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Mental disorders cause disability and premature death, as well as represent psychological, social and economic high costs. Although prevention and promotion programs in mental health with effectiveness evidence is available, they are less disseminated worldwide, particularly in Brazil. This article aims to discuss the diffusion of prevention and promotion programs in mental health, according to the lens of the Theory of Diffusion of Innovation and contemporary developments. Emphasis will be given to the phases of dissemination, adoption, implementation and sustainability. Implications for teaching, research and management are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigated characteristics of the transition to new relationships after the end of a violent one through case studies. Two young white Brazilian women who had experienced violent first relationships underwent a narrative interview and filled out the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory. One of them had moved to a healthy relationship and the second one to another violent relationship. Awareness of violence and the adoption of strategies that enlarged models, world views, social circles, support and self care had not been enough to avoid the entrance in a new violent relationship. The development of the ability to access and validate one's own feelings and wills, resulting in greater assertiveness, favored the transition to a healthy relationship. The approach to secure attachment style accompanied such changes. We discuss the implications to professional practice and preventive initiatives, as well as directions for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cultural adaptation of evidence-based mental health preventive interventions has been widely practiced around the world. In Brazil, studies with this focus are rare. Such process must be systematic in order to achieve, on the one hand, the preservation of the core components of the original intervention and, on the other hand, the cultural sensitivity towards the adopting culture to respect its identity, values and needs. A narrative review on models of cultural adaptation of imported preventive interventions was carried out, including the Planned Intervention Adaptation (PIA) Protocol; Strengthening Families Program Adaptation Model (SFP_Ad); and the ADAPT-ITT, whose steps and characteristics were analyzed. It is concluded that the cultural adaptation of preventive programs in mental health should be based on empirical studies, collaborative practices and ethical sensitivity. Future studies should investigate the cost-effectiveness of investing in the cultural adaptation of international interventions versus the development of local interventions, for which different capacities are required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this integrative literature review was to evaluate the quality of retirement planning programs described in the extant literature. This was accomplished through a qualitative analysis of methodological and efficacy criteria as described by Flay et al. (2005), Kazdin (2010, 2011 and Murta (2005). Several databases were consulted in searching for retirement program articles including: Academic Search Premier, Medline, PsycInfo, and Web of Science, among others. Retirement planning intervention articles published in English, Portuguese, and Spanish were considered, with a focus on their evaluation methods and results. Eleven studies were identified that described the procedures for both program implementation and intervention evaluation. Results revealed methodological shortcomings in the papers reviewed, with concerns being related to a lack of experimental or quasiexperimental approaches, a failure to use previously validated measurement instruments and longitudinal assessments, and insufficiently robust data analysis procedures. That said, however, there was evidence from multiple investigations that the intervention programs examined led to increases in knowledge, positive changes in attitudes linked to retirement, and an increase in retirement-linked planning and preparation behaviors. Identification of strengths and weaknesses in the methods used and efficacy of these interventions could facilitate the construction of a research agenda aimed at promoting more favorable research designs. Use of more rigorous designs would stand to improve the internal validity of these retirement programs and, consequently, progress in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the evaluation of a preventive program for adolescents, teachers and family members, focused on sexual and reproductive rights, resilience and assertive social skills. Ten psychoeducational sessions were conducted with adolescents (N = 54), three workshops with teachers (N = 11) and two home visits to the families (N = 7). The results, evaluated by self report qualitative measures, pointed that families searched community services recommended during the intervention, teachers demonstrated sensitiveness to strengthening the adolescents' social support network, and adolescents reported improvement related to quality of adolescents-parents communication, safe sex practice and tolerance toward the human diversity. Possibilities and limits of ecological interventions are discussed, as a research agenda in this field as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this study is to identify the Brazilian research centers where systematic preventive interventions are developed and describe the national program evaluation studies. For that, we conducted a systematic review of the national literature on two databases (Scielo and Pepsic), through the keywords "prevention", "basic care", "primary care" and " health promotion ", which resulted in 25 articles, describing 42 interventions. The results indicated a predominance of extensive interventions, with small samples, performed weekly, for promoting skills in children and adolescents in educational settings. Mostly, studies did not include follow-up assessments, neither discussed the implications of the findings for public policy. The researchers are mostly psychologists, affiliated to public universities in the Southeast region. It is concluded that the improvement of research networks and the expansion of exchanges between researches and public policy can foster the advancement of the area in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to develop the Age Diversity Management in Organizations scale for the Brazilian context and verify its evidence of validity. The process included five steps: proposal of its definition and development of the items according to the literature; content and semantic validity by judges; semantic validity by the target population; exploratory factorial analysis (EFA); and confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA). The EFA sample consisted of 674 workers from different organizations and the CFA of 722 workers. The final version of the scale was composed of 20 items (a=.91), divided into four factors: retirement preparation practices (5 items, a=.93); equal treatment for workers of different ages (6 items, a=.85), training to promote age diversity (5 items, a=.81), and management practices for older workers (4 items, a=.72). The theoretical and practical implications as well as the limitations of this measure are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In engineering education, creativity is valued for being related to innovation, but there are challenges to be faced in order to encourage it in the undergraduate context. Seeking to offer conditions for the development of creativity in higher education, the literature investigates theexistence of personal and environmental factors that can facilitate or inhibit the creative expression. The objective was to identify predictors of barriers to creativity in engineering students, considering personal and academic variables. Three hundred and seventy-four students participated, responding to the Questionnaire for Sample Characterization and Inventory of Barriers to Personal Creativity. Multiple logistic regression was used for data processing. The response variable (whether or not they agree with factors that reflect barriers to personal creativity) was explained taking into account predictor variables (age, gender, type of course, period of course and job). The main results suggest variables like female gender and first year of the course are predictors for the Inhibition/Shyness barrier; and first and second years of the course are predictors for the Social Repression barrier. These results are important to expand personal resources and strengthen an institutional culture focused on the appreciation and development of creativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]