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BLITAR – Bumirejo, Kesamben – Integrated Health Family Planning Service Post (posyandu) it's a basic health activity organized from, by, and for communities assisted by health workers. So, Posyandu is a community self-help activity in the health sector with the responsibility of the village head.
Posyandu was started primarily to serve toddlers (immunization, weigh the body) and elderly people (elderly posyandu), and finally through a joint decree between the Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs (Minister of Home Affairs), Minister of Health (Minister of Health) RI, head of the National Family Planning Coordinating Agency (BKKBN) and chairman of the Mobilization Team (TP) Building Family Wellbeing (PKK) and launched around the year 1986.
One of the activities carried out by KKN students (Community Service Program) IAIN Tulungagung Bumirejo post 2 is posyandu assistance by the health division. The goal of posyandu is to reduce the infant mortality rate (AKB), increase the intake of nutrients and vitamins needed by toddlers, provide education about nutritional intake and good methods of breastfeeding and increase community participation in developing health and family planning activities. Some of the main activities at posyandu are KIA, KB, Immunization, nutrition, and control of diarrhea.
Posyandu activities for toddlers are held at PONKESDES (Village Health Cottage) Bumirejo hamlet, Tuesday date 16 January 2020. Posyandu activities started at 12:00 p.m 09.00 WIB. The number of toddlers attending posyandu is approx 40 child. The midwife on duty was Mrs. Lilik Puji Astuti, S.Tr.Keb and there are several posyandu cadres who assist in the posyandu process.
This posyandu activity begins with weighing toddlers, measure height, then handed over the KIA book (Maternal and Child Health) which in this book contains maternal health records (hamil, childbirth and postpartum) and child (newborns to toddlers 5 year) as well as various information on how to maintain and care for the health of mothers and children.
Then given PMT (Supplementary Food) The food provided includes green bean porridge and toddler biscuits.
Furthermore, midwife Lilik Puji Astuti, S.Tr.Keb, also provides counseling for mothers and children regarding child growth and development by disseminating KIA books, which includes how to care for a baby from birth.
A mother must check the child's condition starting from the head which includes the circumference of the head and the head should not be pressed because the baby's head will develop on its own as it gets older.. Then check the ears, Children's ears must be cleaned frequently to avoid blocking the auditory canal. Then move on to the nose, oral cavity, chest and stomach, genitals, arms and legs.
Apart from that, there is a presentation regarding children's nutrition for growth and development. A child needs stimulation such as playing, the aim of which is so that the child does not forget easily, and also a color blindness test to prevent children from becoming color blind from an early age. (Desy Ro'izatul Azizah-Bumirejo-Posko 2)
