ANALISIS MINAT LANSIA DALAM PEMANFAATAN POSYANDU LANSIA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS HARAPAN RAYA KECAMATAN BUKIT RAYA KOTA PEKANBARU
Authors: Rospita Rospita rahmi , Yunita Jasrida , Kamal Yanwir , Widodo Dedi , Efendi Ahmad Satria 
Published: October 2022

Puskesmas Harapan Raya adalah salah satu Puskesmas di Kota Pekanbaru yang memiliki jumlah lansia yang cukup banyak yaitu sekitar 4.762 orang lansia (6,9%) dari 5 Posyandu Lansia dan total persentase kehadiran lansia pada posyandu lansia yaitu sebanyak 9,2%. Permasalahannya adalah kurang atau rendahnyaminat lansia dalam pemanfaatan Posyandu Lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Harapan Raya dari target yang telah ditetapkan oleh Dinas Kesehatan Kota Pekanbaru yaitu 60%. Tujuan penelitian ini secara umum untuk menganalisis minat lansia dalam pemanfaatan posyandu lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Harapan Raya Kecamatan Bukit Raya Kota Pekanbaru.Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif analitik dengan jenis penelitian kualitatif. Melakukan wawancara dan observasi kepada 11 informan secara purposive sampling. Lokasi penelitian dilakukan pada Posyandu Lansia di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Harapan Raya Kecamatan Bukit Raya Kota Pekanbaru pada bulan Februari-Juli 2021. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan lansia masih kurang atau rendah, dukungan keluarga sangat baik, ketersediaan sarana sudah cukup mendukung dan prasarana yaitu gedung posyandu lansia belum mendukung untuk kapasitas besar, program posyandu lansia sudah berjalan dengan baik, dan minat lansia terhadap posyandu lansia masih sangat kurang atau rendah.Dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengetahuan dan minat lansia terhadap Posyandu Lansia masih sangat kurang atau rendah. Sarannya adalah perlu peningkatan pengetahuan dan minat lansia terhadap Posyandu Lansia yaitu dengan cara mengadakan sosialisasi atau penyuluhan tentang Posyandu Lansia.
Harapan Raya Health Center is one of the health centers in Pekanbaru City which has a large number of elderly people, which is around 4,762 elderly people (6.9%) from 5 Elderly Posyandu and the total percentage of elderly attendance at the elderly Posyandu is 9.2%. The problem is the lack or low interest of the elderly in the use of the Elderly Posyandu in the work area of ​​the Harapan Raya Health Center from the target set by the Pekanbaru City Health Office, which is 60%. The purpose of this study in general is to analyze the interest of the elderly in the use of posyandu for the elderly in the work area of ​​the Harapan Raya Health Center, Bukit Raya District, Pekanbaru City. This research is a descriptive analytic study with a qualitative type of research. Conducting interviews and observations to 11 informants by purposive sampling. The research location was carried out at the Elderly Posyandu in the Harapan Raya Health Center Work Area, Bukit Raya District, Pekanbaru City in February-July 2021. The results showed that the knowledge of the elderly was still lacking or low, family support was very good, the availability of facilities was sufficient and infrastructure, namely the posyandu building the elderly have not supported for large capacity, the elderly posyandu program has been running well, and the elderly's interest in the elderly posyandu is still very lacking or low. The suggestion is that it is necessary to increase the knowledge and interest of the elderly towards the Elderly Posyandu, namely by conducting socialization or counseling about the Elderly Posyandu.