Educational technology to promote father involvement in childbirth and birth.

Objectives: to build and validate an educational booklet to promote the involvement of parents in labor and birth.

Methods: methodological study developed in five stages: situational diagnosis; bibliographic survey; construction of illustrations, layout, design and texts; content and appearance validation by judges (25 experts) and calculation of the Flesch Readability Index; and validation with the target audience (12 parents). A minimum Content Validity Index of 0.