TY  - JOUR
T1  - Safe or not?: Critical Review of Current Safety Practices in
Korean Child Care Centers
AU - Kim, Hakkyong AU - Kim, Younhee 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 19
SP  - 7921
EP  - 7926
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.7921.7926
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.7921.7926
KW  - Child care center
KW  -safety regulations
KW  -fire prevention practices
KW  -Child Care Center Accreditation
Program (CCCAP)
KW  -indexes
KW  -Korea
AB  - Young children spend significnat amount of time in child care centers. The Korean government has
established the Child Care Center Accreditation Program (CCCAP) to promote a higher safety standards. The
CCCAP has various indexes and regulations for preventing fire hazards in child care centers. However, there
are not many studies being conducted to examine the actual practices of safety and on fire hazards in child care
centers. The aim of this research is to assess the risks associated with safety practices in child care centers. In
particular, the research tried to extract the appropriate knowledge for the safety practices on fire hazards in child
care centers. For this research, a total of 20 child care centers were investigated to examine the safety practices
in gas and electricity usage. In addition to that, interviews were conducted with principals or head teachers to
extract the requirements of the safety needs for the purpose of preventing fire hazards in child care centers.
Findings of this study can be used to improve the safety indexes in the CCCAP.
ER  -