Peningkatan Kapasitas Kader Kesehatan Sebagai Support Sistem Untuk Kesehatan Mental Ibu Hamil Dan Nifas

Abstract

Pregnancy and postpartum are vulnerable period for women. Determinant factors; domestic violence, divorce, unwanted pregnancy, financial problem even mental disorder still happened in Panggungharjo Village. Health Cadre has expected to become a support system to enhance mental health forpregnant and post partum women. Capacity building for health cadre aimed to increase knowledge to early detection and how to referral women with mental health problem during pregnant an post partum period. This activity was carried out by discussion, games, filling in the pretest and filling in the posttest, which was attended by 28 cadres at the Panggungharjo Village. Increasing the capacity of health cadres as a support system for the mental health of pregnant and postpartum women increases the knowledge of pregnant women cadres regarding mental health in pregnant and postpartum women. The results of filling in the pretest and posttest, show increase 14% in the good knowledge meanwhile no one have had poor knowledge (0%). In this way, it is hoped that pregnant women cadres will have increased knowledge and be able to implement it to detectionand referral and become a support system for pregnant and postpartum women.
Keywords: Cadre, support system, pregnant women, postpartum