BERMITRA BERSAMA KADER DALAM UPAYA PENINGKATAN KEWASPADAAN IBU DAN KELUARGA TERHADAP TANDA BAHAYA KEHAMILAN

Abstract

Background: Data from the Bantul Health Office (Dinkes), the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Bantul Regency in 2023 was 9 cases or 84.36 per 100,000 live births. So that quality maternal health services can be realized if the community is involved as a support system. Information about maternal health can be easily accessed by the community, through health cadres. Health cadres play an important role in preventing complications in pregnancy. With assistance from cadres, it is hoped that they can change the behavior of pregnant women to be able to detect early and always routinely carry out pregnancy checks. Research Objectives: Collaborating with cadres to increase the knowledge and awareness of mothers and families regarding danger signs during pregnancy. Activity Method: In this activity, cadres and students are divided into several groups. In groups, discussions are held using flipcharts and question and answer sessions in groups. Results: The community service provided succeeded in increasing the knowledge of cadres regarding danger signs of pregnancy by using aids, namely flipcharts and cadres understand how to use flipcharts correctly. This can be seen from monitoring and verbal evaluation. The cadre mothers who pay attention can provide several questions related to daily education related to pregnancy danger signs. Overall, this activity provides great benefits for cadres in supporting the cadre program for efforts to be aware of complications in pregnancy