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Development and evaluation of a booklet to promote ealthy lifestyle in people with HIV
Marina Soares Monteiro Fontenele1, Gilmara Holanda da Cunha1, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes1
1Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Objective:
To develop and evaluate an educational primer to promote healthy lifestyles in people with HIV.
Methods:
Study of technological development in three stages: Development of the booklet, with bibliographical review, illustrations, layout, diagramming, adopting as reference the trans-theoretical model of behavior change; Analysis of content and appearance by 22 judges; Semantic analysis by 22 people with HIV. The proportion of positive evaluations of the items was measured, considering a percentage equal to or greater than 85%.
Results:
My motivational booklet for change! Practices for promoting a healthy lifestyle" had six areas: Body weight control; Healthy eating; Exercise practice; Smoking, alcohol and other drugs; Stress control; and Drug treatment. Most of the items evaluated agreed with an overall average of 92.4% by the judges and 98.9% by the target audience.
Conclusion:
The booklet had evidence of adequate validity to be used by people with HIV.
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