Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: to validate an educational booklet for use on mobile devices on breastfeeding for family caregivers of newborns and infants. Method: a methodological research conducted from August 2017 to November 2018. Six stages were used to construct the booklet: search for themes based on literature review; theoretical study of the themes; booklet development; booklet validation by expert judges; booklet validation by the target audience; adequacy of educational material. Validation by expert judges took place via email and by the target audience at a rooming-in of a municipal hospital in Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Content Validity Index was used for validation. Results: the study obtained as a final result the construction and validation of an educational booklet entitled “Uncomplicating Breastfeeding”. The booklet was considered satisfactory, presenting an overall Content Validity Index among judges of 0.94 and among the target audience, of 0.98. However, all judges suggested improvements in the booklet, being considered and modified for the final version of the material, which will be made available on a link for mobile devices. Conclusion: the constructed educational booklet was validated for content and appearance by judges and the target audience, obtaining satisfactory indexes. It is an educational technology that can be used by health professionals and family caregivers of newborns and infants aiming at promoting breastfeeding and, consequently, reducing early weaning rates.
Highlights
Breastfeeding, especially in the first six months of life, is an essential natural strategy for the child’s growth and development, considering that breast milk contains all the nutrients necessary to supply it and allows the creation of a bond between mother and baby, being significant for the reduction of infant morbidity and mortality.[1]The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined, as one of the global nutrition targets for 2025, to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates to at least 50%.2 in low- and middleincome countries, only 37% of children under six months of age are exclusively breastfed.[3]
Educational materials are important in the health education process, since they enable teaching-learning through interactions mediated by the announcer, patient and family and the written educational material,[7] including functioning as resources readily available through the doubts of family members in the realization of care in the socio-family context
The first stage consisted of search for themes; the second, in theoretical study of themes; the third, in educational booklet development; the fourth, in booklet validation by expert judges; the fifth, in educational booklet validation by the target audience; and the sixth, in adequacy of the educational material.[10]
Summary
Breastfeeding, especially in the first six months of life, is an essential natural strategy for the child’s growth and development, considering that breast milk contains all the nutrients necessary to supply it and allows the creation of a bond between mother and baby, being significant for the reduction of infant morbidity and mortality.[1]The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined, as one of the global nutrition targets for 2025, to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates to at least 50%.2 in low- and middleincome countries, only 37% of children under six months of age are exclusively breastfed.[3]. In low- and middleincome countries, only 37% of children under six months of age are exclusively breastfed.[3] In Brazil, the rates of length, exclusivity and early onset of the practice did not reach satisfactory levels, converging for early weaning,[4] with a prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life of only 41% in 2008.5 In this context, developing educational activities on the subject by health professionals, especially nurses, emerges as an essential element for breastfeeding promotion for the reduction of early weaning rates and infant morbidity and mortality. Educational materials are important in the health education process, since they enable teaching-learning through interactions mediated by the announcer (nurse), patient and family (reader) and the written educational material (object of discourse),[7] including functioning as resources readily available through the doubts of family members in the realization of care in the socio-family context
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