ABSTRACT
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.
Descriptors:
Validation Studies; Teaching Materials; Community Health Workers; Diabetes Mellitus; Health Promotion