幼兒園腸病毒防疫工作在COVID-19疫情下實施之研究

Prevention of Enterovirus Infections at Preschools during the COVID-19 Pandemic

本研究目的為探討新型冠狀病毒流行前後，幼兒園腸病毒防疫工作的實施表現，本研究採用立意取樣，共有11位受訪者，蒐集的研究資料有訪談和文件資料。本研究發現新型冠狀病毒發生前，幼兒園在腸病毒的防疫工作分為幼兒健康管理、環境消毒及衛生教育宣導，防疫腸病毒已是教師日常工作，幼兒腸病毒流行時，教師校園防疫工作及心理壓力遽增，停課對阻絕腸病毒有其必要性，然而對雙薪家庭造成衝擊。新型冠狀病毒流行後，幼兒感染腸病毒機率大減，可能原因有防疫工作比新型冠狀病毒發生前更確實，例如：戴口罩、量體溫、酒精消毒等，家庭減少帶幼兒出入公眾場所機會。區域人口數少的幼兒園，腸病毒發生的機率低。

The aim of this study was to investigate the strategies for the prevention of enteroviruses at preschools during and before the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were recruited through purpose sampling. Eleven interviewees participated in the study. Research data were collected through interviews and documents. The results indicated that strategies for preventing the spread of enteroviruses at preschools include incorporating health management, environmental disinfection, and hygiene promotion into the preschool educators’daily tasks. Increased enterovirus infection in children would require early childhood educators to spend more time on virus prevention and would thus create more mental pressure for them. Class suspension is an effective mean of enterovirus prevention, but it could be inconvenient to families. The result revealed that because of the spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan, the percentage of children infected by enteroviruses decreased considerably owing to more reliable prevention, such as increased mask usage and less interaction in public places. In kindergartens located in a small regional population, the probability of enterovirus occurrence is extremely low.