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Sensitive periods of child development: a study on the construction and validation of the BASENP mobile application
Carolaine da Silva Souza1, Paulo Roberto Gomes Abreu Filho2, Edmara Chaves Costa2
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Objectives:
to describe the construction and validation of a mobile application on sensitive periods of child development.
Methods:
methodological research focused on the technological development and validation of software, in the form of a mobile application, conducted from March to October 2023 in two stages: 1) construction of the BASENP mobile application and 2) content and appearance validation by experts.
Results:
content experts evaluated the material, resulting in a total Content Validity Index of 0.89. Experts in the field of information and communication technology obtained an Agreement Index of 0.86%. The binomial test was not significant for the majority of items in both groups.
Conclusions:
the application was developed and validated with methodological rigor and may contribute to improving knowledge and care provided to infants.
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