The Improvement of Cadre Competence in implementation of Non- Communicable Diseases Screening in Community Based Intervention (Posbindu PTM) at Sleman Regency in Yogyakarta

Background: The high mortality rate (out of 10 causes of death) is caused by Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Moreover, NCDs is a catastrophic disease that creates a huge socioeconomic burden for sufferers, families, and countries. The lack of knowledge and the ignorance of the community towards NCDs, become a problem that may causing delay handling the diseases, so the complications and deaths occur earlier. Therefore, community participation is needed, so the model of community-based intervention torwards NCDs can be developed, which known as Posbindu PTM. Posbindu PTM’s activities are community participation in the early detection, monitoring and early follow-up of NCD’s risk factors independently and continuously. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of training in improving cadre’s competence in the implementation of Screening for Non-communicable Diseases at the Community Based Intervention (Posbindu PTM) in Sleman Regency in Yogyakarta. Methodology and result: This type of research was a quasi-experimental with "pre-post test with control group design". Samples were taken by non-probability sampling that involved 5 respondents in one Posbindu and analyzed with a t-test which then obtained significance of 0.001 (