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Validation of educational booklet: an educational technology in dengue prevention

Validación de cartilla educativa: una tecnología educacional en la prevención del dengue

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to validate a booklet on dengue prevention in order to make it an educational technology to be used with the population.

Method:

methodological study, carried out with two groups of judges specialized in health and other areas. For data analysis, the calculation of Content Validity Index was carried out.

Results:

the booklet, in general, was considered valid by the expert judges, since it obtained an overall CVI of 70%. However, it has undergone a textual and aesthetic re-elaboration. The changes were based on the substitution of expressions, phrases, information additions and language adequacy. The illustrations were redone, adding clarity, expressiveness, movement, interaction and contextualization.

Conclusion:

the booklet is valid to be used for the population, with the purpose of informing, in a playful way, the forms of prevention and combat to mosquito transmitting dengue.

Descriptors:
Validation Studies; Educational Technology; Dengue; Health Education; Nursing

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