Internalizing and externalizing behaviors in high school adolescents in a northern border city of Mexico and their type of family.

Objective: Identify externalizing and internalizing behaviors in high school adolescents in three schools in a northern border city in Mexico and their type of family.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Location: Three schools in the city of Tijuana, Mexico: two public and one private.

Validity of the Mexican version of the combined Foot Care Confidence / Foot-Care Behavior scale for diabetes.

Objective: To 1) translate / transculturally adapt the original (English-language) combined Foot Care Confidence Scale / Foot-Care Behavior instrument (FCCS-FCB) to produce a Mexican-Spanish version and 2) determine its validity and reliability in a population with diabetes in Tijuana, Mexico.

Methods: The original FCCS-FCB was translated (and back-translated), the content validated (by a group of health professional experts), and the instrument applied to 304 patients 23-78 years old in diabetes support groups in Tijuana, Mexico. Internal consistency for the study constructs ("self-efficacy," and risk / preventive foot self-care behaviors) was measured using Cronbach's alpha.