Validation of a handbook on suicide prevention among students: talking is the best solution

Abstract

Objective: to validate the content and face of a manual on suicide prevention for university students of the health area. Methods: a methodological research involving two steps: content validation with participation of 13 experts; and semantic validation with participation of 82 health students. Two questionnaires with a Likert scale were used. The quantitative analysis was based on descriptive statistics to obtain the Content Validity Index and the Semantic Agreement Index. Results: the manual was considered valid by experts and university students, with a content validity index of 0.91 and semantic agreement index of 0.96. However, the manual underwent a textual and illustrative restructuring in the aspects of objectives, relevance, structure and presentation. Conclusion: after validation, the manual proved to be an appropriate tool for educational actions to be distributed to health university students.

Keywords

• educational technology
• health education
• suicide
• validation studies.