Efforts to Improve the Performance of Posyandu Cadres Based on Analysis of Cadre Empowerment in Tulungagung Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

Posyandu is one form of Community-Based Health Efforts held together with the community in obtaining
basic health services. The cadre’s role is to provide health information to the community, as a community
mobilizer to come to Posyandu and a motivator to realize maternal and child health. The research was aimed
at developing an effort to improve the performance of Posyandu cadres based on an analysis of empowerment
in Tulungagung Regency. The study was conducted using observational analytic method with a sample
of 32 Posyandu. The study was conducted in Tulungagung Regency in January-March 2020. The results
showed that there was a relationship between the process of empowering and capability empowerment
with the performance of Posyandu cadres (0.019; 0.001). There was a relationship between cadre training
and alignment (0.002); the relationship between the availability of facilities and the role of the village with
capability (0.042; 0.028) and the relationship between the development of cadres and trusts (0.028). It
could be concluded that the performance of Posyandu cadres was influenced by the process of empowering
alignment and capability. While trust was not related to the performance of Posyandu cadres. The process
of empowering alignment was influenced by cadre training; capability was influenced by the availability of
facilities and the role of villages.