Evaluación de la calidad de atención temprana de 8 centros de desarollo infantil fiscales para niños y niñas de 0 a 5 años de edad del área urbana del Cantón Cuenca, Cuenca enero a junio 2009

Abstract

Objectives: “To evaluate the quality of the Early Attention that you/they offer eight Centers of Development Infantile District attorneys of the Urban Area of the Canton Cuenca to the children and zero girls to five years of age with delays of the development with or without disability, during the period January to June of 2009.”

Method and materials: The quantitative descriptive method was used; for that which a form was used to value the quality of attention of this center, the scale was on 100 points distributed in four variables: infrastructure, process of attention, professional capacity and participation family-caretakers with a value of 25 points for variable.

After having gathered the information, the obtained data they were tabulated and analyzed, presenting the results in charts of frequency; using the SPSS like statistical program.

The results are good for the attainment of the Program of Improvement of Quality of Attention of Children and Girls with Dysfunctions of the Development carried out by the DIUC, being the children and girls the final beneficiaries.

In the study the following percentages were obtained: The Quality of Attention of the Centers of Development Infantile District attorneys of the Urban Area of the Canton Cuenca is 12,50 equivalent% to Very Good; 37,50 equivalent% to Good and 50 equivalent% to Regulate. 50% has the Legal Registration of Operation of the Cantonal Town council of the Childhood and Adolescence. 87,50% Integrates Children and Girls with Dysfunctions of the development without disability, and 12,50% they Integrate Children and Girls with Dysfunctions of the development with Disability.

Keys Words: Quality Assurance / Assessment, Management, (early), Standards of identity and quality of products and services, control of children's day care / nursery schools, public sector, infants, preschool, urban, Cuenca-Ecuador.