The Roles of Cadre as a Support Group for People Who Living With Hiv/Aids

Abstract

The people living with HIV (PLWH) are vulnerable population with several health problems and stigma from the community. People living with HIV need social support from the people around them, include community health worker as support groups. The purpose of this activity was to increase the knowledge and attitude of cadre as support group in providing support to PLWH. This program consists of health education and training as support group for PLWH. The target of the activity was 20 community health workers in Turen district, Malang Regency. The activity was held on October 16, 2021. Participants were given a knowledge and attitude questionnaire before and after the activity. The results of the paired t test about community health worker knowledge obtained a value of 0.000 (<p value 0.05) so it means there was a significant difference between the average level of pre-test and post-test cadre knowledge. The results of the paired t test about community health worker attitudes obtained a value of 0.000 (<p value 0.05) so it menas that there is a significant difference between the average of pre-test and post-test community health worker attitudes. It can be concluded that support group training can improve the knowledge and attitudes of community health worker as support group for PLWH.

Pelatihan Kader Lansia dalam Penanganan Gawat Darurat Pada Lansia (GADASIA) di Puskesmas Pasar Ikan Kota Bengkulu

“…Pengalaman kader kesehatan khususnya kader lansia dalam penanganan kejadian gawat darurat pada lansia masih kurang dan juga tingkat Pendidikan kader lansia yang beragam, tidak berlatar belakang pendidikan kesehatan, sementara resiko kegawatdaruratan dapat terjadi kapan saja pada lansia karena sebagian besar lansia memiliki riwayat penyakit degeneratif dan kronis sebelumnya (Kartika et al, 2023).Disamping itu kader lansia belum pernah mengikuti pelatihan penanganan kegawatdaruratan. Pihak Puskesmas berharap kader lansia tidak hanya mampu membantu merawat lansia memenuhi kebutuhan dasar sehari-hari saja tapi juga dapat memberikan pertolongan jika sewaktu-waktu terjadi cidera atau jatuh pada lansia, karena menurut penanggung jawab program lansia beberapa kasus yang sering terjadi seperti lansia yang tiba-tiba syncope, hipoglikemia membuat keluarga panik dan meminta perawat Puskesmas untuk datang ke rumah.…”