Consultor de salud en cuidado infantil (CCHC)
CCHC Obesity Prevention Tool Kit
This addendum to the Tool Kit for Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) focused on Obesity Prevention highlights resources to develop and implement policies and practices to support improved nutrition, physical activity, breastfeeding and screen time. The tool kit includes codes for PA NAPSACC items to easily identify resources for specific quality improvement goals.
ECELS Obesity Prevention Tool Kit (Sept 2019)
CCHCs Make Early Care and Education Programs Healthier and Safer
CCHCs support programs by providing expertise in a variety of areas such as increasing staff knowledge on health issues and improving compliance with best practices. Learn more about CCHCs and how they can support programs from HeadStart.gov.
Visit the Child Care Health Consultants page for resources related to child care health consultation, including tips for working with a CCHC, CCHC competencies, interactive skill-building modules, and more. If you are not sure how to find a CCHC, contact your state child care resource and referral agency or local health department.
Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC)
A Child Care Health Consultant is a health professional who works with early education and school-age practitioners to recognize and promote the health and safety of children, families and their teachers.
Child Care Health Consultants should be licensed or certified health professionals with knowledge in pediatrics and developmentally appropriate health and safety practices for non-parental child care. Examples of health professionals who may have the necessary knowledge and skills to be a child care health consultant: nurses, nurse practitioners, pediatricians, family physicians, health educators, oral health professionals (dentists, dental hygienists,) nutritionists (dietitians,) and sanitarians. See the attachment for a pamphlet about how to choose and use a child care health consultant.
ECELS recruits and mentors health professionals to work as child care health consultants. Then, ECELS supports these child care health consultants as they provide advice and professional development services to improve health and safety practices in child care programs that serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school age children.
Child Care Health Consultant Brochure
Contact ECELS at ecels@paaap.org if you have any questions or are interested in becoming a Child Care Health Consultant.