DEMAND MASYARAKAT KECAMATAN SUKORAMBI TERHADAP PELAYANAN KESEHATAN PUSKESMAS SUKORAMBI  DI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Nurjana Nurjana; Nuryadi Nuryadi; Alice Anjarsari

Nurjana Nurjana alumni Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Jember
Nuryadi Nuryadi Bagian Administrasi dan Kebijakan Kesehatan Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Jember
Alice Anjarsari Bagian Administrasi dan Kebijakan Kesehatan Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Jember

Abstract

The demand of residents of Sukorambi sub-district for health care of Public Health Center (Puskesmas) at the sub-district decreased by 0.82% on 2007, and the target of 50% public visit could not be fulfilled. The objective of this research is to analyze the demand of residents of Sukorambi sub-district for health care that are provided by the Puskemas of Sukorambi sub-district in relation with the sub-district’s characteristics of demography, residents’ trust in health care, frequency of disease infection, residents’ level of knowledge as well as residents’ level of income. This study uses a descriptive method of survey of which the sample-taking procedure is by means of proportional allocation and simple random sampling technique. The results of research indicate that the percentage of residents of Sukorambi sub-district who had the demand for health care of the Puskesmas was 59.05%, whereas the residents who did not have the demand for health care of the Puskesmas was 40.95%. The majority of residents of Sukorambi sub-district who had the demand for health care of the Puskesmas was female, that was 53.51%, of which the highest percentage was elderly residents–that was 53.89%, had trust in the medical services–that reached 89.62%, had less frequency of disease infection–that was 54.72%, had a high level of knowledge–that was 72.69%, and had a relatively low income–that reached 53.77%.

Keywords: demand, residents, health care