Immunization Program Intervention Training in Stunting Prevention Effort in Sampang Regency, Madura Island, East Java

Abstract

Stunting was still a major health problem in Indonesia. Sampang Regency was one of the districts that experienced an increase in the prevalence of Stunting. According to the 2018 Riskesdas data, it shows that one in three babies under two years old (baduta) and babies under five years old (toddlers) in Indonesia are in the stunting category. To prevent stunting, intervention was needed to increase the number of immunization. The aim in this activity was to identify the barrier increasing Universal Coverage Immunization (UCI) to solve immunization problem by Human Centered-Design (HCD) method. The method used is a qualitative method using HCD, which is a method used to explore problems from the community side. This activity was involved by the head of the epidemiology and immunization section, the program holders of the Sampang district health office, coordinating midwives and immunization coordinators at selected health centers regarding immunization program interventions, namely exploring immunization problems from the community. The HCD intervention method has several steps, namely Persona, Journey of Map, Quote, Findings and Suggestions. The results from the intervention was every public health centers known to have a different picture related to portraits of people in the community who are influential in the implementation of the immunization program. This program showed that health was not only the responsibility of government or the health program holders, but everyone. The recommendations from the HCD training at the two public health centers agreed to re-advocate the immunization program to relevant stakeholders.