Construção e validação de cartilha educativa para pessoas com asma

Abstract

Introduction: Asthma is a chronic disease with a serious impact on global public health, but it can be controlled through pharmacological treatment and health education actions. Educational booklets emerge as an accessible tool for communication about the disease, with the validation of educational materials being a necessary and fundamental step to guarantee and attest to accuracy, giving credibility to the information contained therein. Objective: to develop an educational booklet to promote the self-management of people with asthma and validate the adequacy of the content and appearance of the educational booklet with content judges and representatives of the target audience. Methodology: methodological study, focusing on the construction and validation of an educational booklet designed for people with asthma. The work was divided into three stages: 1. Bibliographic survey and preparation of the booklet; 2. Validation by content judges regarding objectives, structure, motivation, language, illustration, layout and relevance. and 3. Validation by representatives of the target audience regarding writing, organization, appearance, motivation, objective, cultural suitability. Validation was measured from the content validity index (CVI) and the item whose agreement between the judges was equal to or greater than 0.80 was considered valid. Results: The educational booklet “I have asthma, now what? ” has 32 pages and 11 topics that address relevant aspects of the disease and required a careful bibliographic survey, review and active listening by the team of authors during its construction. It was then evaluated by 22 representatives of the target audience and 7 expert judges during the validation stage, reaching a global CVI of 0.98 and 0.87 respectively, being considered a valid material in terms of content and appearance and suitable for application. in educational practice. Conclusion: The educational booklet can be considered valid for the promotion of self-management of people with asthma and can serve as a model for other activities to promote health care and education.