Capacity Building to Support Posbindu Cadre Skills in Early Detection of Non-Communicable Diseases

Abstract

Abstract. The number of people with non-communicable diseases is increasing from year to year, including diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension. If not detected and handled properly, it can cause complications and even death. It takes the role of many parties in controlling non-communicable diseases, one of which is Posyandu cadres. At Seroja Sendangadi Mlati Sleman Posyandu, posyandu activities have been carried out. Most cases of non-communicable diseases were DM and hypertension. The problem is that Posyandu Seroja cadres have never received training on checking blood sugar, cholesterol, and uric acid and health education. Posyandu Seroja has never carried out the activities to increase residents' awareness of signs and symptoms of disease, examinations, and management for residents who have been diagnosed. Posyandu also does not have its own blood sugar checker. Therefore, it is important to strengthen the capacity of Pobindu Seroja cadres. In this community service, capacity building has been carried out with training on blood pressure checks and training on simple blood tests (blood sugar, uric acid, gout) and provision of medical devices. The training was attended by 15 cadres. Then, it was continued with the second activity, namely early detection and health education on non-communicable diseases which were attended by 46 posbindu participants. The results of community service were processed using descriptive statistics. The existence of training for cadres increases blood pressure checking skills from 2 capable cadres to 15 capable cadres. Results after simple blood test training are from 1 capable to 8 capable. The results of early detection of non-communicable diseases found that most of the nutritional status was overweight, most of the blood pressure and uric acid were normal, most of the blood sugar and cholesterol were high or abnormal.