1Student of Doctoral Program of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Andalas, Padang
2Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University of Padang
3Department of Social Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Andalas University of Padang
4Research and Development Center of Health Services Management Agency of Health Research and Development of the Ministry of Health
5Health Polytechnic of Health Ministry of Bengkulu
6Center for Environmental Health Engineering and Disease Control, Jakarta
Online published on 9 January, 2019.
Integrated Health Education Center for Non-communicable Disease/IHEC for NCDs (Posbindu PTM) is a place of community participation for early detection, preventing and controlling hypertension of non-communicable diseases. Posbindu PTM is one of the promotional and preventive health efforts that is implemented in an integrated, routine, and periodic, and the non-communicable risk factors that are found immediately refer to basic health care facilities. It is necessary to examine the role of Posbindu PTM in controlling hypertension risk factors.
The study used a combination method approach with sequential exploratory design. Exploratory design was begun with the main qualitative method to know the knowledge, attitude and behavior of members of Posbindu PTM to hypertension. The results of qualitative and quantitative methods were analyzed to develop the Integrated Health Education Center for Non-communicable Disease/IHEC for NCDs (Posbindu PTM).
People feel useful coming to Posbindu PTM, so want to come every month. The active community who came to Posbindu PTM increased their knowledge about Hypertension and non-communicable disease (PTM).
The community who actively coming to Posbindu PTM supported the behavior of preventing and controlling of hypertension. Posbindu PTM can play a role in controlling hypertension for active members.
Posbindu PTM, behavior, prevention of hypertension, Analysis Policy
