Validação da tecnologia educacional sobre uso racional de medicamentos para agentes comunitários de saúde ribeirinhos

Objective: to validate the content of an educational technology on the rational use of medicines for riverine Community Health Workers. Method: methodological research guided by the Pasquali model for content validation and production of the final version of the manual. In the data collection two questionnaires were used for expert judges. For the analysis, the statistics of the Content Validation Index and the Suitability Assessment of Materials Score were used. Results: the Global Content Validation Index was 87.25% in a single round, being the first block referring to the objectives with 96.80%, the second block of presentation and structure with 84.80% and the third block of relevance of the material with 87.30%. The Suitability Assessment of Materials score obtained was 100.0%. Conclusion: the content of the manual was validated and the production is adequate to subsidize the permanent health education of the Riverside Community Health Workers.