Elaboration and validation of a booklet on diabetes for community health workers

• Main Author: Stefãne Amorim Ribeiro
• Publication Date: 2020
• Other Authors: Alexandra Dias Moreira, Janice Sepúlveda Reis, Aleida Nazareth Soares, Tatiane Géa-Horta
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Download full: https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0899; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57273; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9702-1913; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-5241; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2465-862X; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2671-3661; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-5856
• topic: Validation studies; Teaching materials; Community health workers; Diabetes mellitus; Health promotion; Estudo de Validação; Materiais de Ensino; Agentes Comunitários de Saúde; Diabetes Mellitus; Promoção da Saúde

Objectives: to develop and validate a diabetes booklet for Community Health Workers. Methods: methodological study developed in seven steps: Bibliographic review; Development of the booklet; Calculation of readability and comprehensibility scores; Validation of the booklet by the committee of judges; Discussion between experts; Validation of the booklet by the target audience; and Final discussion between experts. Validation was performed by 10 judges via e-Surv and on a face-to-face test with 5 Community Health Workers, considering the minimum Content Validity Coefficient of 0.80. Results: the booklet had a mean Content Validity Coefficient of 0.97 in the validation by the committee of judges, and the images had 96.67% approval. In the face-to-face test, the Community Health Workers considered the material clear and appropriate to the function. Conclusions: the booklet was developed and validated on its content and relevance, and it can be used by Community Health Workers for diabetes education.