Text Messages Validation and Adaptation for Breastfeeding Promotion

Abstract

Objective: to design and validate a text messages database to promote breastfeeding. Materials and methods: quantitative research, instruments validation type done in three phases: (1) creation of text messages from documental analysis, (2) validation of content with experts, (3) comprehension tests with pregnant and maternal women. The analyzed information was done with SPSS version 22. Results: the final database had 96 text messages, submitted to the content validation phase with the participation of 13 experts. The internal consistency was “very high” with Cronbach Alfa of 0.93. The results of comprehension tests showed an adequate understanding of messages by pregnant and maternal women, Conclusions: the quantitative results showed through Cronbach Alfa, and comprehension tests administered to pregnant and maternal women, allowed to keep all the messages elaborated in phase 0 of the research and justify their adequate use for the promotion of breastfeeding.

Analysis of the comprehension of the instrument for measuring social determinants of health

“…, inconsistency in interpretations, as well as elements of cultural context and academic level, or that there was not enough information to choose an answer that they qualify as "I do not understand or it is not clear" (Collins, 2003). According to the above, the study carried out by González and Cujiño (2022) presented the same problem when transmitting the information to the participants, as it allowed us to observe the difficulty in the interpretation of some technical-scientific terminology used, which led to the vocabulary adaptation. Similarly, the present study made changes in terms of terms used that could guarantee relevance, relevance and convenience of the instrument.…”