mproving Posyandu Cadre's Understanding of Early Detection of Child Development in Watugede Village, Boyolali

Abstract

The period of growth and development is a very important period, because growth and
development affects and determines the ability of children in the future. At this time fine
motor skills, gross motor skills, language, creativity, social awareness, emotional
awareness, intelligence and psychological development are strongly influenced by the
environment and the interaction between children and their parents. Early detection is a
screening effort carried out to find deviations in growth and development disorders early
and to know and recognize various risk factors for these growth and development
disorders. Physiotherapy services offered are preventive and promotive. Preventive
efforts aim to prevent delays in recognizing developmental disorders in children.
Meanwhile, promotive efforts are aimed at optimizing children's growth and
development. Preventive and promotive efforts are packaged in the form of counseling
with presentation media. Evaluation of activities seen from the questionnaires given
before and after counseling to the respondents. Based on the results of the counseling,
there was an increased understanding of early detection by posyandu cadres on the
growth and development of children in Watugede Village, Kemusu, Boyolali. By
increasing this understanding, it is hoped that problems related to child development can
be detected early. Of course, the right initial treatment will minimize the problems that
arise related to the growth and development of children.