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. 2019 Dec 27;8(1):8.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010008.

Validation of Health Education Material for Youth: A Step to Ensure Implementation Fidelity in Community-Based Interventions

Shantanu Sharma  1   2 , Faiyaz Akhtar  1 , Rajesh Kumar Singh  1 , Sunil Mehra  1
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Validation of Health Education Material for Youth: A Step to Ensure Implementation Fidelity in Community-Based Interventions

Shantanu Sharma et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Health education materials such as flipbooks enhance learning and deliver key messages in a captivating mode. Validation of such materials is crucial to ensuring implementation fidelity. We conducted a study to achieve two objectives: (a) to develop two flipbooks, one each for adolescents and young married women (YMW); (b) to validate the flipbooks using five parameters, namely, content validity, construct validity, concurrent validity, relevance, and face validity. The study was a part of a community-based peer-led intervention on health, nutrition, and hygiene. The content validity and relevance were assessed by interviewing outreach workers (ORWs, n = 42) using self-administered five-point Likert scale-based tools. A pre- and post-intervention assessment of knowledge among adolescents (n = 100) and YMW (n = 50) across six out of 13 intervention sites was done to evaluate the construct validity. The two flipbooks contained 12 structured sessions with five key messages per session, in addition to illustrations, discussion points, and theme-based stories at the end of each session. The content and relevancy indices were ranked above 80% by ORW. There was a statistically significant increase in the knowledge scores of adolescents (p < 0.001) and YMW (p < 0.001) post intervention. The validation process helps in assessing the relevance and appropriateness of the education content for greater acceptance and responsiveness by the users.

Keywords: health communication; health promotion; process assessment; teaching materials; validation studies; vulnerable populations.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders were not involved in any component of the research, including the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The cover page and the table of contents page in the flipbook for adolescents (“Yauvan”). The table of contents displays the name of the 12 structured sessions in the flipbook. The flipbook is in Hindi (local language). The instructions of how to use the book are shown beside the table of contents page.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The cover page and the table of contents page in the flipbook for young married women (“Sangini”). The table of contents displays the name of the 12 structured sessions in the flipbook. The flipbook is in Hindi (local language). The instructions of how to use the book are shown beside the table of contents page.
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