Elaboração e validação de cartilha para prevenção da diarreia infantil

Abstract

Objective: Elaborate, validate and evaluate an educational reader to promote maternal self-effi cacy in the prevention of childhood diarrhea. Method: Methodological study, developed based on the elaboration, validation and evaluation of educational material by 30 content judges and three technicians. For the validation, the clarity of the language, practical pertinence and theoretical relevance were considered, calculating the Content Validity Index for each item; and the tool Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) was applied to evaluate the reader. Results: The reader was titled “You can prevent diarrhea in you child” was elaborated in the framework of Self-Effi cacy Theory. The content judges attributed a global Content Validity Index (CVI) of 0.88 for language clarity, 0.91 for practical pertinence and 0.92 for theoretical relevance; and the technical judges attributed CVI of 0.96, 1.00 and 1.00 for the same items assessed, respectively. The assessment of the content and technical judges based on the SAM tool classifi ed the material as “superior”, with average coeffi cients of 88.7% and 90.1%, respectively. Conclusion: The reader was considered appropriate in terms of face and content validation to promote maternal self-effi cacy in the prevention of childhood diarrhea.