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Roles and challenges of health cadres in handling stunting: a qualitative study

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العنوان: Roles and challenges of health cadres in handling stunting: a qualitative study
المؤلفون: Annisa Wuri Kartika, Setyoadi Setyoadi, Yati Sri Hayati, Cici Indah Setiowati
المصدر: Healthcare in Low-resource Settings (2024)
بيانات النشر: PAGEPress Publications, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Community empowerment, health cadres, stunting, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
الوصف: Health cadres are volunteers or healthcare workers in the village who possess knowledge and skills in delivering basic healthcare services to the community. These people have direct access to the community at the grassroots level, playing an essential role in detecting, preventing, and addressing stunting. This study aimed to explore the experience of health cadres to increase understanding of their role in the community to address stunting. This study was carried out using a qualitative method and Focus Group Discussions (FGD), which included 40 participants for data collection. The instrument used was an FGD interview, consisting of questions about stunting, the experience as cadres, and the identification of stunting problems in the village. Subsequently, the data obtained were analyzed using the narrative analysis method. The identified themes included role played as cadres and the associated challenges. The roles that were identified included assisting primary health care programs, providing health education to mothers, weighing children, making referrals when there were problems, and helping to collect data needed by primary health care. The challenges observed were community perceptions underestimating the problem of stunting, attitudes of mothers, stigma in society about stunting, and other activities of health cadres. In conclusion, this study shows that the roles of cadres are expected to be an important factor in handling stunting. Consequently, providing adequate training and supervision for health cadres is essential to improve their role in the community.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2281-7824
Relation: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/hls/article/view/13057; https://doaj.org/toc/2281-7824
DOI: 10.4081/hls.2024.13057
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/afef141e5d504cb2ac911e669c0d174f
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.fef141e5d504cb2ac911e669c0d174f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:22817824
DOI:10.4081/hls.2024.13057