OPTIMALISASI STATUS KESEHATAN REMAJA MELALUI PELATIHAAN KADER REMAJA PEDULI KESEHATAN

Abstract

Various adolescent health problems can reduce the quality of adolescents. Efforts to
maintain adolescent health to prepare for a healthy adult physical and mental and
productive needs to be done. Attention to adolescents is one key to the success of
health programs. Community empowerment becomes a solution that can enable
adolescent to take an active role in public health. Activities in the form of Community
Empowerment Program involving adolescents aims to optimize the health status of
adolescents in Kembangarum, Semarang. Adolescent empowerment was conducted
through the formation of integrated teen service posts, recruitment of adolescent
health cadres, training of adolescent cadres providing supporting infrastructure and
health promotion media and counseling post for adolescents. The result of actifities
shoed there was an increase of cadre knowledge and skill in managing adolescent
health problem and increasing of adolescent visit to Posyandu.

Keywords: Health Status, Teenagers, Cadres, Training