Construction and validation of educational material for the health promotion of individuals with HIV.
Giselle Juliana de Jesus, Juliano de Souza Caliari, Layze Braz de Oliveira and 3 others
PMID 32901766WHAT IT FOUND
An HIV health-promotion booklet was built with 26 adults living with HIV and rated highly by 22 experts for content, language and appearance.
It is validated material, not proof that it improves outcomes.
Key findings
01The booklet was built from interviews with 26 adults living with HIV and then reviewed by 22 experts.
02The experts' agreement on each item averaged 0.97, and every item reached the 0.80 validation threshold.
03Validation covered content and appearance, not clinical benefit; testing readability and application with people living with HIV is left for future studies.
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What it does not show
The first stage included only adults living with HIV who were already linked to two services in one region of Brazil, so needs may differ elsewhere. The study did not test whether the booklet improves adherence, quality of life, stigma reduction or other patient outcomes. The final material was validated by experts, while readability and application with the target audience were planned for future studies. There is no agreed number of judges for validation, and only 50% of 44 invited specialists were able to attend.
Declared interests
Supported by PRCEU-Pró-Reitoria de Cultura e Extensão Universitária - Universidade de São Paulo, Grant #50579906, Brazil. The paper was extracted from a master's thesis.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the expert agreement scores as proof that the booklet works in clinical care. The paper validated content and appearance, and said testing readability and application with people living with HIV is for future studies.