Optimalisasi Peran Kader Kesehatan Melalui Pelatihan Self-Care Management Hipertensi Optimizing the Role of Health Caders Through Hypertension Selft Care Management Training

Abstract

The high prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia shows the need for efforts to increase public awareness in managing hypertension as a preventive measure for hypertension complications. One of the efforts made is hypertension self-care management. Objective: to increase the knowledge of health cadres through hypertension self-care management training. This activity was divided into 5 stages: location survey, problem identification, preparation of educational media, training, and evaluation, all carried out through pre- and post-test measurements. Twenty-five health cadres attended the activity. They were enthusiastic about participating in the activity. The average pre-test score was 47.2, and the average post-test score of the health cadres was 77.6. This shows that there was an increase in pre-post test knowledge of 30.4, with a p-value of 0.00 (<0.05). Hypertension self-care management training has a positive impact on health cadres in increasing their knowledge. Hypertension self-care management is very important for patients and families to prevent complications of hypertension.