THE EFFECT OF IN-HOUSE TRAINING ON IMPROVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH WORKERS IN NURSING CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH STUNTING AT THE BEKASI REGENCY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Abstract

The service of the national priority program accelerating the reduction of stunting is hospital quality indicators. The study aims to find out the effect of the in-house training to improve the competency and knowledge of health workers in providing the service to children with stunting. The quasi-experiment conducted to 31 health workers in charge of taking care of children with stunting in Bekasi Regency Regional General Hospital. The data collection is conducted using an online questionnaire. The result shows the respondent characteristics are women (90,3%), mostly in the range age 30-30 years old (41,9%) and the most education background as a Ners professional program (38,7%) and diploma nurse (29,7%). Paired T test shows the mean difference of the score between pre-test and post-test (P < 0,001) with mean difference of 34,5%. It is expected Bekasi Regency Regional General Hospital to provide the training or technical guidance regularly to improve the competencies of health workers especially nurse and midwife as their roles to provide the health care service to the children with stunting. Thus, the implementation of the program for handling children with stunting can run more optimally and with quality. 

Keywords: stunting, knowledge, in-house training, nursing care, hospital