing. Study design: original research.