Abstract The study has an objectives to identify knowledge and practices of day-care centers workers relative to the prevention, early detection and management of respiratory illnesses in children. Fourteen workers from teaching daycare centers were interviewed and 16 from council daycare centers in the city of Sao Paulo, and the data were comparative analysed through statistical tests. A results pointed out that workers from teaching daycare centers recognized several disorders, mentioned pollution and transmission as more important causes, fever and […]