The model of supervision for impermanent food sellers by women volunteer in Kendari City Indonesia Tasnim Tasnim1,*, Lusida Maria Inge2 1Public Health Department, STIKES Mandala Waluya, Kendari, Indonesia; 2Institute Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Tasnim Tasnim Jl. H.A. Nasution G-37, Kendari, 93232, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia Phone: +6282237658472 Email: tasnim349@gmail.com
Online published on 25 September, 2018. Abstract Objectives Many fast food sellers emerged in Kendari city of Southeast Sulawesi Province Indonesia. The number of staff in Environmental division in Primary Health Services was limit, so they could not supervise for all fast food sellers in that area. Therefore, involving of women volunteer in the villages of Kendari City was necessary. Therefore, this study aimed to find out the model of supervision for impermanent food sellers by the women volunteers in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. Method This study used Quasy Experiment with the One-Group Pre-test-Post-test Design. The study was conducted in 3 villages in Kendari City. This study recruited 17 women volunteers and 39 fast food sellers. The statistical analysis used linier regression. Results The model of supervision under the women volunteers could be found in this study. The characteristic of women volunteers which involved and be active to supervise were they who have be active in social activities in their village. They have also been involved in Primary Health Services in the village for more than 6 years, they were above 41 years old. They were married and had 3 children in average. Each village involve about 4–10 women. Each village was organized by 1 person as a village coordinator. The village coordinator had responsibility to communicate or mediate to primary health services, especiallay to environmental division. Every month the coordinator reports the results of women's supervision for the fast food sellers. The time of reaching the fast food sellers was found to be significant relation with the seller's behavioural change and fast quality improvement. Conclusion Women volunteers can supervise to the fast food sellers in kendari City in southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. They have closed with the food sellers and with sanitation and environmental staff in primary health service. Top Keywords Women volunteer, Fast food, Supervision, Food seller. Top |