EMPOWERMENT OF POSYANDU CONTROL IN KNOWING PNEUMONIA SYMPTOMS BEHAVIOR IN WORKING AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER BAKUNASE OF KUPANG CITY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Pneumonia is the second leading cause of death, and is the 10 biggest disease every year in health
facilities. This study aims to determine differences in knowledge, attitudes and actions of posyandu cadres about
recognizing the symptoms of pneumonia in toddlers before and after implementation of empowerment activities
in the form of socialization in the work area of Kupang City Bakunase primary health center in 2018. This
research design was quasi experimental with Randomi's approach zed pretest- posttest control group design. The
study population was the cadres of posyandu in the Bakunase Primary Health Center in Kupang City. The study
sample was 104 samples. Data analysis was carried out by univariate, bivariate with Kolmogorov Smirnov
formula and Wilcoxon test with α = 0.05. The results of the study there are differences in knowledge, attitudes
and actions with p value = 0,000 (p <α). It was concluded that there were differences in the intervention group,
namely knowledge, attitudes, actions of posyandu cadres in recognizing pneumonia symptoms in infants before
and after implementing empowerment activities in the form of training. It is expected that health workers at the
Bakunase Primary Health Center can further enhance the empowerment of Posyandu cadres in the form of three
months of training so that posyandu cadres have better knowledge, attitudes and actions as an effort to early
detection and prevention of pneumonia in infants.

Keywords: empowerment, knowledge, attitude, action, posyandu cadre, pneumonia, toddler