"Pos Pelayanan Terpadu (Posyandu) yang pada periode pemerintahan orde baru populer dan berkontribusi besar pada kesehatan ibu dan anak, kini meredup
dan mengalami penurunan peran. Ketika kasus-kasus bayi kurang gizi bermunculan, banyak pihak yang menyadari bahwa posyandu merupakan faktor yang
berkontribusi pada perbaikan gizi balita. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui keberadaan posyandu, pengetahuan dan kesadaran ibu balita, membawa
balita ke posyandu, keaktifan kader menghidupkan posyandu, dan kelayakan fasilitas pendukung Posyandu di komplek Perumahan Pondok Cilegon Indah
dengan karakteristik sosial-ekonomi penduduk yang beragam. Penelitian yang dilaksanakan pada bulan Desember 2006 mengamati populasi ibu balita dan
kader bermukim di PCI dan mengikuti kegiatan posyandu yang telah dijadwalkan pada bulan Desember 2006. Ditemukan bahwa keberadaan Posyandu di
Pondok Cilegon Indah masih dipertahankan hingga kini.Tingkat kemampuan ibu menerima penjelasan posyandu cukup baik, tetapi kesadaran ibu membawa
balita ke posyandu rendah. Keaktifan kader menghidupkan kegiatan posyandu cukup baik dan kelayakan fasilitas pendukung program posyandu masih ter-
batas pada pelayanan posyandu minimal.
Posyandu is a community-based health care program to improve the quality of life in Indonesia. This research is conducted to study the roles of posyandu in
a community unit by observing the awareness of mothers and their satisfaction on the program activities and the quality of services provided. The communi-
ty unit observed in this research is the one in Pondok Cilegon Indah Housing Complex (PCI) which consists of people with various income levels. This re-
search is a descriptive study with a survey design which was conducted in December 2006 at PCI. The population is mothers living in the housing complex
who are involved in the posyandu program activities. Samples are taken from two posyandu groups. Results show that posyandu programs in PCI have been
beneficial since its inception in 1990. However, the number of mothers actively involved in the programs is of small portion compared with the total number
of residents in the housing complex. Satisfaction on the programs is incredibly high, even though the services provided are quite limited to children weight
monitoring, health food provision, vitamin A distribution, and children immunization."
