title: [Socio-demographic and healthcare conditions regarding maternal self-sufficiency/effectiveness concerning preventing diarrhea during childhood].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigating the correlation between socio-demographic conditions, health and maternal self-efficacy to prevent childhood diarrhoea.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a quantitative cross-sectional study which was conducted in Fortaleza, in north-eastern Brazil; it involved 448 mothers of children aged less than 5 years-old. Data was collected through interviews held in the family healthcare centres using an in-house maternal self-efficacy for childhood diarrhoea prevention scale and a form for collecting information about the mothers' socio-demographic profile.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The self-sufficiency/effectiveness in preventing diarrhoea during childhood interview data revealed a statistically significant association with maternal age (p=0.018), per capita income (p=0.023), type of housing (p=0.032), garbage disposal from the dwelling (p=0.000), origin of the water drunk by the children (p=0.002), type of sanitary installation (p=0.001) and its location (p=0.023), type of drainage (p=0.046) and the resources used by the mothers regarding their personal hygiene (p=0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthcare staff should advance strategies for improving self-sufficiency/effectiveness regarding maternal care for children, especially regarding preventative measures concerning diarrhoea during childhood.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, monica.oria@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Emanuella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Silva-Joventino
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, monica.oria@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Karine de
authors.initials: Kd
authors.lastname: Castro-Bezerra
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, monica.oria@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Robson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomes-Coutinho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, monica.oria@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Paulo César de
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, monica.oria@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Mônica Oliveira
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Batista-Oriá
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, monica.oria@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Ximenes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D020377:Self Efficacy; D066252:Sociological Factors; D055815:Young Adult