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Posyandu lansia merupakan pengembangan dari kebijakan pemerintah melalui pelayanan kesehatan bagi lansia. Pelayanan kesehatan di Posyandu Lanjut Usia meliputi pemeriksaan kesehatan fisik dan mental emosional. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan dukungan keluarga dengan pemanfaatan posyandu lanjut usia di posyandu lanjut usia. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif analitik, dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Populasi bejumlah 358 orang dan sampel berjumlah 78 orang yang diambil secara simple random sampling. Pengolahan dan analisa data dilakukan secara komputerisasi dengan uji chi-square = 0,05. Hasil analisa univariat diketahui (93,6 %) responden memiliki pengetahuan rendah, (48,7 %) memperoleh dukungan keluarga yang kurang, dan (79,5 %) kurang memanfaatkan posyandu lansia. Hasil analisa bivariat ada hubungan pengetahuan dengan pemanfaatan posyandu lanjut usia (p = 0,006 dan OR = 20,3), dan ada hubungan dukungan keluarga dengan pemanfaatan posyandu lanjut usia (p = 0,000 dan OR = 22,2). Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengetahuan dan dukungan keluarga berhubungan dengan pemanfaatan posyandu lansia. Oleh sebab itu, diharapkan pada lanjut usia agar dapat menggali informasi tentang pelaksanaan posyandu lansia dan mengikuti kegiatan posyandu lansia setiap bulannya untuk meningkatkan derajat kesehatan lansia

Integrated Health Centre (IHC) on elderly is development of government policy through health care for the elderly. Health services in IHC on elderly include physical and mental health examination emotional. . This study aims to determine the relationship of knowledge and support for families with elderly utilization in posyandu lansia. This research is descriptive and analytical, with cross sectional study. Population total are 358 peoples. The sample amounted to 78 people were taken by simple random sampling. Processing and analysis of data is computerized with chi-square test = 0.05. The results of the univariate analysis are known (93.6%) of respondents had low knowledge, (48.7%) god less family support, and (79.5%) low utilize Posyandu. The results of the bivariate analysis there is a correlation knowledge utilization of posyandu lansia premises elderly (p = 0.006 and OR = 20.3), and no family support relationships with posyandu lansia utilization elderly (p = 0.000 and OR = 22.2). It can be concluded that the knowledge and support of families associated with the utilization of posyandu lansia. Therefore, it is expected in the elderly in order to gather information about the implementation of the posyandu lansia and follow the elderly monthly growth monitoring sessions to improve the health of the elderly.