[Construction and validation of a video about breast cancer for deaf womenConstrucción y validación de un video sobre el cáncer de mama para mujeres sordas].

Abstract

Introduction: In the world, one billion people have some kind of disability, among them hearing impairment and more than 190 million are deaf women. It is relevant technologies for inclusive and accessible education about breast cancer to deaf women.

Objective: To build and validate an educational video for deaf women on breast cancer prevention and screening.

Materials and method: Methodological study with construction of educational video and validation by 11 content specialists and seven technical specialists. Content based on the Ministry of Health and the National Cancer Institute. The Health Education Content Validation Instrument was used for content analysis. Validity was attested by the Content Validity Index and the binomial test.

Results: The video is 17 minutes and 12 seconds long. In the content validation all items had agreement above 90.9% among participants. The overall Content Validity Index was above 0.90 among the content experts. 85.8% of the technical experts considered the material excellent, very good or good.

Discussion: The video contributes to teaching and learning about the theme, self-care actions and health promotion for deaf women.

Conclusions: Video constructed with narration in LIBRAS, was considered valid in terms of content and technical aspects and can be used in future research and health education for deaf women.