Studi ketidakaktifan kader posyandu di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Paramasan, Banjar, Kalimantan Selatan

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Background: Integrated health post is a community empowered health service that also supported by health workers. Cadres are the drive motor of integrated health post. Inactivity of cadres influence the continuity of integrated health post and affect nutritional status early detection of infants and children
underfive. Paramasan Primary Health Care is a region in Banjar Regency that has the highest inactivity cadres level (54.5%).

Objectives: To examine the knowledge of cadres, comprehensiveness of facilities and infrastructure at integrated health post, head of village and health workers support, incentives and awards, and community participation as the background of integrated health post cadres inactivity in Banjar Regency, South
Kalimantan.

Methods: This was a descriptive research with qualitative methods using a case study design. The research was implemented in the Region of Paramasan Primary Health Cares at Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan in April until May 2014. Informants were selected by purposive sampling until get saturated
data. The data collection was done by using 3 methods: in-depth interview of 23 informants, focus group discussion (FGD) of 30 informants, and field observation. Data analysis used in this study was constant comparative method.

Results: Cadres had very low knowledge never joined any training, and also illeterate. The facilities and infrastructure in integrated health post were very limited. Head of village support on cadres and integrated health post were also low. Unscheduled and unstable of incentive numbers and awards received by
cadres was also a problem. The level of community participation was really depended on the activeness of cadres in reminding the schedule of integrated health post activities.

Conclusions: The knowledge of cadres contibuted to the cadres inactivity, such as a poor participation and lack of confidence in attending the activities of the integrated health post.

KEYWORDS: cadres, inactivity, integrated health post

ABSTRAK

Latar belakang: Posyandu merupakan wadah pelayanan kesehatan dari, oleh, dan untuk masyarakat dengan dukungan petugas kesehatan. Kader merupakan motor penggerak posyandu. Tidak aktifnya kader menyebabkan ketidaklancaran pelaksanaan posyandu serta tidak terdeteksinya status gizi bayi dan balita sejak dini. Puskesmas Paramasan merupakan salah satu wilayah di Kabupaten Banjar dengan tingkat ketidakaktifan kader tertinggi yaitu sebesar 54,5%.

Tujuan: Mengkaji secara mendalam pengetahuan kader, kelengkapan sarana dan prasarana posyandu, dukungan kepala desa dan petugas kesehatan, insentif dan penghargaan kader, serta partisipasi masyarakat ke posyandu sebagai latar belakang ketidakaktifan kader posyandu.

Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan metode kualitatif menggunakan rancangan studi kasus. Pelaksanaan penelitian di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Paramasan Kabupaten Banjar Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan pada bulan April hingga Mei 2014. Informan dipilih secara purposive sampling, berlanjut hingga saturasi data. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara mendalam terhadap 23 orang informan, diskusi kelompok terfokus (DKT) terhadap 30 orang informan, dan observasi lapangan. Analisis data menggunakan metode constant comparative method.

Hasil: Kader memiliki pengetahuan kurang, tidak pernah mengikuti pelatihan, dan tidak bisa baca tulis. Sarana dan prasarana di posyandu sangat kurang, demikian pula dengan dukungan kepala desa terhadap kader, dan posyandu yang tergolong masih minim. Insentif dan penghargaan yang diterima kader dikategorikan tidak rutin dengan jumlah tidak tetap. Tingkat partisipasi masyarakat ke posyandu masih tergantung pada keaktifan kader dalam mengingatkan tentang hari buka posyandu.

Kesimpulan: Pengetahuan kader memberikan kontribusi terhadap ketidakaktifan kader yaitu kurangnya keaktifan dalam menghadiri kegiatan di posyandu.

KATA KUNCI: kader, ketidakaktifan, posyandu