Upaya Peningkatan Pengetahuan Dan Keterampilan Kader tentang Antropometri Melalui Pelatihan Pengukuran Antropometri
Daftar Isi:
- Background : Early detection of malnutrition cases in a posyandu prevents the occurance of greater nutritional problems. One of detection methods is nutritional status through anthropometric measurements. Knowledge and skills ofhealth cadres to perform anthropometric measurements were still lacking, so they needed to be improved. Meanwhile, the training which had been carried out could not improve the knowledge and skills of health cadresoptimally. After receiving training with demonstration and practice, it was expected the knowledge and the skills ofhealth cadreswould improved. Objective : This study aimed to determine the differences in knowledge and skills of healthcadreson anthropometric measurements before and after being given a training anthropometric with demonstration and practice. Research Method : This research used quasi experimental research design with one group pre and post test design. There were 31 toddlerhealth cadresselected throughsimple random sampling. The independent variable was anthropometry training, while the dependent variables were the knowledge and skills of healthcadreson anthropometric measurement. Knowledgeofhealthcadresbefore and after were statistically tested with Wilcoxon test while skills of healthcadre before and after training were tested withPaired t test. Statistic test used a the 95% confidence level with a significance level of p < 0,05. Result : Demonstration and practice on anthropometric measurements increased the average score ofcadres’knowledge from 63,55 to 75,97 (p = 0,001) and the average score of cadres’ skills from 65,5 to 86,2 (p = 0,001). Conclusion : Anthropometric measurement training with demonstration and practice could improve the knowledge and skills of healthcadreson anthropometric measurements