Website Babies Portal: updates and evaluation of the contents regarding orofacial functions

ABSTRACT

Purpose

To update and evaluate of the contents regarding Orofacial Functions of the website Babies Portal of Speech-Language Pathology area.

Methods

The study involved three steps: restructuring and updating of the orofacial functions section of the Website Babies Portal, through bibliographic review; readability analysis of the new content, through the Flesch Reading Facility Index; and the sections evaluation from the application of questionnaires in two groups: group A was composed of 15 speech therapists and group B was composed of 10 parents/caregivers of children.

Results

A new section was inserted in the Portal, in orofacial functions topics, denominated “Neonatal Tongue Screening Test” subdivided into five other subsections. In addition, the existing content was reviewed and changes consistent with the current literature were performed. The readability assessment indicated the minimum instructional level required of elementary school for the understanding of content. Group A considered the content to be “excellent”, as well as a good evaluation for the “property”, “purpose classification”, “authority”, “author qualification”, “attribution”, “interactivity” and “updates”. In the evaluation carried out by group B, 64% revealed that the content “helped a lot” in the acquisition of knowledge, in addition to increasing the percentage of hits after accessing the website.

Conclusion

The content related to Orofacial Functions of the Website Babies Portal was updated and in the evaluation by both groups, it was possible to observe positive results, in relation to all aspects evaluated.

Keywords:
Speech therapy; Breast-feeding; Breath; Artificial feeding; Lingual brake; Distance education; Health promotion