The Effectiveness of Training and Mentoring Activities to Improve Cadre Performance in Child Growth Monitoring (CGM) Suyatno1,*, Kartasurya Martha Irene1 1Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Suyatno Department of Public Health Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Indonesia Phone: +62 8212815730 Email: suyatnofkmundip@gmail.com
Online published on 20 March, 2019. Abstract Routine growth monitoring of children in Indonesia is done through Posyandu. Posyandu cadres who have sufficient knowledge about Child Growth Monitoring (CGM) are needed to improve early detection of child malnutrition to prevent stunting. The ability to use WHO-Anthro software followed by mentoring programs is expected to help increase cadre capacity in CGM performance. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of training and mentoring activities in using WHO-Anthro software to improve cadres’ performance in monitoring children's growth. This research was a collaborative research with the Ministry of Health. This experimental research used one group pretest-posttest design. This research was conducted on 30 female cadres from 30 Posyandu in Semarang City, Indonesia. Intervention activities and data collection were carried out for three months. Data were analyzed by comparison tests. The results showed that after the intervention there was an increase in knowledge scores, practice scores and performance scores of cadres in CGM. It was concluded that training and guidance on the implementation of WHO-Anthro software improved cadre performance in CGM. Top Keywords Posyandu cadre, child growth monitoring, WHO-Anthro, nutritional surveillance. Top |