Abstract

Background: The village head as the leader and head of the government is directly elected by the villagers, entrusted and at the same time required to possess a good leadership skill for the sake of the community health development. The requirement for the good leadership is especially important as the health level of the community in Central Lombok Regency is still low. Therefore, a study on the current leadership style of the village head in Central Lombok is very necessary, emphasizing on the role of the village head in optimizing the children under 5 years visit to the health official, as the form of community participation in health program.
Objective: The study is aimed at presenting the leadership model of the village head based on personal mastery and self-efficacy.
Materials and Methods: Type of research is observational. The study design used was cross-sectional. There were 127 respondents, all village heads in Central Lombok. The conceptual framework is a modification of the Theory of Planned Behavior model. The data were obtained through survey method, using questionnaires for the village head and the check list as reinforcement for village midwives. Data analysis was performed with the Smart PLS. 2,0.
Results: (1) Leader’s attitude has weak influence on the leadership of village head. (2) Subjective norm has weak influence on the leadership of village head. (3) Self-efficacy has considerable influence on the leadership of village head. (4) The Behavior Model of village head’s leadership -based self-efficacy and personal mastery was described with struc - tural modeling mathematical equation that the village head’s leadership was affected insignificantly by leader’s attitude and subjective Norms, affected fairly by self-efficacy and intention. The influence of the leadership of the village head is very weak to visit children under 5 years to health officials. Conclusion: (1) The village head’s leadership was affected fairly by self-efficacy and intention, and affected insignificantly by leader’s attitude and subjective norms; (2) The village head’s leadership had insignificant effect on the visit of children under 5 years to the health officials.