HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN SIKAP DAN TINDAKAN LANSIA DENGAN PEMANFAATAN POSYANDU LANSIA DI PUSKESMAS GUNUNG TUA JULU KECAMATAN PANYABUNGAN TAHUN 2018

Abstrak

Health development is an investment in improving the quality of human resources. Health development carried out to improve the health of the community One of the successes of development in the health sector is growing life expectancy which is a leading indicator for the health of public health to achieve health care efforts at the community level that the Integrated Service for old-ages. This research is an analytic survey with cross sectional study design, which is to describe how the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and actions with the use of service for old-ages.. The population of this study were all elderly aged ≥ 60 years as many as 277 people in the work area Gunung Tua Julu Health Center with a sampling technique that is simple random sampling as many as 96 person. The data used is primary through interviews and secondary data in which the data were  analyzed by using chi – square test. The results can be seen that the number of female respondent (58.3%) and those at the age 60-69 years (61.5%) with the level of elementary education (36.5%), low income level (75%). Elderly have a good knowledge (84.4%), good attitude (77.1%) and good actions (75%). Based on this research, there was relation between knowledge and the use of the service for old-agers ((p) = 0,001), there  was  relation between attitude and the use of the service for old-agers ((p) = 0,001), there was  relation between action and the use of the service for old-agers ((p) = 0.001).For the relevant agencies, it is recommended that the Health Center should  improve their services keep the Elderly health and well as their activities which have been implemented before that the whole Health Center Units are able to enhance health quality for Elderly in the Health Center Gunung Tua Julu