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Training of Cadres and Volunteers to Support Tuberculosis Elimination in Kutalimbaru Village, Deliserdang Regency Efendi Sianturi; Elisabeth Surbakti; Maida Pardosi; Julietta Hutabarat
Jurnal Pengabdian UNDIKMA Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): August (IN PRESS)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika (UNDIKMA)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jpu.v7i3.21252

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This community service activity aims to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of community health cadres and volunteers regarding tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control. The program involved 30 cadres and volunteers from Kutalimbaru Village, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, and was conducted at the Kutalimbaru Village Head’s Office. A Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach was employed through community engagement and participant recruitment, data collection and needs assessment, training sessions, distribution of TB educational pocketbooks, and evaluation using pre-test and post-test questionnaires. The data were analyzed descriptively using frequency and percentage distributions, and participants’ pre-test and post-test results were compared across knowledge, attitude, and practice categories. Before the intervention, the majority of participants demonstrated insufficient levels of knowledge (83.33%), attitudes (83.33%), and practices (80.00%). Following the intervention, 96.67% of participants achieved a good level of knowledge, while 93.33% attained good levels of attitudes and practices. The program also established the “Great Cadres and Volunteers, Together to Eliminate TB” group as community-based agents for TB education and support. Overall, the findings indicate that structured and interactive training supported by practical educational materials effectively strengthens the readiness of community health cadres and volunteers to provide TB education, encourage early case detection, promote treatment adherence, and reduce TB-related stigma within the community. Integrating trained cadres and volunteers into village health programs, supported by continuous mentoring and regular monitoring, has the potential to strengthen sustainable community-based TB prevention and control initiatives.
Increasing Adolescent Awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights as an Effort to Prevent Early Marriage Julietta Hutabarat; Elisabeth Surbakti; Efendi Sianturi; Maida Pardosi
Jurnal Pengabdian UNDIKMA Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): August (IN PRESS)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika (UNDIKMA)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jpu.v7i3.21874

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This community service program aims to increase adolescents' awareness of sexual and reproductive health rights to support the prevention of early marriage at SMA Negeri 1 Kutalimbaru, Deli Serdang Regency, Indonesia. The program employed a Participatory Action Research approach using a one-group pretest–posttest design involving 50 students. The intervention consisted of health education sessions, interactive discussions, presentation media, educational pocketbooks, posters, and the establishment of Youth Ambassadors as peer educators. Data on participants' knowledge, attitudes, and practices were collected through pretest and post-test questionnaires and analyzed descriptively using frequency and percentage distributions. The results demonstrated substantial improvements across all measured variables. The proportion of participants with good knowledge increased from 16% to 90%, positive attitudes from 18% to 96%, and good practices from 14% to 92%. Following the intervention, no participants remained in the poor category for any of the assessed variables. In addition, five Youth Ambassadors were established to promote the sustainability of peer-led reproductive health education within the school. These findings suggest that a structured and participatory reproductive health education program can effectively improve adolescents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding early marriage prevention while fostering sustainable peer education initiatives.