PEMANFAATAN DATA RUTIN KESEHATAN IBU DAN ANAK UNTUK PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN DI DINAS KESEHATAN KABUPATEN SINJAI

Background: People around the world still have a problem Maternal and Child Health (KIA), which is one of the important issues in the achievement of health development. Indonesian local governments in dealing with problems that require rapid and precise decisions, quality of data and information, as well as monitoring systems and data management. Health Department, has been using PWS KIA as a monitoring tool as well as data management KIA but only as a routine practice. Objective: This study describes the use of PWS KIAroutine data for decisionmaking in KIA monitoring in the SinjaiHealthDepartment Methods: This study is a qualitative case study method. Respondents determined using snowball sampling method. Data was collected by in-depth interviews and observation using an interview guide and were analyzed by means of coding. Results: Policy makers in the Department of Health and health facilities using PWSKIA data and information for periodicallydecision-making, planning and evaluation. Midwives health center and village midwife monitoring using data from mother registers and mothercohorts of woman and the availability, frequency and processing andPWSKIA data storage does not affect the monitoring process. Health Department emphasizes the achievement of a minimum coverage of services that encourage manipulation of data. Conclusions: Policy makers utilize PWSKIA as a method of reporting and is used as an evaluation and planning