Management Function Study based on under-five Nutritional Status Screening

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Based on the manual book Village Midwife, published by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2008, one of the visions of empowering midwife is to reduce the case of malnourished toddlers and got diarrhea, so screening is essential to do. AIM: This research analyzes the efforts to control the incidence of malnourished toddlers based on the analysis to management function of midwife performance in the screening of malnourished toddlers in Bangkalan Regency. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive research. The research was conducted in Bangkalan Regency. Research participants consisted of 376 midwives located in 22 Community Health Centers in Bangkalan Regency. The sampling technique was proportional random sampling, with a sample size of 331 midwives. The data collection tool is in the form of a questionnaire, before being used, the validity and reliability tests are carried out, the results are valid and reliable. Data analysis used descriptive statistics, the form of frequency distribution and percentage. RESULTS: Supervision on the parameters that most take effect to the midwife performance in the screening of malnourished toddlers. Moreover, then, the variables of the planning function and the mobilization function were affect the performance of midwife in screening malnourished toddlers in Bangkalan Regency. While the variable of the organizing function does not affect to the performance of midwife in malnourished screening. CONCLUSION: To improve the performance of midwife in screening malnourished toddlers in Bangkalan Regency, good cooperation and coordination is most needed between the Health Office, related organizations, the community, and parents/families of toddlers as well as important officials at Bangkalan Regency. Especially to the health-care workers to announced information and socialized about the health of toddlers to the community and parents/families. So that the incidence of malnourished toddlers can be detected early for follow-up.