The birth of Integrated services post (Posyandu) in 1980s is no doubt
based on the effort of the Goverment of Indonesia to improve the health sta-
tus of the population following the International call the Declaration of Alma-
Ata (Kazakhstan) about Primary Health Care in 1978. The key concept of the
declaration is community participation. In Indonesia specifically the commu-
nity participation is called ?gotong royong?. Community plays an important role
in the improvement of their own health. To involve community in the health
care, the volunteer has to be recruited and trained to recognize basic health
care issues. The idea is that the volunteers that called village health worker
(kader) as part of the community would be much easier to deliver health pro-
grams because they are closer to them compare to the public health officials.
This paper is intended to discuss Posyandu which is basically a sociocultural
approach for primary health care as a strategy to improve the health status of
Indonesian people.
Indonesia untuk meningkatkan status kesehatan masyarakat, mengikuti
panggilan internasional, Deklarasi Alma Ata (Kazakhstan) tentang
kesehatan masyarakat tahun 1978. Konsep kunci deklarasi tersebut adalah
partisipasi masyarakat. Di Indonesia, partisipasi masyarakat disebut ?go-
tong royong?. Masyarakat memainkan peran penting dalam meningkatkan
kesehatan masing-masing. Untuk melibatkan masyarakat dalam kesehatan
masyarakat, relawan harus direkrut dan dilatih untuk mengenal isu-isu ke-
sehatan masyarakat dasar. Gagasan mengenai relawan yang disebut kader
(village health worker) tersebut diajukan agar relawan sebagai bagian dari
masyarakat dapat lebih mudah menyampaikan program-program kese-
hatan karena lebih dekat dibandingkan pejabat kesehatan masyarakat. Di
dalam artikel ini dibahas tentang Posyandu yang pada dasarnya merupakan
pendekatan sosiokultural dalam pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat sebagai
Integrated Services Post (Posyandu) as Sociocultural
Approach for Primary Health Care Issue
Pos Pelayanan Terpadu (Posyandu) sebagai Pendekatan Sosiokultural
untuk Isu Pelayanan Kesehatan Dasar
Oedojo Soedirham
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strategi untuk meningkatkan status kesehatan masyarakat Indonesia.
