Penguatan Peran Kader dalam Mendukung Komunikasi Kesehatan Reproduksi antara Orang Tua dan Remaja melalui Program Edukasi Komunitas

Tanjung Anitasari Indah Kusumaningrum (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Wardhatul Livia (Institut Kesehatan Hermina)
Yuli Kusumawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Sri Indra Kurnia (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Eny Purwandari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Rochmadina Suci Bestari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Ahmada Auliya Rahman (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Alya Tsurrayya (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Fairus El Had (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Munifatu Rodiyah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)

Jurnal Pengabdian UNDIKMA
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): August (IN PRESS)

This community service program aims to strengthen the role of community health cadres in enhancing reproductive health communication between parents and adolescents. The program was conducted at the Semanggi Village Office, Surakarta, and involved 31 community health cadres representing each neighborhood unit (Rukun Tetangga [RT]). The program was implemented through educational sessions and interactive counseling. Program outcomes were evaluated using a structured questionnaire, and the data were analyzed descriptively. The results demonstrated an improvement in the cadres' knowledge of reproductive health communication, with the mean score increasing from 8.8 in the pre-intervention assessment to 9.2 in the post-intervention assessment. These findings indicate greater consistency in participants' understanding after receiving the educational intervention. Furthermore, the program strengthened the capacity of community health cadres to serve as agents of change at the family and community levels, thereby fostering more effective and sustainable reproductive health communication between parents and adolescents and supporting efforts to prevent adolescent reproductive health problems within the community.