Introduction: Contagious diseases are widespread diseases during the preschool years. Parents play a crucial role in preventing the spread of contagious diseases in kindergarten. Only a healthy child should stay in kindergarten, and it is the responsibility of every parent to be aware of this and to take it into account. Purpose: We wanted to find out how much parents are aware of the guidelines for inclusion of children in kindergarten after a contagious disease and to examine how much parents know about contagious diseases or infections in the child. We also wanted to investigate the level of satisfaction of parents with the amount of information they receive from kindergarten in outbreaks of contagious diseases and to check the ways of informing in kindergarten. Methods: We conducted a quantitative survey in April 2020. We sent a random questionnaire of 18 questions to randomly selected groups on parental social networks. We limited the random sample to parents who have their child in kindergarten. With the help of IBM SPSS Statistics, we analysed and presented the obtained data. Results: The study involved 188 parents, of whom 185 were mothers. Parents are familiar with 85.6% of guidelines for the inclusion of a child in kindergarten after recovering from a contagious disease or infection. The results of the χ² test do not indicate that familiarity with the guidelines is related to age and level of attained education. Parents rated their knowledge of contagious diseases or infections as neither good not bad, 71.3%. The most useful way of informing in case of outbreaks of contagious diseases or infections is their daily communication on arrival/departure of the child in kindergarten, 27.1%. Parents are moderately satisfied with the information they get from kindergarten, 73.9%. Discussion and conclusion: Acquaintance with the guidelines for the inclusion of a child in kindergarten after recovering from a contagious disease or infection is a positive indicator of the general awareness of parents. Good communication and information delivery between kindergartens and parents are essential in the event of outbreaks of contagious diseases or infections since only joint efforts can limit the spread of contagious diseases among children. Nurses, at the primary level of health care, could have yearly health education workshops on contagious diseases or infections in kindergartens for parents and kindergarten teachers.
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