Perbedaan Pengetahuan Kader Tentang Desa Siaga di
Desa Siaga dan Desa yang Berstatus Belum Siaga di
Kabupaten Katingan Tahun 2011= In the year 2015, The Ministry of Health of Indonesia targeted that 80% of
villages have become the active Alert Village. Recorded in the year 2009 the
number of Alert villages in Central Kalimantan Province is 136 (9.67%) of 1406
villages in there. While in Kabupaten Katingan a number of Alert Village is 28
villages (17.3%) of 161 villages. The implementation of Alert Village program
that launched by the Ministry of Health is not working. Cadre is one of the
community activator that directly assist health workers in managing alert village
health.
The study was conducted in Kabupaten Katingan to know the differences
of cadre knowledge about Alert Village in Alert village and non Alert Villages.
The study design was cross sectional study. Population and the sample was a
cadre in the Posyandu. The sample consisted of 68 cadre from Alert Villages and
68 cadres from non Alert Villages. The variables that’s been studied were the
characteristics of cadre (age, education, occupation, and length of service),
Exposure information about the alert village through Mass Media (electronic and
print media), training and socializing about alert village. Samples obtained by
cluster random sampling technique. Data were collected through interviews using
a questionnaire and analyzed by univariate analysis and bivariate.
The results showed that most of cadre in the alert village and non alert
villages in the age of ≥ 32 year. Most of cadre in non Alert Villages not graduated
from high school, while in Alert Village the cadre graduated from Junior High
School. Cadre in both villages do not have jobs (housewife) and serve more than
≥ 4 years in the Alert village, while in non alert villages serve less than 4 years.
Information obtained by the cadre of alert village is from the print media while the
cadre in non alert villages get it from electronic media. Cadre of alert get more
training and socialization about Alert Village compared to non Alert Villages
Cadre. The results of the bivariate analysis found that cadre who receive training
and socialization of the Alert Villages have a better knowledge than those who
does not. There is a knowledge differences about Alert Villages between cadre in
the Alert village and non Alert Villages.
So that it is necessary to enhance the effort of cadre knowledge through
training and socialization of about alert village in the implementation and
developmet of Alert Village / Sri Lestari Ningsih