摘要：Artikel ini menyajikan hasil penelitian tentang peran program Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga (Posdaya) dalam mewujudkan kesehatan mental perempuan kepala rumah tangga miskin anggotanya. Perempuan kepala rumah tangga miskin diasumsikan berpotensi mengalami stres karena beban peran ganda mereka di sektor publik dan domestik. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Posdaya Desa Ngroto, Kecamatan Pujon, Kabupaten Malang. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan studi kasus dengan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara mendalam dan observasi. Teknik purposive sampling digunakan untuk menentukan informan yang semua merupakan ibu-ibu kepala rumah tangga miskin, berusia produktif dan memiliki tanggungan anggota keluarga empat orang lebih. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa partisipasi ibu-ibu rumah tangga miskin dalam kegiatan pemberdayaan mampu meningkatkan keyakinan atau self-efficacy dan kepercayaan diri ibu-ibu rumah tangga miskin untuk melakukan kegiatan produktif. Aspek ini menjadi indikator kondisi kesehatan mental mereka untuk dapat hidup mandiri secara ekonomi dalam menafkahi dan mengurus keluarga serta berkontribusi pada ibu-ibu kepala rumah tangga miskin lainnya. This article presents empirical findings of research seeking to explore how family development center (Posdaya) program has been conducted to achieve mental health of women who headlow-income families. These women have been assumed live under stress and depression due to overburden of their public and domestic roles. Community development programs have been conducted to achieve economic betterment and mental health of community, including women who head poor households. This study was conducted in a Posdaya of Desa Ngroto, Kecamatan Pujon, Kabupaten Malang. A case study approcah was ulitized, with data collection methods were depth interviews and observations. Pusposive samplings were conducted to choose five informants, including a leader and members of Posdaya. They are women who head low-income families with more than four family members. The members of Posdaya are grouped based on their profession, hobby or interest. The kind of economic development programs are also distributed based on these groups. Result studi found that the implementation of Posdaya’s development programs have improved income of its members as well as their self-efficacy and self-esteem to conduct these programs. This self-esteem indicates mental health of women who head low-income families to become bread winners of their families and contribute to others.
关键词：perempuan; kesehatan mental; pemberdayaan komunitas; self-efficacy; women; mental health; community development
