How is the role of dental health cadres during the Covid-19 pandemic? - Patient referrals and counseling

Authors

  • Eliati Sri Suharja Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya, Indonesia
  • Yun Wahyuni Dental Therapist, Puskesmas Banjar 1, Banjar City, Indonesia.
  • Cahyo Nugroho Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Health cadres are volunteers, recruited from, by, for the community. There are two kinds of cadres can play a role in the health sector, namely in the Posyandu (Integrated Healthcare Center). Objective: to determine the relationship between cadres' participation in counseling and referral of dental and oral patients with a visit to the dental polyclinic during the Covid-19 period at the Banjar Health Center 1. Method: analytical descriptive with a cross sectional design. Sample determination of 40 cadres with purposive sampling technique. Results: showed that the level of ability of cadres in dental and oral health counseling efforts with the number of visits to the dental polyclinic at Banjar 1 Health Center for a period of 2 months showed p=0.011, as well as for the measurement of dental patient referrals with visits, p= 0.011. Conclusion: there is a relationship between the participation of cadres in counseling and referral of dental and oral patients with visits to the dental polyclinic during the Covid-19 period at the Banjar 1 Health Center with statistical results p=0.011

Keywords: Role of cadres, counseling, patient referrals.

Keywords:

Role of cadres, counseling, patient referrals

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v12i2.5410

Author Biographies

Eliati Sri Suharja, Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

Yun Wahyuni, Dental Therapist, Puskesmas Banjar 1, Banjar City, Indonesia.

Dental Therapist, Puskesmas Banjar 1, Banjar City, Indonesia.

Cahyo Nugroho, Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

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2022-03-25
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Suharja ES, Wahyuni Y, Nugroho C. How is the role of dental health cadres during the Covid-19 pandemic? - Patient referrals and counseling. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 25 [cited 2026 Jan. 21];12(2):100-2. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/5410

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Suharja ES, Wahyuni Y, Nugroho C. How is the role of dental health cadres during the Covid-19 pandemic? - Patient referrals and counseling. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 25 [cited 2026 Jan. 21];12(2):100-2. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/5410