TRAINING DEVELOPMENT FOR ADOLESCENTS AS NUTRITION CADRES IN INDONESIA
Talitha Arinda Putri*, Rini Sekartini*, Aria Kekalih**, Dian Novita Chandra***
*Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta 
**Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia 
***Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta 



BACKGROUND & AIMS

Inadequate knowledge of balanced nutrition and proper diet is one of the causes of nutrition problem in adolescents. Therefore, nutritional education is needed as an effort to promote health in adolescents. Education is carried out in the form of coaching the youths to become nutrition cadres and share their knowledge to other teenagers. 

METHODS

Cadre candidates are taken from Depok region in West Java with age range of 12-18 years. They were asked to record the food and drink they consumed through the food diary phone application. Data from food diary is used as the basis for making 2-dimensional food models, which are based on Indonesian Ministry of Health’s nutritional guideline, “Piring Makanku”. The training used interactive lecture methods and games using puzzles and food models. Pretest and post test are used as indicators of achievement. The cadres then used flip charts and food models as media to teach their friends with the team as supervisors. 

RESULTS 

Based on the data from food diary, all cadre candidates did not apply proper dietary habits. After training, there was an increase in post test scores compared to the pretest.

CONCLUSION

By conducting training for adolescent caders by a team consisting of pediatricians, community medicine doctors, and nutritionists, it is expected that there will be an increase in knowledge about the importance of balanced nutrition for adolescents. 


This study was done with the grant from Universitas Indonesia Community Service Program.