CADRE EMPOWERMENT IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF POSYANDU SERVICES AT TEGALTIRTO VILLAGE
Novi Indrayani (a*), Nonik Ayu Wantini (b), Arum Kurnia Sulistyawati (c)
Universitas Respati Yogyakarta, Jln. Raya Tajem KM 1,5 Maguwoharjo, Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta
Program Studi DIV Bidan Pendidik, Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan
Abstract
Background: Activities conducted at the Integrated Health Service Center (Ind. Pusat Pelayanan Terpadu [POSYANDU]) should cover the services of maternal and child health, family planning, immunization, nutrition, and prevention and treatment of diarrhea. However, in its implementation, POSYANDU Kanthil, Kamboja and Soka still focus only on weighing and supplementary feeding. The cadres in those three POSYANDU have not received maximum training related to health services at POSYANDU. The incomplete facilities and infrastructure have also become one of the obstacles for cadres to improve their service quality. Objectives: Knowing the difference in cadre knowledge knowledge before and after gain knowledge about improving the quality of posyandu services. Methods: Experimental design Used pre-test and post-test. Total sampling with number of samples is 19 respondents. The univariate analysis technique used percentages and bivariate analysis used paired samples test Results: Most respondents aged> 35 years is 15 (78.9%) respondents. High school / vocational education is 10 (52.6%) respondents. Eigtht (42.1%) respondents came from the “Kamboja” Posyandu. Cadres have tenure of 5-10 years which is 10 (52.6%). The average value of cadre knowledge on pre-test is 62.11 and the average value on post-test is 74.47. 0,000 value of Correlation coefficient. The average difference between pre-test and post-test is -12,368. The difference is between -16,647 to -8,090. Conclusions: There are differences of cadre knowledge before and after gain knowledge about improving the quality of posyandu services.
Keywords: Cadre, POSYANDU, Knowledge, Skills
Topic: MATERNAL, NEONATAL, AND CHILD HEALTH