Effect of Child Growth and Development Training on the Knowledge and Attitude among Community Health Workers in Semarang, Central Java

Abstrak. Tanggap darurat adalah suatu tindakan yang dilakukan dengan secepat mungkin pada saat bencana terjadi untuk mencegah potensi buruk terhadap masyarakat. Dalam tanggap darurat bencana ini, dibutuhkan tenaga kesehatan yang memiliki pengetahuan dan pengalaman pelatihan terkait tanggap darurat bencana banjir. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dengan sikap tenaga kesehatan dalam tanggap darurat bencana banjir di Puskesmas Bidara Cina. Desain penelitian ini adalah cross-sectional dengan pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif untuk mengetahui peran Puskesmas Bidara Cina 1, 2 dan 3. Sebanyak 32 tenaga kesehatan dilibatkan dalam penelitian ini dengan teknik total sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan pengisian kuesioner oleh responden dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan dengan dengan sikap tenaga kesehatan dalam tanggap darurat bencana banjir (p=0,029). Bagi penelitian selanjutnya, disarankan untuk menambahkan simulasi tanggap darurat bencana banjir sebagai variabel tindakan tanggap darurat bencana. Abstact.Emergency Response is an immediate action conducted when a disaster occurs to prevent any potential adverse impact on people. In emergency response, community health workers who have sufficient knowledge and training experience in flood disaster emergency response are required. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between knowledge and attitude of community health workers about flood disaster emergency response at Bidara Cina Primary Health Cares (PHC). The design of this research was a cross-sectional design with quantitative and qualitative approaches to know the role of Bidara Cina 1, 2 and 3 Primary Health Cares in flood disaster emergency response. A total of 32 community health workers were recruited in this research by using total sampling technic. Data collection was conducted by questionnaires filling and interviews. The result shows that there was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude of community health workers about flood disaster emergency response (p=0,029). Further studies which use a flood disaster emergency response simulation as an additional variable are recommended.

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Knowledge and Attitude on Prevention of Novel COVID-19 Among Community Health Workers in Nepal.

10.21203/rs.3.rs-192110/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amul Shrestha ◽

Tek Bahadur Thapa ◽

Mahendra Giri ◽

Sanjiv Kumar ◽

Sakil Dhobi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Community Health ◽

Community Health Workers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Total Sample ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Enabling Factors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Abstract 1. Background: Emerging and reemerging pathogens are global challenges for public health and the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 is a reemerging case of an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corornavirus-2 . Health care worker worldwide are at higher risk worldwide and the situation is the same in Nepal. The knowledge and attitude of health workers will certainly mark the outcome towards this pandemic. So, this study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of community health workers towards the prevention of COVID-19 virus.2. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among the community health workers of various provinces of Nepal. A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was prepared in google form and circulated to the sampled health workers through various social media platforms like Facebook, messenger, Instagram, g-mails and messengers. Responses containing anonymized data was collected analyzed in using SPSS-version-20. The results were interpreted and was checked with various demographic and enabling factors using chi-square test and logistic regression model. Also, ethical approval was taken from NHRC (ERB protocol registration number: 360/2020P) prior to the conduction of study.3. Results: Out the total sample size of 450, we took 399 responses taking into consideration all the inclusion criteria. So, from 399 valid response, 230 (47.6%) were males and 169 (42.4%) were females. 380 (95.2%) employed participants thought that wearing PPE will reduce the chances of getting COVID-19, majority of the participants 80.5%(321) responded that COVID-19 will successfully be controlled and staffs receiving excellent support from palika had high knowledge level. Knowledge level was significantly associated with the enabling factor “support from palika” (P=0.045).4. Conclusions: Proper and adequate knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 is a paramount in the prevention and control of SARS-COV2 for everyone and especially the HCW’s who are the frontline workers. There is a need to orient more HCW’s regarding COVID-19, preventive measures. 45.9% of the respondents had no availability of COVID-19 response medical items for prevention of COVID-19 at their respective health facilities which is a serious issue which need to address very quickly to fight against the pandemic.

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Sosioeconomic Factor Affecting the Performance of Community Health Workers at Integrated Health Post in Purworejo, Central Java

Childhood Stunting, Wasting, and Obesity, as the Critical Global Health Issues: Forging Cross-Sectoral Solutions ◽

10.26911/the7thicph.03.91 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ulfah Hidayati ◽

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Didik Gunawan Tamtomo ◽

Bhisma Murti ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Community Health ◽

Community Health Workers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Senior High School ◽

Health Post ◽

Working At Home ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Central Java ◽

Integrated Health

ABSTRACT Background: Cadre of health provider performance has cadres have a role in achieving the success of the integrated health post (posyandu) program. This study aimed to examine sosioeconomic factor affecting the performance of community health workers. Subjects and Method: This was a cross sectional study. The study was conducted at 25 integrated health posts (posyandu) in Purworejo, Central Java, in October 2019. A sample of 200 cadres was selected by simple random sampling. The dependent variable was cadre performance. The independent variables were number of children, education, family income, tenure, skill, and work environment. The data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by a multiple logistic regression run on Stata 13. Results: Cadre performance increased with number of children <3 (b= 1.66; 95% CI= 0.54 to 2.77; p= 0.004), education ≥Senior high school (b= 1.46; 95% CI= 0.17 to 2.75; p= 0.027), working at home (b= 2.00; 95% CI= 0.58 to 3.42; p= 0.006), income ≥Rp 1,200,000 (b= 1.54; 95% CI= 0.14 to 2.93; p= 0.031), tenure ≥3 years (b= 1.93; 95% CI= 0.66 to 3.20; p= 0.003), good skill (b= 1.40; 95% CI= 0.07 to 2.74; p= 0.040), and good environmental (b= 1.88; 95% CI= 0.63 to 3.13; p= 0.003). Conclusion: Cadre performance increases with number of children <3, education ≥Senior high school, working at home, income ≥Rp 1,200,000, tenure ≥3 years, good skill, and good environmental. Keywords: cadre performance, community health workers, integrated health post Correspondence: Ulfah Hidayati. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: +6285725932516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.91

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Relationship between knowledge and mother’s attitude towards the growth and development of children aged 0 12 month in Nagori Sahkuda Bayu Gunung Malela District Simalungun Regency

Jurnal Ilmiah PANNMED (Pharmacist, Analyst, Nurse, Nutrition, Midwivery, Environment, Dentist) ◽

10.36911/pannmed.v16i3.1192 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 556-561

Author(s):

Sukaisi

Keyword(s):

Growth And Development ◽

Health Workers ◽

Child Growth ◽

Chi Square ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Biological Potential ◽

Low Education ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

The Relationship

Child health care efforts are aimed at preparing future generations to be healthy, intelligent, and of high quality and to reduce child mortality. The achievement of optimal child growth and development depends on the biological potential. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between mother's knowledge and attitudes towards the growth and development of children aged 0-12 months in Nagori Sahkuda Bayu, Gunung Malela District, Simalungun Regency. This study is an analytic survey, conducted on 77 mothers. In this study to measure the knowledge, attitudes of mothers about growth and development of children aged 0-12 months and measure the growth and development of children. Knowledge and attitude data was collected using a questionnaire, and measuring children's growth and development was using the Developmental Pre-Screening Questionnaire (KPSP). The data is processed by Chi-Square. The respondents in this study were generally 20-30 years old, with low education and average housewives. The results obtained from the mother's knowledge about child growth and development with sufficient knowledge (40.2%), the mother's attitude generally agreed (62.3%) for growth and development, and the measurement of child growth and development with KPSP was good. There is a significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes of mothers with child growth and development. The role of health workers in assisting mothers to monitor knowledge and child development.

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Path Analysis on the Personal and Social Determinants of Work Performance in Community Health Workers in Surakarta, Central Java

Strengthening Hospital Competitiveness to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Better Health Outcomes ◽

10.26911/the6thicph.04.78 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Restu Pangestuti ◽

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Yulia Lanti Retno Dewi ◽

Endang Sutisna Sulaeman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Path Analysis ◽

Community Health ◽

Community Health Workers ◽

Social Determinants ◽

Work Performance ◽

Health Workers ◽

Central Java

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Knowledge and attitude on prevention of COVID-19 among community health workers in Nepal-a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11400-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Amul Shrestha ◽

Tek Bahadur Thapa ◽

Mahendra Giri ◽

Sanjiv Kumar ◽

Sakil Dhobi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Community Health ◽

Community Health Workers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Abstract Background Emerging and reemerging pathogens are global challenges for public health and the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019is a reemerging case of an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corornavirus-2. Health care worker worldwide are at higher risk worldwide and the situation is the same in Nepal. The knowledge and attitude of health workers will certainly mark the outcome towards this pandemic. So, this study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of community health workers towards the prevention of COVID-19 virus. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among the community health workers of various provinces of Nepal. A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was prepared in Google form and circulated to the sampled health workers through various social media platforms like face book, messenger, Instagram and g-mails. A total of 650 invitations were send and among them 420 responded and among them only 399 provided complete response. Responses containing anonymized data was collected analyzed in using SPSS-version-20. The results were interpreted and was checked with various demographic and enabling factors using chi-square test and logistic regression model. Also, ethical approval was taken from NHRC (Nepal Health Research Council (protocol registration number: 360/2020P) prior to the conduction of study. Results Out the total sample size of 450, we took 399 responses taking into consideration all the inclusion criteria. So, from 399 valid response, 230 (47.6%) were males and 169 (42.4%) were females. 380 (95.2%) employed participants thought that wearing PPE will reduce the chances of getting COVID-19, majority of the participants 80.5% (321) responded that COVID-19 will successfully be controlled and staffs receiving excellent support from palika had high knowledge level. Knowledge level was significantly associated with the enabling factor “support from palika” (P = 0.045).45.9% of the respondents had no availability of COVID-19 response medical items for prevention of COVID-19 at their respective health facilities. Also the logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds of knowledge level was 2 times higher (AOR=1.913 at 95% CI: 1.266-2.891) compared to the female participants (Ref- female). Conclusions Proper and adequate knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 is a paramount in the prevention and control of SARS-COV-2. Health care workers are knowledgeable about COVID-19 and are proactively practicing the preventive measures to minimize the spread of infection but some lack optimistic attitude. Hence, the constantly updated educational programs related to COVID-19 will surely contribute to improving the healthcare workers knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19.

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