. Farhanah Ahmad Shuhaimi; . Syahrul Bariah Abdul Hamid; . Nurul Ainfarhanah Md Yazid
Volume 13, Issue 2 , February 2023, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent findings show that a longer breastfeeding duration and proper dietarymanagement could lower the risk of postnatal diabetes. An excellent and interactive educationmodule ...
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BACKGROUND: Recent findings show that a longer breastfeeding duration and proper dietarymanagement could lower the risk of postnatal diabetes. An excellent and interactive educationmodule on breastfeeding and diet may effectively improve breastfeeding practices and dietaryknowledge among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Therefore, this study delvesinto developing and validating the content of Breastfeeding and Dietary Education Package (BFDEP)for women with GDM.METHOD: The development of the module involved three phases: need assessment, moduledevelopment, and validation. Six experts deployed a content validity index (CVI) to evaluate threeareas of the module, including objectives, structure or presentation, and relevance. Sixteen womenwith GDM were involved in the face validation process by assessing the “literacy presentation,”“illustrations,” “material is sufficiently specific,” and “quality of information.”RESULTS: Generally, I‑CVI, S‑CVI/Ave, and S‑CVI/UA of the objectives, structure or presentation,and relevance revealed an excellent level of content validity. No alteration was needed for thedomains of objective and relevance (S‑CVI/Ave: 1.0, S‑CVI/UA: 1.0). However, a minor revision wasrequired in the structure or presentation domain (S‑CVI/Ave: 0.98, S‑CVI/UA: 0.90). The expertsalso thought that some module pages were wordy, and a change of font color was needed. Themodule was thus modified accordingly. For face validation, “literacy presentation” and “material issufficiently specific” had a 99% positive response, while “illustrations” and “quality of information”had 100% positive feedback.CONCLUSION: A BFDEP with excellent content validity was developed and can be implemented toimprove breastfeeding practices and dietary knowledge among women with GDM.
