EVALUATION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN THE SAMATA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

Mental health problems in society cannot be underestimated. Many cases of mental disorders escape the attention of the family. Thus, it is necessary to create regional conditions that are alert to the mental health of its citizens. It is necessary to involve the local village community in an effort to achieve the goal. Community empowerment strategies are useful for identifying, overcoming mental health problems and maintaining mental health in their area. Community empowerment is a process of developing the potential of both the knowledge and skills of the community so that they are able to control themselves and be involved in meeting their own needs. This is done to find out how programs and plans related to mental health are carried out at the Samata Health Center. In addition, this can be used as material for improving the quality of the programs implemented, as well as the effectiveness of the programs in the future, both similar programs being implemented and those that will be implemented. The type of research used in this study is an evaluation with a qualitative method obtained through in-depth interviews, observation, document review, as well as online interviews conducted via WhatsApp call. The results obtained from in-depth interviews with Samata Health Center officers that the human resources involved in mental health programs are 4 people who come from mental health program implementers, doctors, cadres, nurses. Based on the results of research conducted at the Samata Health Center, it was found that the availability of facilities to support mental health programs at the Samata Health Center was not good enough. The budget received by the Samata Health Center in carrying out the mental health program comes from the BOK (Health Operational Assistance) and JKN funds. Samata Health Center has been able to provide medicines with sufficient criteria. However, if the patient has experienced a severe mental disorder and it is no longer resolved, then the patient will be referred to a hospital for more serious treatment.