标题：Utilization Of Midwives As Health Workers of Public Health Center In Implementing The Policy Of Nutrition Improvement Efforts For Balita at Central Buton Regency of Southeast Sulawesi Province
摘要：To utilize midwives as health workers was essential in rural communities since one of midwife’s duties was to carry out the care of balita (children under five). The midwives had direct contact with the balita’s mothers, from pre‐natal phase to postnatal. They could be utilized to overcome malnutrition problems through the government’s policy in accordance with the Article 26 paragraph (2) of the Act Nr. 36 of 2009 on Health Affairs. This study applied socio‐legal studies approach using primary and secondary data. The data gathering was conducted by having interviews with some sources and respondents beside having library and related documents studies. This study was analytical‐descriptively written. The results showed that the Government of Central Buton Regency had not had a special regulation in relation with utilizing midwives to implement the policy of nutrition improvement efforts. Nevertheless, the government of Central Buton Regency remained using the basic legal products that had been previously issued, namely Local Regulation of Central Buton Regency Nr. 12 of 2016 on Formation and Composition of Regional Devices of Central Buton Regency and Central Buton Regent’s Regulation Nr. 38 of 2016 regarding Position, Organizational Structure, Duties and Functions and Administration of Health Office of Central Buton Regency. The health workers at the Wamolo, Rahia and Lakudo Public Health Centers (Puskesmas) experienced several obstacles in implementing nutrition improvement efforts for balitas, namely, among others, lack of budget provided by the local government (APBD), particularly the budget for nutrition, lack of midwives as the human resources and nutrition, inadequate health facilities and the existing roads that remained rocky and hard to travel.
关键词：utilization of midwives; policy implementation; nutrition improvement efforts for balitas.
