Description:
Four mothers in Indonesia died in a day as a result of giving birth. It puts Indonesia as the second highest maternal
mortality rate (305/100,000) and infant mortality rate (26/1,000) in Southeast Asia. Health services that contribute
directly to reducing MMR are health services during pregnancy or antenatal care, which are mostly carried out
by village midwives. Many factors can influence the performance of village midwives between the distance of
power. This research uses a quantitative method with a cross-sectional approach. The population were all
midwives, both village midwives and midwife coordinators, totalling 200 village midwives and 19 coordinating
midwives. The sample was 95 respondents (village midwives) obtained from 13 public health centre in Hulu
Sungai Tengah District. Research results show that midwife coordinators with democratic leadership styles tend
to show low power distance. Likewise, the village midwife who lives in the target village tends to show power
distance between the midwife coordinators and the low village midwives. Two-way communication and openness
of superiors characterize low power distance to all members. Low power distance can to create high job
involvement and ultimately can produce a good performance. The tendency of the influence of leadership style
and domicile of village midwives to power distance between midwife coordinators and village midwives has not
shown a significant influence (p = -0.466) and (p = -0.268). So, the leadership style of the midwife coordinators
and the village midwives domicile shows a certain tendency of power distance but statistically does not show
signifiicance.