Secercah Hati: Community Empowerment Program in Health and Economic Affairs through the Role of Posyandu and Posbindu

Abstract

The poverty level of urban communities, indicated by the high rate of maternal and infant mortality, the presence of stunting problems, and the poor health of the elderly in the Cibereum Village, Cimahi City, have an impact on the lack of concern for individual health and environmental health. The Secercah Hati program is created with the purpose of overcoming such problems. This program is a community empowerment program to create a healthy, knowledgeable, and prosperous society by increasing the role of women. It is collaborating with the Cimahi City Government Program, based on the 2017-2022 Cimahi City Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMD). Furthermore, the Secercah Hati Program is also an implementation of a partnership which is not only between Jenderal Achmad Yani University and the Cimahi City Government but also with Pasundan University. The program attempts to solve the issues by improving the role of Posyandu and Posbindu. The method of activity begins with a situation analysis that is coordinated with Cimahi City Government, problem identification, gathering and analyzing needs, determining priority problems, providing solutions, implementing, and evaluating. This participatory empowerment activity was carried out by forming a women's community consisting of Posyandu and Posbindu managers. Empowerment was implemented through training, workshops, mentoring, and role play (theatrical), so that they could optimize their role in improving public health and the environment and supporting the family economy. They were taught the ability to produce culinary with strong branding and market products utilizing digital marketing. In addition, they learnt to manage capital to support business sustainability. The program has an impact on increasing the number of cadres and the level of community participation in Posyandu and Posbindu activities, increasing the number of women entrepreneurs and increasing community income. The success of this community empowerment program needs to be supported by the concept of exciting and measurable activities in order to get a positive response from the community. Mentoring activities would be conducted continuously until the community is accustomed to and able to run programs independently and this is one of the keys to success. Implementing activities that synergize the Regional Government, Universities, and the community have proven to make the community empowerment program more effective.

A review of Internet-based approaches for health promotion programs related to the COVID-19 pandemic and wellness education

“…This method has been implemented since the establishment of the Integrated Service Post or 'Pos Pelayanan Terpadu' (Posyandu) in 1986 by involving women volunteers in the surrounding areas of a community. 27 The advantage of recruiting millennial cadres is that they tend to be more agile, up-to-date concerning new information, and have relatively more time to devote to this work because they are not too involved in household affairs. This approach is also supported by the 'work from home' program during the pandemic which gives them flexibility in time management.…”

Refreshing Praktek Pemantauan Status Gizi Bagi Kader Posyandu Desa Tangkit Kecamatan Sungai Gelam Kabupaten Muaro Jambi Tahun 2023

“…Cara pengukuran yang keliru dengan penggunaan alat antropometri yang keliru akan memberikan hasil ukur yang tidak tepat. Tingkat validitas dan reliabilitas data selanjutnya akan mempengaruhi hasil dan rencana kebijakan yang dipilih (4). Keterampilan kader dengan posyandu yang tidak aktif selama masa Covid-19 dalam kurun waktu 2 tahun terakhir diperberat dengan penunjukan Kader baru yang dapat memberikan dampak negative terhadap pemantauan status gizi (5).…”

Family Empowerment Program as Community Education in Supporting the Prevention of the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…This is in line with Sumardjo and Firmasyah (2015), Hermawan and Suryono (2016), Destiningrum et al (2018) who state that community empowerment would be very effective in shaping and developing new innovations produced by the community if the creation and implementation were participatory and accompanied by mentoring. Katiah et al (2019) and Paramita et al (2019) also say that empowerment programs cannot be separated from continuous mentoring activities, until community groups are used to and are able to implement the program independently. In addition, Kurniawati et al (2018), Widiastoeti and Kiak (2018) underline that empowerment must be based on the identification of problems, the potential for human and natural resources that will characterize the product.…”