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Original Research Article The effectiveness education of counseling of infant and young child feeding as intensive to improve counseling performance of Posyandu cadres in Bogor, Indonesia
Background: Cadres have an essential role in providing counseling in integrated health service post (Posyandu). Poor
capacity cadres may affect information delivery to the mothers/caregivers of under-five children. This study aimed is
to assess the effect education of counseling of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) as intensive on the performance
of the cadres in providing IYCF counseling.
Methods: The study was a quasi-experimental with a pre-post test controlled group. The subjects were 55 Posyandu
cadres in Ciomas sub-district Bogor. The intervention was training for cadres using education of counseling of IYCF
as intensive carried out in the classroom and the field. Data on knowledge, attitude, motivation and counseling
performance of cadres before and after the training were collected using a validated structured questionnaire. The
paired and independent T-test was applied to analyze the difference before and after the intervention, and analysis of
covariance (ANCOVA) was applied to analyze the factors that influence cadre counseling performance.
Results: Mean score of knowledge (p=0.00), attitude (p=0.00), motivation (p=0.04), and counseling performance
(p=0.00) of cadres in intervention group significantly increased. There is an increase in the score of performance
counseling indicators for cadre in the quantity and quality after the education of counseling of IYCF as intensive. All
of the indicators of the counseling performance of cadres influenced by educational models, knowledge, attitudes and
attended training (p
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