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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53911#.VNsLbCzQrzE Author(s)   Ludmila Alves do Nascimento * , Andressa Peripolli Rodrigues , Emanuella Silva Joventino , Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira , Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro , Lorena Barbosa Ximenes Affiliation(s) Department of Nursing, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate and to validate an educational video to promote maternal self-efficacy in preventing childhood diarrhea with women assisted in a health unit. Validation study, developed with 17 mothers whose children were under five years old, was analyzed on scenes of an educational video according to the validity of appearance (clarity/comprehension) and of content (relevance). The scenes were considered clear and comprehensive with a perceptual above 70% and with an average of 96.9% of agreement. Regarding the relevance, the a...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51910#.VHwSZmfHRK0 Author(s) Maura I. Cascio * , Paola Magnano , Silvia Elastico , Valentina Costantino , Valentina Zapparrata , Antonino Battiato Affiliation(s) Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Enna “KORE”, Enna, Italy . ABSTRACT Work stress is considered as the product of an imbalance between environmental demands (stressors) and individual differences (capabilities, resources or needs), associated with adverse health outcomes as well as adverse work outcomes. According to the literature in this field, teaching has ranked among the most stressful occupation. In order to investigate the role of Self-Effi- ...