<![CDATA[Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality in Indonesia. Strengthening primary health care through early detection of cardiovascular risk factors is essential to reduce the disease burden. However, limited Posyandu cadres’ capacity to identify risk factors and conduct basic screening remains a challenge in community-based promotive and preventive services. This community empowerment program involved 30 Posyandu cadres through interactive training comprising lectures, discussions, demonstrations, simulations, hands-on screening practice, and field mentoring. Program effectiveness was evaluated using a pre-test and post-test design to assess changes in knowledge, screening skills, and implementation of cardiovascular risk factor screening among community members. The results showed significant improvements in cadres’ capacity, with mean knowledge scores increasing from 62 to 89 and screening skills from 60% to 90%. Following training, cadres and the community service team screened 98 community members. Of these, 47 participants (47.96%) were classified as low risk, 33 (33.68%) as moderate risk, and 18 (18.36%) as high risk. Empowering Posyandu cadres through targeted training effectively enhanced their knowledge and practical screening skills, supporting community-based early detection and strengthening promotive and preventive services at the primary health care level. This model has potential as a replicable strategy for Indonesia’s Primary Health Care Transformation.]]>
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