Construction and validation of an educational booklet on care for children with gastrostomy.

Objectives: to describe the process of construction and validation of an educational booklet on care for children with gastrostomy, directed to caregivers.

Methods: a methodological study developed in five stages: bibliographic survey; situational diagnosis; illustration, layout, design and text construction; expert validation and Flesch-Kincaid Readability calculation; validation with the target audience. Content Validity Index and Suitability Assessment of Materials were applied for expert analysis.