Construção e validação de instrumento avaliativo do conhecimento de escolares sobre amamentação

Abstract

Objective: To validate an evaluation instrument of knowledge of schoolchildren about breastfeeding. Methods: A method research developed in three stages: design of the instrument, validation of the content with 22 judges and validation of appearance with 10 schoolchildren from the primary school. Data were analyzed by absolute frequencies, standard-deviations, binomial test and content validity index - CVI. Observations of judges were analyzed and when necessary items of the instrument were changed. Results: In content validation, the first version of the instrument had 32 items and most of them were considered adequate by judges and the I-CVI achieved was equal or above than 0.80. After changes, the instrument was composed by 21 items. In validation of the appearance, most of items achieved I-CVI equal or above 0.80. Conclusion: The instrument content and appearance were validated. The instrument created and validated in this study could be used to evaluate knowledge of schoolchildren about breastfeeding.