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. 2014 Jul-Aug;22(4):611-20.
doi: 10.1590/0104-1169.3313.2459.

Development and validation of an educational booklet for healthy eating during pregnancy

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Sheyla Costa de Oliveira  1 , Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes  2 , Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes  2
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Development and validation of an educational booklet for healthy eating during pregnancy

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Sheyla Costa de Oliveira et al. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2014 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objective: to describe the validation process of an educational booklet for healthy eating in pregnancy using local and regional food.

Methods: methodological study, developed in three steps: construction of the educational booklet, validation of the educational material by judges, and by pregnant women. The validation process was conducted by 22 judges and 20 pregnant women, by convenience selection. We considered a p-value<0.85 to validate the booklet compliance and relevance, according to the six items of the instrument. As for content validation, the item-level Content Validity Index (I-CVI) was considered when a minimum score of at least 0.80 was obtained.

Results: five items were considered relevant by the judges. The mean I-CVI was 0.91. The pregnant women evaluated positively the booklet. The suggestions were accepted and included in the final version of the material.

Conclusion: the booklet was validated in terms of content and relevance, and should be used by nurses for advice on healthy eating during pregnancy.

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Figure 1. Summary of qualitative analysis of the judges' recommendations. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2013
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Figure 2. Illustrated representation of the educational booklet presented to the judges. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2013 *Sequence of pages from left to right: Front cover. Summary, page 5 (What is healthy eating?); page 6 (Healthy Eating in Pregnancy); page 7 (Healthy Mother and Child); page 8 (How to choose a healthy diet: featuring regional foods); page 9 (Food hygiene); page 10 (Tasty recipes with regional foods: mashed manioc); page 11 (Tasty recipes with regional foods: pumpkin soup); page 12 (Regional foods in the daily life of the pregnant woman and her family)
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Figure 3. Evaluation of the booklet regarding the six items of the instrument, according to relevance. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2013 I-CVI Mean = 0.91 S-CVI = 0.93 *Number of very relevant or relevant reviews considered by the judges
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