PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK, PELATIHAN DAN PEMBINAAN KADER TERHADAP VALIDITAS PENIMBANGAN ANAK BALITA DI POSYANDU WILAYAH PUSKESMAS SUKORAMBI KECAMATAN SUKORAMBI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

T childhood weighing results (20.66%) in Jember district that does not accordance with the target (10%). Public health centers with high value T result (32.74%) malnourished childhood and there are public health centers Sukorambi that include prone nutrition areas. Conditions weight in the Posyandu that never calibrated and cadre of skills that are lacking in weighing cause inaccuracies the weighing results. So that the function of Posyandu as early detection of malnutrition in childhood is questionable. According to the preliminary survey conducted in Posyandu Kemuning Lor village, there are 3 of 5 Posyandu is weighing invalid. The objektive of this study was to analyze the influence of the characteristics (age, working status, educational level, and long been a cadre), training, and coaching cadre to the validity of the weighing of children under five in the Posyandu Area of Sukorambi’s Public Health Center, Sukorambi District – Jember. The research was conducted on 48 people weighing in Posyandu cadres in the region Sukorambi Public Health Center. This was an observational analytic study. Analysis technique used was multiple logistic regression analysis with α = 0.05. Based on the analysis of the results obtained age (0.729), long been cadre (0.035) and training of cadres (0.331). Could be concluded that the long been cadres a significant influence on the validity of the weighing childhood in Posyandu (p-value = 0.035). From the research, it had been necessary to regenerated the existing cadre of old age by hiring new young people. New young people to have become cadres for the implementation of the weighing of childhood in Posyandu run well.