Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: to develop and validate the content of printed educative material (booklet) on the typical oral language development. Methods: methodological development research with content validation. The material was produced following a literature review, in which the available publications approaching this theme were analyzed. The descriptors used were “child language”, “child development”, “language development”, and “language development disorders”. A total of 37 judges (specialists in the field and target audience) participated, divided into groups: speech-language-hearing therapists (LJG), educators (EJG), and relatives (RJG). They answered a 5-point Likert-scale instrument. The absolute percentage agreement (APA) and content validity index (CVI) were applied, whose respective minimum values of 75% and 0.78 were adopted. Results: the booklet encompassed the aspects of phonology, semantics, syntax, narrative and hearing, citing what is expected for each age. At the end of each topic, suggestions on how to stimulate the child’s language were made. The mean VCI scores were: LJG=81.3%, EJG=93.51%, and RJG=89.4%. Conclusion: the booklet reached a high content and design validity index and will aid health education initiatives, allowing its content to be spread among families and professionals involved in child development.
Highlights
Health education initiatives can lead to the development of new knowledge, as well as changes in behavior and lifestyle[1], including the motivation to seek health professionals to get more information and learn about possible treatments[2]
From 2 to 3 months old, crying becomes different in each situation; babbling and chuckling seem to be related to the sensation of well-being, they react to human speech; they chuckle, gaze and babble
By the 5th month, they start playing with their voice and the sounds they utter, repeating a syllable over and over (e.g.: /papapa/, /mamama/)
Summary
Health education initiatives can lead to the development of new knowledge, as well as changes in behavior and lifestyle[1], including the motivation to seek health professionals to get more information and learn about possible treatments[2]. This process involves the communication between institutions/professionals and the citizens[3,4], and, in this context, the printed educative technologies – as posters, books, booklets, handouts and/or pamphlets – are widely used resources[3,5,6,7,8,9]. The content must be validated first by specialized judges with expertise in the field and by the public audience[16,17,18]
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