Megan Shaw, University of Utah
This pilot study seeks to evaluate the change in quality of child care provided by refugees after working with a trained coach. Five currently licensed child care providers, all refugee women, participated in this study in the Salt Lake City area. This project enabled the refugee providers to improve their quality of childcare through several one-on-one trainings with a coach on topics on which they or the coach would like to focus. Areas of focus for each provider are the quality and content of the play area, providing nutritious food for the children, and current Care About Childcare curriculum topics that providers needed or wanted to improve on. Employment, in this case as a child care provider, is important for refuges because of the financial and social health benefits that come along with being a productive part of society. Change in quality of childcare will be measured quantitatively through pre- and post-tests and a qualitative post-training interview with the provider.