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1- Universitas Pelita Harapan, Banten, Indonesia , theresia.fon@uph.edu
2- Universitas Pembangunan Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
3- Universitas Pelita Harapan, Banten, Indonesia
4- Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang, Indonesia
2- Universitas Pembangunan Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
3- Universitas Pelita Harapan, Banten, Indonesia
4- Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang, Indonesia
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Background: The prevalence of tuberculosis cases globally continues to increase and countries with a high burden of tuberculosis in 2017 accounted for 87% of all those reported worldwide. The rules that strengthen national strategies and guidelines in eradicating TB are in Presidential Decree No. 67 of 2021 where the role of cadres and the community is strengthened in The National Tuberculosis Control. This study aims to comprehend community health cadres' experiences implementing tuberculosis programs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Methods: The study design used qualitative study with an interpretive phenomenological approach. This study was conducted in Inisiatif Lampung Sehat a Sub-Recipient Community in Lampung, Indonesia. The eligibility criteria were tuberculosis community cadres, patients’ supporters, and case managers. A total of 26 informants contributed to this study during the second to third week of May 2022. The interviews were collected using a recorder for 45 to 60 minutes on average. Most of the participants were cadres (65.4%). More than two-thirds (70.37%) of participants were 41 to 50 years old and all cadres were women.
Results: Two themes arose from the participant's plots: non-personal function aspect related (which had classifying experiences regarding activities type and health policies implemented) and personal function aspects related (which derived from the person involved in the participant's experiences such as TB suspects, TB patients, Cadres themselves, and the organizations).
Conclusion: This study concluded that cadres played a significant role during the pandemic through many activities and helped in connecting all parties whose limited implementation tuberculosis program at that time.
Methods: The study design used qualitative study with an interpretive phenomenological approach. This study was conducted in Inisiatif Lampung Sehat a Sub-Recipient Community in Lampung, Indonesia. The eligibility criteria were tuberculosis community cadres, patients’ supporters, and case managers. A total of 26 informants contributed to this study during the second to third week of May 2022. The interviews were collected using a recorder for 45 to 60 minutes on average. Most of the participants were cadres (65.4%). More than two-thirds (70.37%) of participants were 41 to 50 years old and all cadres were women.
Results: Two themes arose from the participant's plots: non-personal function aspect related (which had classifying experiences regarding activities type and health policies implemented) and personal function aspects related (which derived from the person involved in the participant's experiences such as TB suspects, TB patients, Cadres themselves, and the organizations).
Conclusion: This study concluded that cadres played a significant role during the pandemic through many activities and helped in connecting all parties whose limited implementation tuberculosis program at that time.
Type of Study: Orginal Article |
Subject:
● Disease Control
Received: 2024/08/2 | Accepted: 2024/10/16
Received: 2024/08/2 | Accepted: 2024/10/16
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