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Lanjut usia mengalami banyak perubahan diantaranya kemunduran fisik, mental dan sosial secara bertahap. Hal ini menyebabkan lansia harus rutin memeriksakan kondisi kesehatannya di fasilitas kesehatan terdekat. Salah satu fasilitas kesehatan yang diadakan secara rutin setiap bulan yaitu posyandu lansia, namun faktanya masih banyak lansia yang memiliki minat rendah dan enggan mengikuti kegiatan posyandu lansia maka dari itu perlu dilakukan Health Education. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui minat kunjung lansia sebelum dan sesudah diberikan Health Education. Penelitian ini adalah deskriptif studi kasus dengan 2 subjek penelitian dan dilakukan pada 21 Juni – 8 Juli 2017. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik wawancara bebas terpimpin dalam pengambilan data dengan instrumen yang telah dipersiapkan sebelumnya. Data disajikan dalam bentuk narasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebelum dilakukan Health Education kedua subjek jarang mengunjungi posyandu lansia, saat diberikan Health Education keduanya mulai memahami informasi yang diberikan, setelah diberikan Health Education subjek 1 tidak mengalami perubahan minat (Tetap) dan subjek 2 mengalami perubahan minat (Aktif). Rekomendasi untuk penelitian selanjutnya sebaiknya dengan memberdayakan lansia aktif terhadap lansia dengan minat kunjung posyandu lansia yang rendah sehingga masalah tersebut dapat terkurangi. Kata kunci : Lansia, Health Education, Posyandu Lansia

Elderly gets many changes including physical, mental and social reduction. It leads the elderly should check their health condition in nearest health facility routinely. One of health facilities that are held regularly every month is Posyandu Lansia, but in fact there are still many elderly that have low interest and reluctance to come Posyandu Lansia, therefore need to do Health Education. The purpose of this research is to know the interest of elderly visit before and after given health education. The research is a descriptive case study with two subjects research and carried out on Juni, 21 – July, 8 2017. It uses independent guided interview techniques in data retrieval with instruments that have been prepared in advance. The result is presented in form of narrative. The result shows that before Health Education done both come to Posyandu Lansia rarely, while Health Education is being given they set to understand, after given Health Education subject 1 does not obtain interest-alteration (Fixed) and subject 2 has interest-alteration (Active). Recommendation for further research should empower the active elderly engage elderly who has low-interest of Posyandu Lansia so that problem can be reduced. Keywords : Elderly, Health Education, Posyandu Lansia