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Medip, IJCMPH-10601 O
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20223287
Original Research Article
Faculty of Public Health Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
*Correspondence:
Dr. Febi K. Kolibu,
E-mail: febikolibu@unsrat.ac.id
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ABSTRACT
Background: The success of health services is an indicator of the success of national development. The success of
hypertension services is influenced by various factors including human resources, financing, facilities, methods, the
infrastructure used, and the process of achieving indicators. The purpose of this study was to analyze the
implementation of the hypertension service program in Talaud district.
Methods: This type of research is qualitative research using in-depth interview techniques as well as observation.
Informants in this study were the head of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) section, the manager of the
hypertension program, and the holder of the hypertension disease program at the community health center.
Results: The availability of human resources in implementing the hypertension disease program is in accordance with
the needs, the infrastructure used is sufficient but the additional infrastructure is needed in the form of KIT of
integrated coaching posts (Posbindu) and a budget for implementing hypertension services. Early detection of
hypertensive patients is carried out through integrated coaching posts and services at the community health center.
The realization of the target for hypertension services in Talaud regency has not been achieved due to the limitations
of medicines and the lack of public awareness in conducting health checks to detect funds and treat hypertension.
Conclusions: The implementation of the hypertension disease program in terms of input and process is adequate. The
output of hypertension services has not been achieved.
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the community health center in the implementation of the people who had the awareness to check themselves at the
program, especially for the implementation of the integrated coaching post. This is because those who were
integrated coaching post, is sourced from the special served at the integrated coaching post were at productive
operational assistance fund. ages, namely 15 to 59 years old, most of whom felt that at
their productive age they were not at risk of developing
Implementation method hypertension. Another obstacle is that the integrated
coaching post did not provide medication, thus only a few
For the implementation of the hypertension disease people came to do the examination. The unavailability of
service program, the community health center conducts medicines at the integrated coaching post in accordance
screening of patients with early detection in the with the technical instructions for the implementation of
implementation of integrated coaching post activities with the integrated coaching post, namely the integrated
the 5-table method. After early detection, treatment of the coaching post only performs early detection. Another
patients is carried out at the community health center by inhibiting factor is the lack of budget allocated during the
the doctor on duty. The hypertension program manager at implementation of the integrated coaching post. The way
the health office monitors and evaluates the activities to overcome these obstacles is that the hypertension
carried out by the program manager at the community management officer continues to conduct socialization
health center and he/she then makes a report. and counseling about the importance of carrying out
routine health checks to detect disease. This socialization
Process was also carried out by the health cadres in community.
The process of early detection and case finding Management of hypertension cases
Based on the results of interviews, early detection was Based on the results of interviews with patients diagnosed
conducted with health services at the community health with hypertension either through screening at the
center and health services at the integrated coaching post. community health center or at the integrated coaching
Case finding was carried out based on the results of the post, treatment was carried out at the community health
patient's blood pressure measurement, then followed by center. Hypertensive patients with complications or who
supporting examinations, namely weight and height experience an emergency were referred to a regional
examination, abdominal circumference examination, and hospital or referred directly to a hospital in Manado.
examination of blood sugar, uric acid, and cholesterol.
Early detection was carried out with a 5-table system, Output
namely: the first table for registration, the second table
for interviews, the third table for examination of weight, Based on the results of interviews, the target for
height and abdominal circumference, the fourth table for hypertension services has not been achieved. From the
checking blood pressure, sugar, uric acid and cholesterol, target set, the realization of hypertension service
the fifth table for risk factor identification and counseling. achievement for the age >15 years is 57.8%. Some of the
obstacles encountered in the service of hypertension are
Barriers encountered in early detection and case finding the lack of availability of medicines, limited budget, and
lack of public awareness to check themselves to health
Based on the results of interviews, there were still few service facilities.
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