Developing educational material on chronic kidney disease using best practices in health literacy
Desenvolvimento de material educacional sobre doença renal crônica utilizando as melhores práticas em letramento em saúde
J. bras. nefrol; 39 (1), 2017
Publication year: 2017
Abstract Based in the precepts of Health Literacy (HL), an educational booklet "Do you know the Chronic Kidney Disease?" was written. It was used as a basic text for development of a Brazilian instrument for Assessment of Health Literacy (Teste de Avaliação de Letramento em Saúde or TALES).
The guideline used to create the TALES obeyed four steps:
systematization of content; creation and drawing of images by an expert designer; submission to a Committee of Experts on nephrology and linguistics; and editing and printing of the content. The content covering six aspects of chronic kidney disease (definition, diagnosis, signs and symptoms, prevention, risk factors and treatment) was developed utilizing multimodality techniques such as: creation of personages; verbal and visual metaphors; metonymy; personifications; direct dialogue; and plain language avoided of technicalities. During the development of TALES, the booklet proved to be useful in translating complicated scientific concepts on kidney disease into meaningfuly health messages. In conclusion, besides of being used as basic text for the development of TALES, the booklet "Do you know chronic kidney disease?", based in best practices in HL, can assist health professionals in communicating to patients using consumer-friendly educational materials that might impact positive health-related behaviors and results.
Resumo Conforme os preceitos do Letramento em Saúde (LS), foi criada a Cartilha Educativa "Você Conhece a Doença Renal Crônica?", que constitui o texto base para o primeiro instrumento criado e validado no Brasil para avaliar LS - Teste de Avaliação do Letramento em Saúde (TALES).