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Desa siaga merupakan salah satu program yang digulirkan Depkes.Komponenkesiapan menjadi salah satu faktor penting terhadap terlaksananya program desasiaga.Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui kesiapan pengembangan desa siaga diKabupaten Konawe Selatan,dengan menggunakan desain kualitatif untukmengetahui informasi keberadaan komponen pengembangan desasiaga.Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode diskusi kelompok terarah danwawancara.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari Sembilan variabel yangharus dimiliki dalam pengembangan desa siaga,baru empat variabel yang sudahdimiliki.Kesimpulannya secara umum Kabupaten Konawe Selatan belum siapuntuk pengembangan desa siaga.Dinkes Kabupaten diharapkan mampumeningkatkan pengadaan sarana prasarana Poskesdes yang sudah berjalan baikdan meningkatkan kemitraan dengan pemerintah kecamatan dan desa.

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ABSTRACT
Village alert was one program that published by Health Departement. Thereadiness component be an important factor to implementate village alertprograms. The objective of this study was to identify ?the readiness in village alertdevelopment at South Konawe district?, which used a qualitative method to getmore information about availability of components of village alert development.Data collected with focus group discussion and in depth interview. The findingsof this study showed that the village in South Konawe just have four variablesfrom nine variables that must been available. The conclusion was South Konawedistrict have not been ready for village alert development. It is recommended forHealth Departement to improve Poskesdes facilities that have been going on andto improve collaboration with village and sub district government., Village alert was one program that published by Health Departement. Thereadiness component be an important factor to implementate village alertprograms. The objective of this study was to identify ”the readiness in village alertdevelopment at South Konawe district”, which used a qualitative method to getmore information about availability of components of village alert development.Data collected with focus group discussion and in depth interview. The findingsof this study showed that the village in South Konawe just have four variablesfrom nine variables that must been available. The conclusion was South Konawedistrict have not been ready for village alert development. It is recommended forHealth Departement to improve Poskesdes facilities that have been going on andto improve collaboration with village and sub district government.]