Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Siti Asiyah ¹, Dewi Retno Suminar ², Moersintowarti B. Narendra ³, Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ²

Affiliations
1 Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, ID
2 Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
3 Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, ID

Abstract

Child development activities must be based not only to fulfill physical nutrition for children, but also to pay attention to meet the needs ofpsychological nutrition, such as giving love, attention and affection to children thatcan be manifested in talk, action, touch and gentle speech to children(1). These are the values of Tender Loving Care (TLC)-based parenting, especially in growth and development services by cadres in Taman Posyandu. This researchaims to analyze the dominant indicators in the competence of communication skills of health cadres in TLC-based Taman Posyandu. It is a kind of quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. This research was carried out in 4 districts (cities) in East Java Province with a large sample consisting of 320 Taman Posyandu.The results of thisresearch show that the dominant indicator in the competencies of cadre communication skills is an indicator of understanding the basic communication with children when performing services inTamanPosyandu (0.78). This skills needs to be continuously developed optimally to provide growth and development services in Taman Posyandu, sothe services can be implemented properly and wholeheartedly by TLC-based cadres.

Keywords

Health Cadres, Communication Skills, Tender Loving Care (TLC).

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Siti Asiyah ¹, Dewi Retno Suminar ², Ahsan ³, Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ⁴, Moersintowarti B. Narendra ⁵

Affiliations
1 Student at Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
2 Lecturer at Faculty of Psychology Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
3 Lecturer at Faculty of Nursing Brawijaya University, Malang, ID
4 Lecturer at Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, ID
5 Consultant Pediatrician at Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, ID

Abstract

Tender Loving Care (TLC), in providing professional care, is seen as the greatest virtue dedicated to care. It is used to describe how love is shaped and refined to meet the requirements of practice. These are the values of TLC-based care, particularly in growth and development services performed by the cadres in Taman Posyandu. This research aims to describe the efforts of TLC-based early childhood growth monitoring in Taman Posyandu. It is a kind of quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. This research was carried out in four districts (cities) in East Java with the great sample of 320 Taman Posyandu. The results revealed that most cadres were more optimal in monitoring growth activities while lacking in the ability of TLC-based early childhood development monitoring. Therefore, more effort is needed in approaching and training deeply to provide the knowledge to the cadres about the importance of serving with heart, as an effort to monitor TLC-based child development.

Keywords

Health Cadres, Growth and Development Monitoring, Tender Loving Care (TLC).

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