Ada apa dengan PUSKESMAS

Prior to Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978 regarding Primary Health Care (PHC), Indonesia has developed various forms of PHC in some regions. So, Puskesmas basically is a other name of PHC in Indonesia

went to Puskesmas Kota Gede II during block 1.6

All things that you need to know about... PUSKESMAS

1. Puskesmas??? What is it, sounds so weird....

• Functional health organization unit
• Public health development center
• Building community participation
• Provide comprehensive and intergrated services to the community under its coverage in the forms of  principal activities

2. I live in rural area, where can I find this PUSKESMAS?

 Part of or the whole sub-district (kecamatan), depending on:

• Population density (~30,000)
• Areas (~district head office)
• Geographic (extended to have supporting-Puskesmas/Puskesmas Pembantu or Puskesmas Keliling)
• Infrastructure (personnel and facilities) part of or the whole sub-district (kecamatan)

 Especially for big cities (population > 1 million) = Puskesmas Pembina:

• Coverage: sub-district
• Population: 150,000
• Referral and Coordinating several Puskesmas Kelurahan (village-level)

 Suppoting facilities

• Assistant Puskesmas (Pustu) 
• Mobile Puskesmas (Pusling), 
• Village birth attendance cottage (Polindes) - Village Midwives (BdD).  

3. What services can I have in Puskesmas, did they provide massage for a numb shoulder?

For all gender and age, from conception to those dying

• Promotion
• Prevention
• Cure/treatment
• Rehabilitation

Primary programs of PUSKESMAS

• Maternal and child health 
• Family planning
• Nutrition improvement
• Environmental health
• Communicable disease eradication
• Treatment, including emergency condition
• Public health education / promotion
• School health program
• Sport health
• Public health nusing

4. There are increasing cases of dengue in my village, what Puskesmas will do??

 Functions:

• Public health development center
• Building community participation to
• promote healthy life behaviors
• Provide comprehensive and integrated health care services

 Activities:

• Stimulating the community to do self-help activities
• Informing the community to search and use the locally available resources effectively and efficiently
• Technically assisting the community for medical content, medical and health referral without rising any dependency
• Providing direct health services to the community
• Collaborating with other related sectors in implementing the health programs

 Roles:

• As a technical implemental institution, it shall have a managerial capabilities and long-term vision to improve the quality of health services
• In planning, managing and evaluating
• Using and updating related information techniques to improve the comprehensive and integrated health services

5. Who works in PUSKESMAS?

Organization Of Puskesmas

6. Can Puskesmas handle severe cases?

 Type of referral system:

• Medical referral (diagnostic and treatment) - patient consultation, sending specimens and inviting special health personnel
• Health referral (promotion and prevention) - epidemiological survey and eradication of outbreaks, food aids, investigation of food poisoning, special aids during disaster and displaced  opulation/refugee, clean water, technology and laboratory

Refferences

1. http://staff.ui.ac.id/internal/140102741/material/Puskesmas.pdf