First aid in schools: Construction and validation of an educational booklet for teachers

Abstract

Objective: To develop and validate an educational booklet for preschool and elementary I education teachers on first aid procedures in schools. Methods: Methodological study based on the construction of an educational material with subsequent validation by 22 experts and assessment by 22 teachers. Content validation was established based on the Content Validity Index higher than 0.8. Binomial test considering p equal or higher than 0.8 was used for the proportion of agreement among the experts. Results: The educational booklet containing 44 pages addresses first aid procedures that should be performed for 15 health-related problems. All the items were considered relevant and the Level Content Validity Index presented mean value of 0.96. The booklet was approved by the teachers with an agreement index of 1.0. Conclusion: The booklet was developed and validated and may be used by nursing in health care education with teachers regarding first aid procedures in schools.