Obstacles in Basic Health Service When Dealing with COVID-19: A Reflection for Improvement
Putri Chairani Eyanoer,1 Fotarisman Zaluchu2 1Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia; 2Social Anthropology Department, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Putri Chairan...
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| description | Putri Chairani Eyanoer,1 Fotarisman Zaluchu2 1Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia; 2Social Anthropology Department, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Putri Chairani Eyanoer, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Kompleks ICON 3 No. B5, Jalan Abdul Hakim, Medan, North Sumatera, 20131, Indonesia, Tel +6281370232513, Email putrieyanoer@usu.ac.idBackground & Aims: COVID-19 has been in control since mass vaccination and other coordinated efforts have been conducted. The WHO has even made an announcement to stop the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) toward COVID-19. Because of the very massive impacts of COVID-19, it is necessary to have a reflection toward what we have gone through to obtain information from inside the health service by interviewing the health officers who were the frontliners in fighting the disease during the pandemic. This research attempts to reveal the practical experiences of the officers when the COVID-19 pandemic took place.Methods: This research conducted in-depth interviews with the Heads of Puskesmas (a Public Health Center) and the staff of Puskesmas in Medan. The total sample number of informants is 30 people. The data were managed by preparing the suitable themes with the inductive approach.Results: There are three main themes obtained from the analysis results. Those three themes are 1) the condition of Puskesmas, 2) the impacts of the health service, and 3) the COVID-19 control. Those three themes show the fundamental problems affecting the efforts to overcome COVID-19. It is revealed that funding, personnel quantity, and bureaucracy cause the effort to overcome COVID-19 to have been impeded. Meanwhile, based on external factors, the officers had to deal with negative issues on COVID-19. Therefore, whether we like it or not to admit the fact, the health service has not been conducted maximally.Conclusion: It is necessary to have comprehensive revision and change to evaluate the condition of health service, particularly in Puskesmas. A wider and deeper reflection is required so that the pandemic preparation in the future can be improved further.Keywords: Puskesmas, reflection of COVID-19, basic service, to overcome COVID-19, Indonesia |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca33f727790c4c8b9fe80e6e23b9cb202024-04-18T18:02:44ZengDove Medical PressJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare1178-23902024-04-01Volume 171671167992036Obstacles in Basic Health Service When Dealing with COVID-19: A Reflection for ImprovementEyanoer PCZaluchu FPutri Chairani Eyanoer,1 Fotarisman Zaluchu2 1Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia; 2Social Anthropology Department, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Putri Chairani Eyanoer, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Kompleks ICON 3 No. B5, Jalan Abdul Hakim, Medan, North Sumatera, 20131, Indonesia, Tel +6281370232513, Email putrieyanoer@usu.ac.idBackground & Aims: COVID-19 has been in control since mass vaccination and other coordinated efforts have been conducted. The WHO has even made an announcement to stop the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) toward COVID-19. Because of the very massive impacts of COVID-19, it is necessary to have a reflection toward what we have gone through to obtain information from inside the health service by interviewing the health officers who were the frontliners in fighting the disease during the pandemic. This research attempts to reveal the practical experiences of the officers when the COVID-19 pandemic took place.Methods: This research conducted in-depth interviews with the Heads of Puskesmas (a Public Health Center) and the staff of Puskesmas in Medan. The total sample number of informants is 30 people. The data were managed by preparing the suitable themes with the inductive approach.Results: There are three main themes obtained from the analysis results. Those three themes are 1) the condition of Puskesmas, 2) the impacts of the health service, and 3) the COVID-19 control. Those three themes show the fundamental problems affecting the efforts to overcome COVID-19. It is revealed that funding, personnel quantity, and bureaucracy cause the effort to overcome COVID-19 to have been impeded. Meanwhile, based on external factors, the officers had to deal with negative issues on COVID-19. Therefore, whether we like it or not to admit the fact, the health service has not been conducted maximally.Conclusion: It is necessary to have comprehensive revision and change to evaluate the condition of health service, particularly in Puskesmas. A wider and deeper reflection is required so that the pandemic preparation in the future can be improved further.Keywords: Puskesmas, reflection of COVID-19, basic service, to overcome COVID-19, Indonesiahttps://www.dovepress.com/obstacles-in-basic-health-service-when-dealing-with-covid-19-a-reflect-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDHpuskesmasreflection of covid-19basic serviceto overcome covid-19indonesia |
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