Masalah utama penelitian adalah belum diketahui bagaimana pengelolaan program imunisasi TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan dalam upaya pencapaian cakupan. Penelitian dilakukan terhadap pengelolaan program imunisasi di Puskesmas Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan dalam upaya pencapaian cakupan imunisasi TT pada ibu hamil. Ruang lingkup penelitian adalah pengelolaan program imunisasi TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas yang meliputi Perencanaan, Pelaksanaan, Koordinasi, Pencatatan dan Pelaporan, Pemantauan serta Evaluasi. Penelitian bersifat kualitatif dengan melakukan studi kasus di 4 Puskesmas untuk menjaga validitas data maka digunakan Metode Triangulasi yaitu Triangulasi Sumber dan Triangulasi Metode.
Hasil penelitian menyatakan bahwa perencanaan kebutuhan vaksin TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan dilakukan oleh pihak Puskesmas. Perencanaan kebutuhan vaksin TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas berdasarkan jumlah sasaran dan target cakupan masing masing Puskesmas. Jadi seharusnya perencanaan kebutuhan vaksin TT ibu hamil dilakukan masing-masing Puskesmas sebagai unit pelayanan imunisasi sehingga kebutuhan vaksin sesuai dengan jumlah sasaran dan target cakupan dari masing masing Puskesmas.
Kebutuhan cold chain di Puskesmas Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan cukup memadai baik sarana penyimpan vaksin maupun pengangkut vaksin. Adanya Puskesmas di Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan dengan frekuwensi dan pengeluaran vaksin TT ibu hamil lebih dari I kali sehari, sehingga memungkinkan menurunnya potensi vaksin yang lain.
Pemantauan program imunisasi TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan hanya dilakukan melalui PWS atau Pemanatau Wilayah Setempat tanpa adanya supervisi atau pembinaan dari pihak Kabupaten. Evaluasi program imunisasi TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas juga dilakukan hanya melalui data primer sehingga evaluasi dilakukan terhadap tingkat cakupan tanpa analisa Puskesmas dengan cakupan rendah. Adanya droup out imunisasi TT ibu hamil, artinya terdapat ibu hamil dengan imunisasi TT yang tidak lengkap sehingga tidak bermakna dalam pencegahan Tetanus Neonatorum. Imunisasi TT ibu hamil diberikan sebanyak 2 kali selama kehamilan dengan selang waktu minimal 4 minggu.
Angka rata-rata pencapaian cakupan imunisasi TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas Kabupaten OKU Sumatera Selatan dalam kategori rendah sehingga tidak bermakna dalam pencegahan Tetanus Neonatorum. Puskesmas harus meningkatkan pengelolaan program imunisasi TT ibu hamil guna pencapaian cakupan yang tinggi. Pengetolaan program imunisasi TT ibu hamil di Puskesmas meliputi Perencanaan, Pelaksanaan,-Koordinasi, Pencatatan dan Pelaporan, Pemantauan Berta Evaluasi.
Managerail Role of the TT for Pregnancy Immunization Programs in the Public Health Care Centre of OKU Regency South Sumatera ProvinceThe main problem of the research is unknown how to manage the immunization program in the public health care centre of OKU regency South Sumatera Province in achieving the scope of the IT immunization for pregnancy_ The scope of the research is how to manage the immunization grogram in the public health care centre in achieving the scope of the IT immunizationfor pregnancy that are consisting of planning, implementating, coordinating, recording, reporting, observing and evaluating. The qualitataive research is done by taking case study in four public health care centres_ To maintainihe validity-of the-data; we-have-to-take-the-triangulationrnethods, they are the resource and the method triangulations.The result of the research told that the planning of the TT vaccination necessities for pregnancy in the public health care centre of OKU regency South Sumatera Province are done by regency official. The planning of the IT vaccination necessities in the public health care centre is based on the number of the object and the target of each public health care centre scope.The planning of the vaccination necessities for pregnancy in care public health care centre is done by each public health care centre as an immunization service unit, so the vaccination necessities are in accorded with the number of the object and the target from each public health care centre. The necessities of the cold chain in the public health care centre of OKU regency South Surnatera Province are provided enough as a vaccination keeper or carrier.The existence of the public health care centre in of OKU regency South Sumatera Province with the frequency and the using of the TT vaccination for pregnancy is more than once a day, so it may reduce the potencies of the other vaccinatins. The observation of the TT vaccination programs for pregnancy in the public health care centre of OKU regency South Sumatera Province is done through local area observation only without using supervision or guding from the regency side.The evaluation of the TT immunization for pregnancy in the public health care centre is also carried out through primary data only, so evaluation is done on the scope level without analizing, especially the public health care centre with low scope.The dropping out of the TT immunization for pregnancy shows that there are some pregnant women with uncompleted TT immunization, so it won't give anything in preventing Tetanus Neonatorum. The TT immunization for pregnancy is given twice during pregnancy given after four weeks months since the in each giving. The mean of the scope achievement of the immunization for pregnancy in the public health care centre of OKU regency South Sumatera Province is in the low category, so it won't give anything in preventing Tetanus Neonatorum_ The public health care centre should improve the management of the TT immunization programs--for pregnancy in the public health care centre are consisting of planning, implementating, coordinating, recording, reporting, observing and evaluating.