Intervention programs aimed at mitigating the effects of chronic noncommunicable disease (CNDs) focus on promoting healthy lifestyle habits (HLH), especially in the early stages of life. Because of this, different typologies of caregivers have been identified according to HLH during middle childhood and adolescence. However, the available studies have focused on aspects such as nutrition, physical activity, and rest, ignoring other HLHs that are equally important for children’s well-being. Likewise, few studies address HLH during the first five years of life and how caregivers affect children’s health. In a sample of 544 caregivers of children aged zero to five years from low-income Colombian communities, we established a typology of attitudes toward different HLHs. The results indicate the presence of three clusters that grouped caregivers with (1) positive attitudes toward all HLHs, (2) toward some HLHs, and (3) relatively low positive attitudes toward all HLHs. Membership in clusters with less positive attitudes toward HLHs was also found to be associated with low educational levels and living in rural areas. This study detected profiles of caregivers who may have unhealthy lifestyles, so the results would allow social workers to design differential interventions on HLHs in non-industrialized countries.

Teamwork self-efficacy is crucial in higher education due to its association with students’ motivation for team-based work, a key component of active teaching methods that foster academic success and professional readiness. Despite its relevance, a comprehensive and empirically validated instrument for assessing this construct has been lacking. To address this gap, the present study translated the Teamwork Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (TSQ) into Spanish and evaluated its psychometric properties in a sample of 720 Colombian university students (333 women, 387 men). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in separate subsamples supported a unidimensional model for TSQ scores. The scale demonstrated measurement invariance across gender up to the strict level, with women scoring slightly higher ( r < 0.11). TSQ scores showed adequate composite reliability, moderate temporal stability over 1 month, and weak-to-moderate correlations with personality traits, attitudes toward teamwork, and general self-efficacy beliefs. However, TSQ scores did not prospectively predict the frequency of teamwork behaviors. Overall, these results suggest that the Spanish version of the TSQ is a valid and reliable measure of teamwork self-efficacy among Colombian university students, although further research is warranted to examine its predictive utility for teamwork behavior.