英文摘要
The present research is intended to study the safety education programs, the types of children's accidents and emergency treatment in kindergartens and day care centers. There are 76 valid samples, they are legitimate are kindergartens and day care centers drawn from the central area of Taiwan. A Questionnaire Investigating Children's Accidents and Safety Education in Preschool Program was developed and used in this study.
The results showed that the most frequently occurred accidents in kindergartens and day care centers are falls, bug bites, throw up, nosebleeds, contusion and so on. A significant difference on the accident of man bites was found between two types of children's program, in which day care centers reported more frequently than kindergartens. In term of emergency treatment, most of the child care and education centers keep telephone number of parents. There are over 60% of them using accidents record form for emergencies. Only slightly over 40% had notarized parental permission forms for child authorizing emergency. And only 30% of them had well-prepared plans or procedures for emergency care. Some suggestions were made for government administrators and managers of child care programs, in relation to promoting children's safety.