Elaboration and validation of a booklet on diabetes for Community Health Workers

ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and validate a diabetes booklet for Community Health Workers. Methods: methodological study developed in seven steps: Bibliographic review; Development of the booklet; Calculation of readability and comprehensibility scores; Validation of the booklet by the committee of judges; Discussion between experts; Validation of the booklet by the target audience; and Final discussion between experts. Validation was performed by 10 judges via e-Surv and on a face-to-face test with 5 Community Health Workers, considering the minimum Content Validity Coefficient of 0.80. Results: the booklet had a mean Content Validity Coefficient of 0.97 in the validation by the committee of judges, and the images had 96.67% approval. In the face-to-face test, the Community Health Workers considered the material clear and appropriate to the function. Conclusions: the booklet was developed and validated on its content and relevance, and it can be used by Community Health Workers for diabetes education.摘要 研究目的：编制并验证一款面向社区卫生工作者（Community Health Workers）的糖尿病宣教手册。 研究方法：本研究为方法学研究，共分为七个实施步骤：文献综述、手册编制、可读性与可理解性评分计算、评委委员会效度验证、专家研讨、目标受众验证以及专家终期研讨。本次验证由10名评委通过e-Surv平台开展，并对5名社区卫生工作者开展面对面测试，设定的最低内容效度系数（Content Validity Coefficient）阈值为0.80。 研究结果：评委委员会验证环节中，该手册的内容效度系数均值为0.97，配图认可度达96.67%；在面对面测试中，社区卫生工作者均认为该材料清晰易懂，且适配其工作职责。 研究结论：本研究成功编制并完成了内容与相关性效度验证的糖尿病宣教手册，可供社区卫生工作者用于开展糖尿病健康教育工作。