Health Workers Roles as Healthy Model: concept and instrument Developing Tejoyuwono Agustina Arundina Triharja1,2,*, Lusmilasari Lely3, Sudargo Toto4 1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University, Jl. Prof Hadari Nawawi No. 01, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia 2Doctoral Program, Department of Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Farmako Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 3Department of Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Farmako Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 4Department of Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Farmako Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Agustina A.T. Tejoyuwono, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University Email: ina.tejo@gmail.com
Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract Health workers are expected to be a role model, especially in healthy behavior, but the concepts and instruments to assess these roles are still few and not specific. This research purposed to describe the concept and develop an instrument of roles as healthy model. The study was conducted for 22 months in Pontianak and Yogyakarta, Indonesia with two stages of research. The four concepts of health workers roles as healthy models are to have a good knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding healthy behavior and have an ideal physical appearance. The results of the construct validity was obtained 60 valid items with Cronbach's alpha was 0.89. The roles as healthy models have gone through the stages of validity and reliability needed in making instruments. Top Keywords Health Workers, Roles, Healthy Model, Concept, Instument. Top |