Peer-reviewed article
การวเคราะหองคประกอบเชงยนยนของการดแลแบบฟมฟกสำหรบผดแลเดกในศนยพฒนาเดกเลก
Rattana Makassawad, Gridiyada Kuewong ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study analyzed the components of nurturing care provided by child caregivers in early childhood development centers in Thailand. Researchers surveyed 200 caregivers using a validated questionnaire and confirmed five main components of nurturing care: good health, adequate nutrition, responsive caregiving, security and safety, and opportunities for early learning. The statistical model fit well with the data, suggesting the framework accurately reflects how caregivers should support child development. The findings can help develop better assessment tools and improve childcare center practices.
Key points
- Five main components of nurturing care were identified: good health, adequate nutrition, responsive caregiving, security and safety, and opportunities for early learning
- The questionnaire showed high reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.96) and content validity (item values 0.8-1.0)
- Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the model fit well with empirical data (CFI=1.00, TLI=1.00, RMSEA<.001)
- Child caregivers need health literacy about childhood care to support proper development
- The framework can be used to develop caregiver assessment tools and improve childcare center systems
Limitations
This study only describes the structure of nurturing care components in Thailand without evaluating whether caregivers actually provide these components effectively or how well they correlate with child outcomes. The research does not test whether interventions based on this framework improve child well-being.
Abstract
Nurturing care is the way to taking care of childhood to have good health includes physical, mental and intellectual health. Child caregivers must have health literacy about childhood care in order to development by aged and have proper health behaviors. The purpose of this survey study was to analyze component of caregiver’s nurturing care in chid care centers. There were 200 of child caregivers. Data were collcted using nurturing care questionnaire. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 5 experts yielding the values each item ranged 0.8- 1.0 and Reliability of the questionnaire was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficient yielding a values of .96. Data were analyzed using confirmation factor analysis. The research results and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that nurturing care of child caregivers in child care centers consisted of five main components: 1) Good health, 2) Adequate nutrition, 3) Responsive caregiving, 4) Security and safety, and 5) Opportunities for early learning. The nurturing care components of child caregivers in child care centers was fit to the empirical data (4, N=200) =3.19, p=.527, CFI=1.00, TLI=1.00, RMSEA<.001, SRMR=.009). The information obtained can be used to develop appropriate caregivers' assessment tools and design the development of a system to care for child development centers more effectively.