Developing and validating an educational brochure to promote breastfeeding and the infant's complementary food / Construção e validação de folheto educativo para promoção do aleitamento materno e alimentação complementar do lactente
to describe the stages of developing and validating two educational brochures to promote breastfeeding and the infant's complementary food.
Methods:
an observational descriptive study was performed with eight health professionals and 60 caregiver of children under two years old divided into two groups of 30 (one for each brochure) in a Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at a Maternal and Child Reference Hospital. The research was developed in four stages bibliographical survey, development of the brochures, validation by specialists and target audience and adequacy of the materials. The validation method used was the Índice de Validade de Conteúdo (Content Validity Index) calculation.
Results:
two nutritional orientationbrochures for infants were developed. Experts validated the breastfeedingbrochure on its relevance and the brochure on complementary food regarding its relevance and goal. The other items were validated after suggested modifications. In relation to the target audience, the concordance index found in brochures 1 and 2 was higher than 75%. The Índice de Validade de Conteúdo Global (Global Content Validity Index) of the materials was greater than 0.78.
Conclusions:
regarding its appearance and content after the adjustments, the brochures were considered valid by the experts and the representatives of the target audience.
foram elaborados dois folhetos de orientação nutricional para lactentes. O Índice de Validade de Conteúdo obtido pelos especialistas validou o folheto sobre aleitamento materno quanto à relevância e o folheto sobre alimentação complementar quanto à relevância e objetivo. Os outros itens receberam validação, após modificações sugeridas. Em relação ao público-alvo, o índice de concordância encontrado do folheto 1 e 2 foi superior a 75%. O Índice de Validade de Conteúdo Global dos materiais foi superior a 0,78.
Conclusões:
os folhetos foram considerados validados quanto à aparência e conteúdo pelos especialistas e representantes do público-alvo, após a adequação dos materiais.