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This article provides guidelines for creating and promoting healthy environments in early childhood education in order to prevent and control the spread of contagious disease. Illness prevention strategies are offered along with practical suggestions for health education curriculum. Resources for children and adults are included for further reading.
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Squibb, B., Yardley, K. Playing Healthy, Staying Healthy: A Prevention Program for Contagious Disease. Early Childhood Education Journal 26, 143–147 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022973216955
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