The Influence of Posyandu Cadres’ Training to ward the Predisposing Factors of Provider Initiated Testing and Counseling (PITC) of HIV Services for the Pregnant Women and Its Utilization on Samarinda Municipality, Indonesia

Introduction: The infection of HIV from mother to child can be prevented through the prevention oftransmission from mother to child’s efforts based on the WHO recommendation in 2010. The cadres areconsidered to be capable of monitoring pregnant women in their area, so they are considered to be capableof moving pregnant woman’s willingness to carry out an HIV test at the nearest Community Health Centeror Puskesmas. The purpose of this study was to prove the influence of training given to cadres towardpredisposing factors of PITC of HIV Services on Pregnant Women and influence of the training and PITC ofHIV Service utilization by the pregnant women after 1-3 months follow up period.Method: This quasi experimental research conducted from March to May 2019. The population wasposyandu cadres. Sampling was 42 cadres, divided into treatment and control group. Data assessed using aquestionnaire on the pre-test and post-test.The Results: A significant difference in knowledge showed after the training between treatment and controlgroup p=0.000. On the contrary, no significant difference in self-efficacy shown before and after the trainingin the treatment and control group p = 0.178 and 0.216, consecutively. There was also no significant influenceshowed on the attitude of cadres before and after the training for the treatment and control group p=0.488and p=0.731, consecutively. There was a significant influence of training toward the PITC of HIV serviceutilization by the pregnant women p=0.004.Conclusion: There was a significant influence between training toward knowledge of the posyandu cadres’knowledge on the PITC of HIV and the PITC of HIV service utilization by the pregnant women.